International law firm Gowling WLG has retained its top spot in the latest AIM Advisers Rankings guide, with a total of 55 AIM clients quoted on the market.

The firm takes first place overall in the report's two main categories: 'Number of AIM clients' and 'Market Capitalisation of AIM clients', leading by over £800M.

The firm has already topped the list twice this year.

Corporate Partner Jeff Elway said: "To have achieved top ranking once again is a testament to the continuous hard work and strength of our AIM practice which remains one of the key offerings of our Corporate Team.

"Throughout this year, we have worked with some excellent clients on both a domestic and international level."

The firm also scooped first place in the below categories in the latest guide:

Basic Materials

Number of clients: 17                            Client market cap (£M): 347

Financials

Number of clients: 19                            Client market cap (£M): 950

This is one of our most significant and developing practices, so we are thrilled with the results."

Gowling WLG's industry-leading UK Corporate team has extensive experience across the full spectrum of corporate advice, including both public and private mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets on AIM and the Full List, investment funds and private equity. The team was recently highly commended in the Innovation in Mergers and Acquisitions category of the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards.