Our education expertise recognised in latest legal directory rankings
The latest directory rankings from the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners have been published and we’re proud to once again be recognised as one of the country’s leading firms advising the education sector. These annual directories reflect extensive research and analysis by the respective teams, who conduct thousands of interviews to select the very best law firms in the UK.
This year, the firm’s education team has again been ranked in the Legal 500 top tier nationally, and all of our regional teams are also again ranked in the top tier for Education. The Legal500 recognise that "Browne Jacobson provides a wide offering to education sector clients, the team is adept in supporting their diverse client portfolio in complex, high-profile and media-sensitive issues."
Additionally, in a demonstration of the genuine strength in depth and capability, this year more members of our education team than ever before have gained individual recognition in the Legal 500 directory, with 22 lawyers on our team receiving recommendations.
We’re pleased to have also maintained our top band Chambers ranking and we’re pleased that Vicky Wilson was recognised this year, joining Tom Briant-Evans as 'Associates to Watch'.
We would like to express our gratitude to our clients for the fantastic set of testimonials published this year which included:
“‘As an education client the key for me is getting timely, robust and sensible legal advice that enable my organisation to judge risk and taken informed decisions. Brown Jacobson as our lawyers provide these requirements at an exceptionally high level, with clarity and a great deal of common sense”.
“All team members are super approachable and extremely knowledgeable.’
“All individuals I have had contact with have been superb.”
“The Browne Jacobson education team is exceptional.”
“Every single colleague with whom we work in both the legal and HR teams provide an outstanding level of service.”
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