Legal 500 – The leading individuals in ‘powerhouse’ region
By discipline, Legal 500’s leading individuals are:
Corporate and commercial (Manchester)
Michael Birchall – Addleshaw Goddard
David Bowcock – Brabners
Tom Bridgford – Eversheds
Lee Brierley -DLA Piper
Robert Buckley – Kuit Steinart Levy
Craig Chaplin – DWF
Gregg Davison – Pinsent Masons
Paul Devitt – Addleshaw Goddard (now EY)
Charles Glaskie – Gateley
Rebecca Grisewood – Gateley
Daniel Hall- Eversheds
Tim Hamilton – gunnercooke
Tony Harper – Brabners
Jane Haxby – Squire Patton Boggs
Simon Masters – Eversheds
Andrew Needham – Millbank Edge
Helen Ridge – Pinsent Masons
Jonathan Robinson – DWF
Frank Shephard – DWF
James Sheridan – Turner Parkinson
Jonathan Watkins – DLA Piper
Corporate and commercial (Liverpool)
Michael Brabner – Brabners
Jonathan Brown – Hill Dickinson
Stephen Lansdown – Hill Dickinson
Gareth McIntegart – DLA Piper
Mark O’Connor – O’Connors
Andrew O’Mahony – Brabners
Mark Rathbone – Brabners
Paul Rimmer – DWF
Sue Russell – Hill Dickinson
Denise Walker -Brabners
Nik White -Brabners
Corporate and commercial: rest of NW
Gill Gardner – Brabners
Stuart Scott-Goldstone – Aaron & Partners
Sally Wightman – Knights Professional Services
Corporate tax
Patrick Ford – Squire Patton Boggs
Michael Hunter – Addleshaw Goddard
David Thompson – DLA Piper
EU and competition
Jonathan Branton- DWF
Phil McDonnell – Addleshaw Goddard
Laurence Pritchard – Weightmans
Diarmuid Ryan- Squire Patton Boggs
Crime: fraud
Lesley Burrows – Garstangs Burrows Bussin
Matthew Claughton – Olliers
Crime : general
Matthew Claughton – Olliers
John Gollaglee – DLA Piper
Michael Mackey – Burton Copeland
Paul Schofield – Farleys Solicitors
Licensing
Anthony Lyons – Kuit Steinart Levy
Banking litigation
Harold Brako – Shoosmiths
Stewart Plant – DLA Piper
Commercial litigation: Manchester
Michael Clavell-Bate – Eversheds
Julian Diaz-Rainey – Pinsent Masons
John Gosling -Addleshaw Goddard
Andrew Harris – DWF
Joel Heap – DWF
Jeff Lewis – Brabners
Mark Molyneux – Addleshaw Goddard
Steve Morris -DWF
Simon Pedley – Mills & Reeve
Geraldine Ryan – Hill Dickinson
Commercial litigation: Liverpool
Mark Goodwin – DLA Piper
Paul Lunt – Brabners
Commercial litigation: rest of region
Mark Deverell – Gorvins Solicitors
Stuart Irons – Brabners
Mark Manley – Manleys Solicitors
Kit Sorrell – Regulatory Legal Solicitors
Debt recovery
Andrew Cox – Weightmans
Nick Harvey – Bermans
Karl Williams – Pannone Corporate
Banking and finance
Richard Capper – Hill Dickinson
Matthew Christmas -DLA Piper
Nigel Dale – Eversheds
Jonathan Edwards – DWF
Andrew Maskill – Addleshaw Goddard
Susan Molloy – Gateley
Matthew Morgan – Pinsent Masons
Andrew O’Mahony – Brabners
Martin O’Shea – Addleshaw Goddard
Simon Prendergast – Addleshaw Goddard
Claire Shepherd – Squire Patton Boggs
James Szerdy – DWF
Insolvency and corporate recovery
Ged Barnes – Addleshaw Goddard
Andrew Buchanan – Gateley Plc
David Gray – Eversheds
Andrew Gregory – DWF
Gavin Jones – DWF
John Joyce – Addleshaw Goddard
Martin Keates – DLA Piper
Susan Kelly – Squire Patton Boggs
Mark Lund – Turner Parkinson
Employment
Michael Ball – Gateley
Dan Bickerstaffe – e3 employment law
Alan Chalmers -DLA Piper
Andrew Chamberlain – DWF
Mary Clarke – DLA Piper
Paula Cole – Squire Patton Boggs
Jamie Hamnett – Addleshaw Goddard
Malcolm Pike – Addleshaw Goddard
Kirsty Rogers – DWF
Michael Thompson – Eversheds
Employment: employee/union firms
Carla Bennett – Thompsons Solicitors
Martin Price -Slater and Gordon
Health and safety
Madeleine Abas – Osborn Abas Hunt
Kevin Bridges – Pinsent Masons
Rob Elvin – Squire Patton Boggs
Steffan Groch – DWF
Chris Morrison – Clyde & Co
Erin Shoesmith – Addleshaw Goddard
Pensions
Charmian Johnson -Squire Patton Boggs
Ele Lovering – Eversheds
Stephen Scholefield – Pinsent Masons
David Wright – DLA Piper
Clinical negligence: claimant
Ian Cohen – Slater and Gordon
Eddie Jones – JMW Solicitors
Stephen Jones – Slater and Gordon
Frank Patterson – Irwin Mitchell
Lindsay Wise – Irwin Mitchell
Clinical negligence: defendant
Anne Ball -Hempsons
Kirsten Blohm – Hempsons
Vicky Morris – Weightmans
Richard Watson – Hill Dickinson
Sarah Woodwark -BLM
Personal injury: claimant
Jonathan Betts -Irwin Mitchell
Pauline Chandler – Slater and Gordon
Carol Jackson – Slater and Gordon
Cathy Leech – Irwin Mitchell
Richard Scorer- Slater and Gordon
Personal injury: defendant
Paul Berry- DWF
Jonathan Clay – BLM
James Dadge – Clyde & Co
Iain Moore – DAC Beachcroft
Professional negligence
Ruth Lawrence -Hill Dickinson
Frank Maher – Legal Risk
Ian McConkey- DAC Beachcroft
James Preece -Clyde & Co
Agriculture and estates
Martin Gillibrand – Oglethorpe Sturton & Gillibrand
Rupert Jackson – Brabners
Richard Williams -Knights Professional Services
Charities and not-for-profit
Stephen Claus -Brabners
Contentious trusts and probate
Nicola Marchant – Pannone Corporate
Simon Pedley – Mills & Reeve
Family
Carole Atkinson – Weightmans
Christine Barker – Laytons
Ros Bever – Irwin Mitchell
Liz Cowell – Slater and Gordon
Elizabeth Hassall – Elizabeth Hassall Family Law
Catherine Jones – JMW Solicitors
James Maguire – James Maguire & Co
Andrew Newbury – Slater and Gordon
David Pickering – DWF
Nigel Shepherd – Mills & Reeve
Beth Wilkins – JMW Solicitors
Personal tax, trusts and probate
Mark Feeny – Brabners
Energy
Graham Alty – Pinsent Masons
Michael O’Connor – Addleshaw Goddard
Darren Walsh – DLA Piper
Project finance and PFI
Liam Cowell – DLA Piper
Jackie Heeds – Eversheds
Scot Morrison – Pinsent Masons
Michael O’Connor – Addleshaw Goddard
Public sector -education
Diane Gilhooley – Eversheds
Public sector -health
Michael O’Connor – Addleshaw Goddard
Public sector – local government
Michael Mousdale – DWF
Michael O’Connor – Addleshaw Goddard
Commercial property: Manchester
Roy Beckett – Irwin Mitchell
Nancy Brown – Eversheds
Mike Edge – Pinsent Masons
Tony Fitzmaurice – Davitt Jones Bould
Stephen Goodman – JMW Solicitors
Paul Inman – DWF
Peter Kershaw – Addleshaw Goddard
Anita Weightman – Irwin Mitchell
Commercial property – Liverpool
Mark Beardwood – DLA Piper
Jeff Gillbanks – Brabners
Pamela Jones – Hill Dickinson
Philip Rooney – DLA Piper UK
David Swaffield – Hill Dickinson
Commercial property: elsewhere in region
Ross Shine – Brabners
Angus Whyte – Land Law
Construction
Graham Alty – Pinsent Masons
Michael Hopkins – Pinsent Masons
David Moss – Eversheds
Jim Pinsent – DLA Piper
Jonathan Tattersall -Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Planning and environment
Kate Creer – DLA Piper
Keith Davidson – Mills & Reeve
Richard Lloyd -Eversheds
Mike Pocock – Pinsent Masons
Elizabeth Shepherd – Eversheds
Property litigation
James Batham- Eversheds
Charles Jagger – Addleshaw Goddard
Social housing
Alistair Fletcher – Brabners
Mike Gaskell -Trowers & Hamlins
IT and telecoms
Paul Bentham – Addleshaw Goddard
Lee Brierley – DLA Piper UK LLP
Peter Budd – Gateley Plc
Samantha Livesey – Pinsent Masons
Andrew Whalley -DWF
Intellectual property
Paul Bentham – Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Craig Chaplin – DWF
Roy Crozier -Clarke Willmott
Bill Lister – Fieldfisher
Melanie McGuirk – Pannone Corporate
Nik White – Brabners
Media and entertainment
James Whittaker -Addleshaw Goddard
Sport
Mark Hovell – Mills & Reeve
Maurice Watkins – Brabners
Transport
James Backhouse – Backhouse Jones
Mike Burns -Weightmans
Phil James -Weightmans
Adrian Marsh – Hill Dickinson
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