Best Law Firm winner: Clyde & Co

Clyde & Co was highly commended as “the ‘go to’ legal firm when the issues are complex” by respondents. Survey respondents commended the size of the company’s team and its understanding of insurance matters as being central to its positive scoring. One respondent succinctly outlined the strengths of the firm as: “knowledge, service and network”.

Clyde & Co is a global law firm with a long history and a resolute focus on its core sectors of aviation, energy, infrastructure, marine, and trade. With more than 1,400 lawyers operating from 37 offices and associated offices in six continents, the firm advises corporates, financial institutions, private individuals, and governments.

Second place Holman Fenwick & Willan was recognised for the size and strength of its team, which has a determined specialism on insurance and reinsurance matters.

Third-placed Norton Rose Fulbright, which scored 6.40 in our survey, was commended for its “industry knowledge”, which was considered particularly strong in the London market.

Fourth place was Goldberg Segalla, which scored 6.39, with one respondent saying that the firm’s “knowledge of case law pertinent to important industry issues is unsurpassed”, while others commended its growing knowledge and capabilities in ILS.

Clifford Chance was recognised as the fifth-placed law firm, scoring 6.36 in our survey, and praised for the “size and scope of their practice”.

Survey respondents commended the size of Clyde & Co’s team and its understanding of insurance matters as being central to its positive scoring. One respondent succinctly outlined the strengths of the firm as: “knowledge, service and network”.

The companies in the shortlists seen here were selected based on the first stage of the research, conducted via phone interviews and open online polls. Respondents were asked to name two companies they regard highly in this category. They were then asked to give details of why they had chosen these firms.

The shortlist for this category reflects the companies mentioned the most frequently.

The researchers then approached the market a second time and, using this shortlist presented in a random order, asked respondents to score each company out of ten based on how they perceive the quality of the products, services and expertise of each. It is the results of this part of the survey that are shown here.

More than 500 respondents took part in each part of the survey respectively.

The score shows the average score out of ten that each company received in stage two of the survey.

The shortlist was presented to respondents in a random order.