International legal practice Osborne Clarke has ranked in 73 practice areas in The Legal 500 UK 2021.
This year the firm has seven improved rankings plus five new rankings in: Energy and Infrastructure; Life Sciences and Healthcare; Trademarks, Intellectual Property: Patents (Contentious and non-contentious); and Retail and Consumer.
It has 57 rankings in the elite tiers out of which, 26 are top tier (up from last year). In the individual lawyer rankings, it has 10 Hall of Fame; 38 Leading Individuals; 22 Next Generation; and 19 Rising Star rankings.
Our rankings
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Hall of Fame
| Practice | Legal 500 region | |
| Greg Leyshon | Corporate and Commercial | Thames Valley |
| Peter Sheppard | Commercial Litigation | Thames Valley |
| Russel Brimelow | Employment | Thames Valley |
| Hugh Jones | Banking and Finance | Thames Valley |
| Mark Taylor | IT and Telecoms | London |
| Alisdair Livingstone | Corporate and Commercial | South West |
| Peter Clough | Commercial Litigation | South West |
| Omar Al-Nuaimi | Banking and Finance | South West |
| Alan John | Energy, Project Finance and PFI | South West |
| Clare Robinson | Intellectual Property | South West |
Leading Individuals
| Practice | Legal 500 region | |
| Jon King | Equity Capital Markets | London |
| Greg Fullelove | Arbitration | London |
| Madeleine Clarke | Property Finance | London |
| Gary Lawrenson | Property Litigation | London |
| Ashley Hurst | Reputation Management | London |
| Arty Rajendra | Intellectual Property | London |
| Lara Burch | Rail | London |
| Robert Wood | Venture Capital | London |
| Mathias Loertscher | Venture Capital | London |
| Mark Taylor | IT and Telecoms | London |
| Dolf Darnton | Retail and Consumer | London |
| Tracey Wright | Tax | South West |
| Nigel Boobier | Insolvency | South West |
| Paul Killen | Employment | South West |
| Julian Hemming | Employment | South West |
| Tom Bussy | Banking | South West |
| Mary Lawrence | Health and Safety | South West |
| Carl Thompson | Energy | South West |
| David Ferris | Energy | South West |
| Catherine Wolfenden | Project Finance | South West |
| Catherine Wolfenden | Health | South West |
| David North | Commercial Property | South West |
| Ian Wilkinson | Commercial Property | South West |
| Michelle McGurl | Commercial Property | South West |
| Phil Davies | Construction | South West |
| Neil Bromwich | Planning | South West |
| Leona Briggs | Property Litigation | South West |
| Will Robertson | IT and Telecoms | South West |
| Clare Robinson | Commercial Litigation | South West |
| Tom Harding | Media and Entertainment | South West |
| Jonathan Hazlett | Pensions | South West |
| Matt Germain | Environment | South West |
| Sara Valentine | Corporate and Commercial | Thames Valley |
| Robert Wood | Corporate and Commercial | Thames Valley |
| Danielle Kingdon | Employment | Thames Valley |
| Rebecca Tuffs | Commercial Property | Thames Valley |
Next Generation Lawyers
| Practice | Legal 500 Region | |
| Helen Parsonage | Private Funds | London |
| Carl Roche | Property Litigation | London |
| Jo Forbes | Health and Safety | London |
| Artem Doudko | International Arbitration | London |
| Jane Park-Weir | Commercial Litigation Mid-market | London |
| Matt Germain | Environment | London |
| Anna Fouracre | Planning | London |
| Simon Jones | Venture Capital | London |
| Charlie Wedin | IT and Telecoms | South West |
| David Shakesby | Property Litigation | South West |
| Simon Jones | Corporate and Commercial | South West |
| Marc Shrimpling | EU and Competition | South West |
| Charles Crowne | Commercial Litigation | South West |
| Charlie Wedin | Commercial Litigation | South West |
| Caroline Saul | Banking and Finance | South West |
| Claire Bundy | Restructuring and Insolvency | South West |
| Alice Conway | Commercial Property | South West |
| Alexandra Gower | Construction | South West |
| Dawn Troman | Commercial Litigation | Thames Valley |
| Rebecca Scott | Banking and Finance | Thames Valley |
Rising Stars
| Practice | Legal 5oo Region | |
| Richard May | Intellectual Property: Trademarks , copyright and design | London |
| Jeremy Godley | Rail | London |
| Rebecca Malone | EU and Competition | South West |
| Tom Berisford | Banking and Finance | South West |
| Rebecca Cantrell | Pensions | South West |
| Daragh McGinty | Pensions | South West |
| Matthew Kyle | Health and Safety | South West |
| Katherine King | Professional Negligence | South West |
| David Kirkpatrick | Construction | South West |
| Joanna Risdale | Commercial Property | South West |
| Caroline Bush | Environment | South West |
| Craig McCarthy | Rail | South West |
| Caroline Drummond | Corporate and Commercial | Thames Valley |
| Mike Freer | Corporate and Commercial | Thames Valley |
| Scott Butler | Commercial Litigation | Thames Valley |
| Emma Ladley | Employment | Thames Valley |
| Kristian Assirati | Commercial Litigation | Thames Valley |
| Scott Butler | Commercial Litigation | Thames Valley |
| Victoria Dingle | Banking and Finance | Thames Valley |
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