‘Approachable, competent and responsive. Both Suzie Miles and Hannah Petit delivered good quality, valued input.’

‘We have a longstanding relationship with Ashfords and as a result the firm has an excellent understanding of our business operations. When providing advice, the firm adopts a proactive, commercial approach and the fee earners display a good technical knowledge on both commercial and data protection matters.  The advice provided has been clear and pragmatic.’

‘Suzie Miles is our primary partner-level contact. Charlotte Kingman manages the handling of the majority of our requests. Overall we have been very impressed with both Suzie’s and Charlotte’s advice. Both have taken time to understand our business and this is borne out in the advice provided.’

‘The team has worked with us and our wider community over the last few years. They have consistently been willing to go the extra mile to ensure we feel supported and get the advice we need.’

‘Excellent commercial awareness and user friendly advice. A real commitment to providing targeted legal assistance to tech companies. Top tier understanding of market practice and commercial awareness in the tech sector.’

‘They have strong lawyers and are good to work with.’

‘The team at Burges Salmon is very diligent and the quality of work is always good. They are very responsive and ensure clients are regularly updated. They have excellent technical knowledge.’

‘Good insight and technical expertise.’

‘David Varney has been an invaluable resource and sounding board with his approachable style, solutions focused advice and market knowledge. Has invested time in building trusted relationship with in house legal team.’

‘Andrew Dunlop is a very knowledgeable practitioner in the field of data protection. I would definitely recommend him in this area.’

‘Whilst most law firms are capable of providing good quality legal advice, it is the individual lawyers’ personality that makes them and the firm stand out from others. The lawyers are Burges Salmon are friendly and personable. This combined with their excellent technical knowledge makes them trustworthy and capable of being seen as an extension to the client’s legal team.’

‘Andrew Dunlop is an excellent advisor and trusted by our leadership team.’

‘Annalisa Checchi has been a godsend in the advice she’s has given, nothing is too much trouble, the team always come back to you in a timely manner, and explain in full-terms the best way forward. Annalisa has also been incredibly helpful with finding the right partner in the firm to assist with any additional needs outside of her area of expertise.’

‘Annalisa and her team are ‘human’ they make even the most complicated of scenarios understandable. They always get back to you, which from previous experiences working with other firms is welcoming.’

‘The team brings practical and actionable advice in a concise form, which we really appreciate. They are dependable and always happy to support adjusting to our needs and budget constraints.’

‘Martin Cuell is a very pragmatic and reactive lawyer. He knows the IT industry very well and it really is a pleasure working with him!’

‘I think Osborne Clarke have a great blend, and the right blend, of approachable people who provide quality advice at competitive rates. I enjoy working with them for this reason and appreciate the quality and timeliness of the support they provide.’

‘I’ve worked with Eleanor Williams for a number of years now and always find her to be extremely thoughtful, diligent and professional. She has better recollection of the major contract we worked on together than I do sometimes – and I tend to look at it most weeks! On top of her professional abilities she is also really nice to work with and it is always a pleasure to instruct her as I know I will get good, well thought through, practical advice.’

‘Pragmatic and business oriented focus and understanding. Easy to communicate with. Timely and high quality delivery.’

‘Will Robertson is very responsive and easy to work with. He understands our business and the commercial aspects of different matters. He is very pragmatic and business oriented.’

‘Completely understands our complex data and licensing needs.’

‘Will Robertson – able to answer every complex data question we have ever thrown at him.And found us good solutions to meet our needs.’

‘Osborne Clarke are very good in the IT space as well as being responsive, accurate and friendly.’

‘TLT have provided, and continue to provide, exemplary service to my team. Their strength is both individual subject matter expertise regarding complex data sharing contracts and institutional depth through collaboration amongst the firm’s partners.’

‘Ed Hayes makes himself available and is excellent at prioritisation of the number of tasks I pass across. He is realistic with time estimates and this allows me to manage my time effectively as I can rely on his returns being on time. He doesn’t over promise and never under delivers.’

‘Good knowledge of our business and effective resourcing to reduce costs.’

‘Emma Erskine-Fox and Dan Read are recommended Emma in particular stands out for her pragmatic and down to earth approach.’

‘Alastair Mitton runs a strong IT practice assisted by managing associate Georgie Morgan-Giles. Excellent client service.’

‘Managing associate Georgie Morgan-Giles has excellent technical knowledge, understood our queries and worked diligently and efficiently to turn around a large suite of MSA and SOW documents in good time. Georgie led calls on our behalf, challenging other party to ensure the best outcome. I highly recommend.’

‘WBD’s level of responsiveness is what sets them apart from other law firms. When a matter is urgent to the business, part of our role as in-house lawyers is expectation management. WBD are exemplary at acknowledging receipt of emails instantly (in the majority of instances) with the advice following in short order. WBD are great at scoping out the instructions so the client is completely clear on the output.’

‘Alastair Mitton provides efficient, effective and high-quality legal advice in a commercially-focused way. He is solutions-driven and always finds the time to brainstorm tricky or complex matters in a highly logical and articulate way.’

‘Alistair Mitton has provided excellent support and assistance.’

‘The team has fantastic expertise and understand technical concepts easily, which makes instructing them simple and means the outputs are exactly what we need. The team also has an in-depth knowledge of the business and this means we receive advice that’s been thought through and has been tailored to our specific needs. This is invaluable for an inhouse team and takes away a lot of the burden, which is key when outsourcing work.’

‘Alastair Mitton provides us with an excellent service and makes sure his team are on hand whenever needed. His technical expertise on IT related matters makes him stand out. He also takes the time to understand the business to make sure his advice is bespoke and practical. This makes life so much easier for a busy inhouse team and makes Alastair invaluable.’

‘The team advising us provide extremely commercial advice on our supplier contracts. They are able to explain complex legal issues in straightforward terms for the benefit of our operational managers. They are incredibly responsive, pragmatic and, overall, a pleasure to work with.’

‘We find that the team handling all things telecoms from litigation to transactional matters work extremely well together as a tight unit. Their knowledge of the Telecoms Code across the Team is second to none, not only technically but also commercially – in that they have an excellent understanding of what the other side might be thinking.’

‘Kary Withers, even now as a Managing Partner, still leads the Telecoms team excellently. Kary is often on calls to coordinate others in the team and to deliver sage advice. Aimee Davies and Henry Russell are excellent litigators providing straight forward and sensible practical advice. Beverley Pike appears to do most of the transactional work speeding up the process very efficiently. Beverley is someone who is astute at spotting and successful in pushing back on inappropriate or unreasonable terms.’

‘My company has used Clarke Willmott for the past 5 years. Their responsiveness to my requests is always quick and I never get the feeling that they are prioritising other clients over us. Their breadth and depth of knowledge across the industry in which my company specialises is unrivalled in my experience and I never feel the need to look elsewhere.’

‘We work with Kary Withers and her team in the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott. Their advice on all matters relating to the Telecoms industry again, is unrivalled and I would never go anywhere else.’

‘This is the first time I have dealt with telecoms and the whole team have been very patient in explaining the processes to me multiple times. We have had countless calls, emails and advice notes and nothing has been too much trouble.’

‘Henry Russell and Kary Withers have been great to work with – extremely patient. They have both been able to explain the options to me in layman’s terms which has helped my understanding a lot more. Their knowledge and expertise has really helped broaden my understanding.’

‘The practice has a strength in a relatively esoteric area of law which many other practices do not have. This is backed by a full service, property law team to ensure comprehensive expert advice.’

‘Kary Withers and Aimee Davies are always on hand to provide a speedy response when needed.’

‘The Michelmores team takes an interest in client’s business needs and responds accordingly.’

‘We greatly appreciate the support offered by Tom Torkar and his team. They are the firm we use most regularly for our day to day commercial contractual work. Highly capable and generally super responsive.’

‘Tom Torkar is our go to external counsel for commercial contracts work. We really enjoy working with Tom – he is very commercially minded but also great on the details. He has developed very strong relationships both with in-house lawyers and people in the business, and has built up an in-depth knowledge of our business, and our different models, which makes working with him a joy.’

‘The Michelmores Commercial team are commercially pragmatic, approachable and flexible. They have a deep understanding of our sector and the relevant experience of our company and the legal agreements we have in place. We work closely with them and treat them as an extension of our business.’

‘Tom Torkar is excellent, with deep knowledge of the sector and organisation. Tom is engaged, approachable and always gives a commercial view to allow us to decide on risks and ways forward. Chloe Vernon-Shore is the lead senior associate and is excellent in her approach and in managing the workload with the team. We also regularly receive excellent work from Philippa Collison and Justin Barrow.’

‘Very experienced in the sector, agile and responsive to client priorities.’

‘Jessica Bent is very knowledgeable about the sector, down-to-earth and pragmatic. Very focused on getting a good outcome for clients.’

‘The team are super helpful, plain speaking and always there and ready to help. They don’t get into legal speak and take a pragmatic approach to ensure clients interested are met.  Great team and great lawyers.’

‘They take the time, no matter the problem, to make sure we understand the law and our position.’

‘Pragmatic and responsive. A natural extension of our in house team.’

‘Kate Westbrook is pragmatic and responsive. A natural and very valued extension of our in house team’

‘Our only contact has been with Kate Westbrook, and I can say that at every juncture she has given clear, rational and well informed advice. Her communication is outstanding, and she delivers on her promises. As a representative for her practice, she is an outstanding ambassador.’