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