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Client deals put HCR in top spot in M&A deal league table
Client demand for mergers and acquisition in the first half of the year have taken Harrison Clark Rickerbys to the top of Experian’s rankings for the most active advisors in the Midlands despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Demand for deal making meant HCR soared up the Experian rankings nationally too, from 9th to 2nd place, with the firm helping clients to keep business moving in tough times – its 62 deals nationally took it ahead of many much larger global law firms.
This achievement has been replicated in other regions, with a first in the South West and South East, and third place in the East of England – all further up the rankings than previously.
Charlotte Thornton Smith, head of the firm’s Worcester office and corporate partner, said: “This has been a tough period for many of our clients and our focus has been on helping them to keep business moving so that they emerge in the best position possible. We have needed to be flexible and agile in our approach, and the team’s readiness to do whatever it takes for the client is evident in these figures.”
Experian ranks deals by volume and by value – all deals included are worth £500,000 or more. You can see the full report here.
Harrison Clark Rickerbys has more than 500 staff and partners based at offices in Birmingham, Worcester, Cheltenham, Thames Valley, Cambridge, London, the Wye Valley, Hereford and Cardiff, who provide a complete spectrum of legal services to both business and private clients, regionally and nationwide. The firm also has a number of highly successful teams specialising in individual market sectors, including health and social care, education, technology, agricultural and rural affairs, finance and financial services, defence, security and the forces, and construction.
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Award-winning firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys provides a complete spectrum of City-quality legal services to business and private clients across the South and West Midlands, Thames Valley and Wye Valley corridors, the southwest of England and in Wales.
The firm has grown through several mergers, both locally and with specialists, all answering client demand. It has more than 500 staff and partners operating out of offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Hereford, London, Thames Valley, Worcester and the Wye Valley and a turnover of c£35m.
The firm has specialist expertise in health and social care; defence, security and the forces; finance and financial services; construction and engineering; education; technology, and agriculture and rural affairs.
Harrison Clark Rickerbys’ work in all aspects of law is nationally and internationally
recognised. Clients’ comments about the quality of its work has led to the firm being listed in Tier 1 of the prestigious Legal 500 and Chamber and Partners directories of the major law firms in England and Wales.
For more details, visit www.hcrlaw.com