The Hemscott rankings of legal advisers to FTSE 100 companies has revealed Linklaters and Slaughter and May as the firms currently advising the highest number – 25 – of the UK’s biggest companies.
The rest of the top five is rounded out by Herbert Smith (which saw its FTSE 100 client count drop one from 19 to 18, as it is no longer listed as an adviser to Friends Provident), Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Freshfields recently gained two top-ranked clients – the London Stock Exchange Group and Wolseley – and is now running head to head with A&O, with 17 FTSE 100 clients.