Legal 500, one of the leading international legal directories which provide rankings of law firms based purely on client feedback recently published their UK results. The rankings are based on feedback from 250,000 in-house peers, client feedback and independent assessment of law firms’ deals and confidential matters.
As the only offshore law firm with a presence in all three Crown Dependencies, Appleby have received notable rankings across their offices and have continued to hold top tier ranking in many sectors, including, Banking and Finance, Corporate and Commercial, Gambling, Shipping, Aviation and Space, Insurance and Pensions, Employment, Dispute Resolution and Commercial Property.
In addition, the directory also recognised 30 Appleby lawyers as either “leading individuals”, “next generation partners” or “rising stars” across their Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Private Client & Trusts and Property practice groups from their Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey offices.
Valuable client feedback continued to provide the directory with praise across the board with some of the many highlights including Appleby Isle of Man being named as “the best firm on the island”, clients stating that Appleby Guernsey are “very responsive and highly adaptive” and Appleby Jersey being described as a “strong and established team with worldwide offshore support”.
The list of ‘Leading Individuals’ include:
Isle of Man
Faye Moffett (Office Managing Partner) Banking and Finance, Shipping, Aviation and Space
Christopher Cope (Partner) Dispute Resolution
Charles Davies (Partner) Dispute Resolution
Simon Harding (Partner) Banking and Finance, Insurance and Pensions
Mark Holligon (Partner) Dispute Resolution
Claire Milne WS (Partner) Gambling
Caren Pegg (Partner) Dispute Resolution, Employment
Juan Thornley (Partner) Corporate and Commercial
Guernsey
Anthony Williams (Partner) Dispute Resolution
Jersey
Wendy Benjamin (Office Managing Partner) Banking and Finance
Michael Cushing (Partner) Dispute Resolution
David Dorgan (Partner) Private Client, Trusts and Tax
James Gaudin (Partner) Capital Markets
Tim Hart (Partner) Commercial Property
Fraser Robertson (Partner) Dispute Resolution
Andrew Weaver (Partner) Investment Funds
The list of ‘Next Generation Partners’ include:
Isle of Man
Garry Manley (Partner) Corporate and Commercial
Kyle Sutherland (Partner) Banking and Finance
Claire Corkish (Counsel) Dispute Resolution
Mark Emery (Senior Associate) Employment
Guernsey
Richard Field (Partner) Dispute Resolution
Richard Sheldon (Partner) Employment
Jersey
Jared Dann (Partner) Dispute Resolution
Richard Sheldon (Partner) Employment
The list of ‘Rising Stars’ include:
Isle of Man
Tom Brook (Partner) Banking and Finance, Corporate and Commercial
Michelle Brook (Counsel) Corporate and Commercial
Alexandra Dernie (Senior Associate) Commercial Property
Mark Emery (Senior Associate) Dispute Resolution
Eleanor Harding (Senior Associate) Shipping, Aviation and Space
Erin Trimble-Cregeen (Senior Associate) Dispute Resolution
Guernsey
Nicole Sorbie (Associate) Banking and Finance
Jersey
Jonathan Anderson (Counsel) Commercial Property
