The Legal 500 UK ranks BCLP in 52 practice areas and recognizes 69 lawyers as “leading individuals”

In The Legal 500 UK 2025 guide, released today, BCLP received 52 practice area rankings with 69 lawyers recognized for individual awards. The firm also received a new practice area ranking for Renewables.  

The firm maintained eight Tier 1 practices:

• Crime, Fraud and Licensing: Licensing
• Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Water
• Real Estate: Property Litigation
• Real Estate: Planning
• Real Estate: Commercial Property - Investment 
• Real Estate: Commercial Property - Development
• Real Estate: Commercial Property - Corporate Occupiers
• Real Estate: Property Finance

BCLP’s recognized partners include 16 Hall of Fame selections, 50 lawyers accredited as leading individuals and 14 as Next Generation Partners.

Newly joined Private Equity Partner, Perry Yam was among the lawyers selected for this year’s Hall of Fame. Four partners achieved first time recognitions including Andrew Tuson who is named a Leading Partner for Banking Litigation: Investment and Retail, Rachel Zeigler who is named a Next Generation Partner for Fraud: Civil, Alan Twine who is highlighted as a Leading Partner for Commercial Property: Development, and Victoria Blanchard,  who is noted as a Next Generation Partner for Property Litigation.

BCLP’s Hall of Fame lawyers include:

1. Carol Osborne – Commercial Contracts
2. Simon Beddow - M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
3. Perry Yam - Private Equity: Transactions - Mid-Market Deals (up to £500m)
4. Alan Sinyor - VAT and Indirect Tax
5. Jeremy Bark - Licensing
6. George Burn - International Arbitration
7. Anthony Lennox - Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation
8. Gerry Quirk - Insurance: Corporate and Regulatory
9. Alan Wight - Commercial Property: Corporate Occupiers
10. Chris de Pury - Commercial Property: Investment
11. Tim Hellier - Planning
12. Tim Smith - Planning
13. Naveen Vijh - Property Finance
14. Claire Watson - Property Finance
15. Roger Cohen - Property Litigation
16. Graham Shear – Sport

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