Forty-seven Gowling WLG lawyers from the firm's UK LLP have been named 'Best Lawyers' in the 10th Edition of the international peer review publication.

Lawyers from across the firms UK, French and German offices, covering many of the firm's sectors and services, have been nominated for their legal expertise, as well as their ethics and professionalism of the highest calibre.

Of the forty-seven Gowling WLG lawyers recognised, Partners Andreas Woelfle, Jérôme Patenotte, Sally Mewies and Julian Pallett were also each named 'Best Lawyers' in two categories for 2019.

Best Lawyers is one of the oldest and most respected peer review publications in the legal profession. The annual list of outstanding lawyers is compiled through an unbiased legal referrals process, surveying tens of thousands of the industry's leading figures.

Each listed lawyer has been recognised for market-leading expertise in their specialist area. The full list of those named in the guide is as follows:

France

Valérie Blandeau: Labour and Employment Law

Simon Lowe: Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Jérôme Patenotte: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Private Equity Law

Jérôme Pentecoste: Public Law

Germany

Andreas Woelfle: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law

UK

Bernardine Adkins: Competition Law

David Barron: Intellectual Property Law

Gordon Bell: International Arbitration

Richard Black: Pensions Practice

David Brennan: Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Chris Brierley: Banking & Finance Law

Rabinder Chaggar: Real Estate Law

Jonathan Chamberlain: Employment Law

Martin Chitty: Employment Law

Philip Clissitt: Education Law

Jason Coates: Pensions Practice

John Cooper: Competition Law

Nicholas Cunningham: Intellectual Property Law

Patrick Duxbury: Intellectual Property Law

Richard Green: Construction Law

Peter Hall: Intellectual Property Law

Gordon Harris: Intellectual Property Law

Matthew Harvey: Asset Finance Law

Julian Henwood: Corporate Finance Law

Paul Inman: Intellectual Property Law

Bill Jones: Information Technology Law

Luke Kempton: Intellectual Property Law

Andrew Smith: Litigation

Michael Luckman: Intellectual Property Law

Andrew Manning Cox: Litigation

Lee McBride: Environmental Law

Sally Mewies: Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law

Jeremy Millington: Corporate Finance Law

Kevin Milton: Pensions Practice

Lee Nuttall: Tax Law

Michael O'Shea: Construction Law

Julian Pallett: Banking & Finance Law, Insolvency & Restructuring Law

Ashley Pigott: Construction Law

Huw Roberts: Real Estate Law

Glyn Ryland: Pensions Practice

Sarah Sasse: Information Technology Law

Gillian Stewart: Real Estate Law

Andrew Thomas: Environmental Law, Planning

Martin Thomas: Litigation, Real Estate Law

Nick Turner: Real Estate Finance

David Vaughan: Corporate Finance Law

Ian Weatherall: Insolvency & Restructuring Law