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29 September 2022
Sharpe Pritchard, the national firm of public law specialists, has once again been ranked in the Legal 500’s Top Tier.
The legal directory, which recommends lawyers and law firms to in-house counsel and others, once again recommended Sharpe Pritchard across 10 different areas of law.
Sharpe Pritchard maintained its Tier 1 rankings in both Electoral law and Infrastructure (Parliamentary), which covers the highly specialised area of Parliamentary Agency.
The firm was ranked in the following practice areas for 2023:
The new rankings also saw significant individual recommendations for the team, with Partner, Roseanne Serrelli being ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’ for the first time for Local Government work, while Alastair Lewis maintained his ‘Hall of Fame’ ranking for Parliamentary Agency.
Meanwhile, Emyr Thomas retained ‘Leading Individual’ rankings for both Electoral law and Parliamentary Agency.
Aidan Dickinson was ranked as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ for Parliamentary Agency.
In total, Legal 500 recommended 16 lawyers from Sharpe Pritchard individually.
Justin Mendelle, Senior Partner at Sharpe Pritchard, said: “We are delighted to have been recognised once again by Legal 500 with another very strong set of rankings.
“What makes them particularly special is that they are heavily based on feedback from our clients and from counsel, who are clearly well-placed to assess the relative strengths of different firms.
“I’d like to congratulate Alastair, Emyr, Roseanne and Aidan on their individual rankings, as well as everyone else in the team who were ranked this year.”
The feedback from referees this year included:
‘Clear thinking and conscientious working, allied with a canny commercial attitude’
‘Excellent to work with, and very good with clients.’
‘They are experts in the local government field and have a strong team who provide commercial and practical advice. They have a clear understanding of public sector issues.’
‘They are extremely knowledgeable in the local government field, and have a strong team who are pro-active.’
