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| Firm | Satisfaction | Work quality | Client contact | Work/life | Social life | Vac. Scheme | Confidence | Remuneration | Work from home | Sustainability | Legal technology | Inclusiveness | International | Approachability |
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Addleshaw Goddard
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78.7 | 79.0 | 73.6 | 79.7 | 76.4 | 75.4 | 73.9 | 74.6 | 86.7 | 74.4 | 89.2 | 77.4 | 68.9 | 89.5 |
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Akin
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81.4 | 92.9 | 90.0 | 72.9 | 60.0 | 82.5 | 77.1 | 82.9 | 84.3 | 60.0 | 57.1 | 71.4 | 48.0 | 88.6 |
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Anthony Collins
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84.4 | 86.7 | 82.2 | 88.9 | 68.9 | 86.7 | 74.4 | 71.1 | 80.0 | 91.1 | 75.6 | 88.9 | 96.7 | |
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Ashurst
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81.8 | 83.5 | 79.4 | 73.1 | 80.0 | 82.2 | 80.0 | 82.9 | 82.4 | 75.9 | 86.5 | 75.9 | 85.0 | 90.6 |
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B P Collins
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75.0 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 77.5 | 64.3 | 70.0 | 72.5 | 33.8 | 60.0 | 61.2 | 61.2 | 62.5 | 81.2 | |
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BDB Pitmans
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83.3 | 80.0 | 76.7 | 90.0 | 67.8 | 90.0 | 61.1 | 60.0 | 67.8 | 55.6 | 52.2 | 64.4 | 80.0 | |
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Beale & Company
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81.1 | 78.9 | 77.8 | 88.9 | 67.8 | 60.0 | 72.2 | 81.1 | 84.4 | 77.8 | 64.4 | 82.2 | 63.3 | 91.1 |
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Bevan Brittan
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78.3 | 75.0 | 73.3 | 86.7 | 65.0 | 67.5 | 75.8 | 70.8 | 89.2 | 79.2 | 69.2 | 75.8 | 87.5 | |
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Bird & Bird
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85.9 | 87.1 | 81.2 | 86.5 | 72.9 | 83.6 | 75.3 | 78.2 | 81.8 | 77.6 | 62.4 | 75.3 | 26.0 | 92.4 |
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Birketts
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87.3 | 88.6 | 86.4 | 90.0 | 81.8 | 77.3 | 79.5 | 71.0 | 66.5 | 68.1 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 91.0 | |
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Blake Morgan
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81.3 | 80.7 | 84.0 | 78.0 | 70.7 | 75.0 | 73.3 | 60.7 | 74.7 | 72.0 | 58.0 | 69.3 | 85.3 | |
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Blaser Mills
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75.7 | 74.3 | 81.4 | 84.3 | 67.1 | 65.7 | 54.3 | 55.0 | 70.0 | 65.7 | 80.0 | 10.0 | 84.3 | |
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Boodle Hatfield
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85.0 | 87.5 | 82.5 | 90.0 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 72.5 | 76.2 | 66.2 | 70.0 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 87.5 | |
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Brabners
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84.6 | 84.6 | 72.3 | 91.5 | 86.9 | 69.2 | 73.1 | 93.1 | 96.9 | 81.5 | 86.9 | 92.3 | ||
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Bristows
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90.0 | 76.0 | 58.0 | 86.0 | 82.0 | 82.0 | 78.0 | 96.0 | 74.0 | 60.0 | 62.0 | 98.0 | ||
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BTMK
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80.0 | 86.7 | 90.0 | 80.0 | 70.0 | 85.0 | 61.7 | 66.7 | 75.0 | 86.7 | 88.3 | 86.7 | ||
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Burges Salmon
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83.0 | 82.6 | 73.0 | 80.7 | 81.1 | 85.7 | 88.1 | 81.9 | 89.3 | 92.6 | 75.9 | 77.4 | 88.1 | |
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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
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83.5 | 86.2 | 82.3 | 81.5 | 79.2 | 88.0 | 72.7 | 72.3 | 85.4 | 84.6 | 70.8 | 76.9 | 77.0 | 89.2 |
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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81.2 | 85.0 | 73.8 | 67.5 | 66.2 | 85.0 | 83.8 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 78.8 | 65.0 | 75.0 | 76.2 | 90.0 |
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Clifford Chance
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75.6 | 77.0 | 66.5 | 59.3 | 60.0 | 85.3 | 63.7 | 76.7 | 82.3 | 78.4 | 83.5 | 77.0 | 80.2 | 79.1 |
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CMS
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81.4 | 81.0 | 73.1 | 76.1 | 72.0 | 79.3 | 71.8 | 75.0 | 86.5 | 77.3 | 81.8 | 76.9 | 73.5 | 86.5 |
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Cooley (UK) LLP
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78.6 | 87.1 | 90.0 | 65.7 | 70.0 | 92.9 | 70.0 | 80.0 | 72.9 | 74.3 | 62.9 | 78.6 | 55.0 | 77.1 |
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Covington & Burling LLP
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82.2 | 90.0 | 81.1 | 65.6 | 62.2 | 84.3 | 77.8 | 84.4 | 81.1 | 64.4 | 60.0 | 77.8 | 67.8 | 91.1 |
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Cripps LLP
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77.5 | 87.5 | 75.0 | 87.5 | 76.2 | 68.8 | 56.2 | 70.0 | 78.8 | 63.8 | 71.2 | 77.5 | ||
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Crown Prosecution Service
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77.7 | 79.6 | 59.1 | 84.6 | 55.8 | 75.0 | 96.5 | 71.2 | 81.5 | 68.1 | 67.3 | 80.0 | 83.5 | |
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Curtis, Mallet
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67.5 | 75.0 | 57.5 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 82.5 | 67.5 | 52.5 | 50.0 | 35.0 | 65.0 | 87.5 | ||
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DAC Beachcroft
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80.8 | 89.2 | 76.9 | 82.3 | 75.4 | 75.6 | 73.1 | 55.4 | 84.6 | 75.4 | 60.8 | 66.9 | 86.9 | |
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Debevoise & Plimpton
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77.5 | 82.5 | 85.0 | 72.5 | 67.5 | 80.0 | 82.5 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 40.0 | 85.0 |
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Devonshires
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80.0 | 78.3 | 84.2 | 79.2 | 76.7 | 76.7 | 59.2 | 79.2 | 69.2 | 62.5 | 81.7 | 85.8 | ||
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DLA Piper
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78.3 | 79.7 | 67.5 | 69.2 | 75.0 | 78.2 | 74.7 | 77.2 | 85.0 | 73.4 | 75.7 | 72.8 | 73.3 | 83.6 |
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DMH Stallard
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87.1 | 88.6 | 75.7 | 85.7 | 82.9 | 78.6 | 74.3 | 75.7 | 77.1 | 68.6 | 85.7 | 92.9 | ||
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Duncan Lewis
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77.1 | 87.1 | 91.4 | 75.7 | 62.9 | 80.0 | 86.7 | 40.0 | 92.9 | 80.0 | 62.9 | 95.7 | 92.9 | |
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Edwin Coe
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73.3 | 80.0 | 76.7 | 73.3 | 63.3 | 76.7 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 63.3 | 56.7 | 70.0 | 86.7 | ||
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Eversheds Sutherland
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81.3 | 81.1 | 77.9 | 70.0 | 68.2 | 80.9 | 66.6 | 71.1 | 80.5 | 74.5 | 75.5 | 73.9 | 40.4 | 85.8 |
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Farrer & Co
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83.3 | 82.5 | 77.5 | 81.7 | 74.2 | 90.0 | 86.7 | 71.7 | 84.2 | 72.0 | 68.3 | 68.3 | 89.2 | |
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Fieldfisher
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85.5 | 86.4 | 83.6 | 86.4 | 84.5 | 90.0 | 89.1 | 74.5 | 85.5 | 81.8 | 69.1 | 79.1 | 70.0 | 99.1 |
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Fladgate LLP
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84.4 | 87.8 | 78.9 | 83.3 | 72.2 | 76.7 | 77.8 | 65.6 | 70.0 | 65.6 | 45.6 | 63.3 | 94.4 | |
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Forbes
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84.1 | 87.1 | 88.2 | 84.1 | 78.2 | 80.0 | 76.5 | 52.9 | 72.9 | 75.0 | 74.7 | 83.5 | 87.1 | |
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Forsters
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84.5 | 89.1 | 83.6 | 83.6 | 84.5 | 88.6 | 77.3 | 71.8 | 89.1 | 89.1 | 60.9 | 67.3 | 87.3 | |
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Fox Williams
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78.6 | 81.4 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 74.3 | 62.9 | 78.6 | 64.3 | 58.6 | 60.0 | 80.0 | |
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Freeths
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75.2 | 81.1 | 73.7 | 71.5 | 71.9 | 10.0 | 78.4 | 66.2 | 80.0 | 74.8 | 76.4 | 72.3 | 84.6 | |
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Gateley
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75.5 | 79.0 | 81.4 | 81.7 | 78.3 | 77.7 | 77.9 | 57.9 | 66.2 | 65.5 | 59.0 | 70.3 | 90.7 | |
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Gherson
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70.0 | 85.0 | 75.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 80.0 | 65.0 | #DIV/0! | 75.0 | 70.0 | 80.0 | 70.0 | ||
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Gibson Dunn
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77.7 | 86.9 | 78.5 | 53.1 | 49.2 | 84.6 | 86.2 | 91.5 | 87.5 | 63.8 | 53.1 | 67.7 | 45.4 | 86.9 |
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Goodwin Procter
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83.3 | 93.3 | 53.3 | 76.7 | 60.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 86.7 | 90.0 | 80.0 | 86.7 | 86.7 | 96.7 | |
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Gordons
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73.3 | 80.0 | 86.7 | 70.0 | 53.3 | 85.0 | 76.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 53.3 | 70.0 | 83.3 | |
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Gowling WLG
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82.4 | 82.7 | 80.0 | 78.3 | 59.0 | 79.0 | 75.1 | 73.2 | 77.1 | 72.8 | 73.5 | 79.3 | 60.3 | 90.2 |
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Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP
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75.0 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 62.5 | 70.0 | 60.0 | 55.0 | 57.5 | 62.5 | 72.5 | 85.0 | ||
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Herbert Smith Freehills
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83.8 | 84.2 | 76.2 | 72.0 | 76.9 | 90.0 | 88.0 | 81.6 | 87.3 | 78.8 | 77.3 | 80.0 | 80.8 | 92.7 |
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HFW
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83.3 | 82.5 | 67.5 | 80.0 | 81.7 | 74.2 | 70.8 | 60.8 | 74.2 | 67.5 | 73.3 | 57.5 | 87.5 | 72.5 |
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Hill Dickinson
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83.3 | 87.8 | 83.3 | 76.7 | 73.3 | 70.0 | 84.4 | 72.2 | 64.4 | 64.4 | 57.8 | 84.4 | 86.7 | |
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Hodge Jones & Allen
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78.0 | 86.0 | 86.0 | 72.0 | 66.0 | 62.0 | 52.0 | 64.0 | 72.0 | 54.0 | 72.0 | 90.0 | ||
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Hogan Lovells
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78.6 | 77.6 | 72.4 | 74.8 | 67.1 | 81.7 | 67.1 | 70.5 | 85.2 | 75.2 | 66.7 | 76.2 | 57.1 | 84.8 |
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Howard Kennedy LLP
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78.8 | 71.2 | 70.0 | 88.8 | 85.0 | 40.0 | 71.2 | 88.8 | 85.0 | 48.8 | 85.0 | 88.8 | ||
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Howes Percival
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95.5 | 90.0 | 90.9 | 93.6 | 86.4 | 82.9 | 85.5 | 81.8 | 89.1 | 82.7 | 79.1 | 85.5 | 94.5 | |
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Hunters Law
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80.0 | 75.0 | 70.0 | 92.5 | 67.5 | 70.0 | 75.0 | 47.5 | 65.0 | 67.5 | 67.5 | 92.5 | ||
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Irwin Mitchell
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80.7 | 83.8 | 78.3 | 86.1 | 69.0 | 76.7 | 77.6 | 59.5 | 84.3 | 76.0 | 47.4 | 74.0 | 89.8 | |
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K&L Gates
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85.0 | 90.0 | 77.5 | 85.0 | 65.0 | 90.0 | 77.5 | 85.0 | 87.5 | 55.0 | 57.5 | 72.5 | 92.5 | |
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Kennedys
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80.4 | 81.7 | 69.1 | 84.3 | 70.4 | 76.8 | 66.1 | 91.4 | 70.4 | 72.6 | 74.3 | 37.0 | 90.0 | |
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Kingsley Napley
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78.9 | 77.8 | 81.1 | 87.8 | 76.7 | 56.7 | 64.4 | 85.6 | 86.7 | 73.3 | 75.6 | 84.4 | ||
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Kirkland & Ellis
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85.0 | 83.8 | 87.5 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 96.2 | 95.0 | 92.5 | 70.0 | 66.2 | 82.5 | 95.0 | |
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Latham & Watkins
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69.6 | 81.5 | 79.2 | 50.8 | 61.5 | 79.5 | 80.0 | 68.8 | 71.9 | 60.8 | 71.9 | 76.2 | 66.8 | 85.4 |
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Leathes Prior
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90.0 | 91.4 | 94.3 | 87.1 | 100.0 | 97.5 | 80.0 | 60.0 | 41.4 | 70.0 | 71.4 | 71.4 | 87.1 | |
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Lee Bolton Monier-Williams
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80.0 | 86.0 | 82.5 | 90.0 | 65.0 | 90.0 | 82.5 | 60.0 | 95.0 | 55.0 | 40.0 | 77.5 | 87.5 | |
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Lewis Silkin
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84.3 | 87.1 | 84.3 | 84.3 | 81.4 | 90.0 | 58.6 | 94.3 | 90.0 | 65.7 | 84.3 | 94.3 | ||
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Macfarlanes
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84.3 | 85.2 | 82.6 | 72.2 | 67.8 | 82.0 | 86.1 | 80.0 | 65.7 | 74.3 | 71.3 | 65.7 | 89.6 | |
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Maples Teesdale LLP
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78.0 | 82.0 | 70.0 | 88.0 | 54.0 | 70.0 | 48.0 | 72.0 | 54.0 | 48.0 | 36.0 | 78.0 | ||
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Marriott Harrison
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88.3 | 88.3 | 91.7 | 83.3 | 91.7 | 92.0 | 71.7 | 68.3 | 81.7 | 73.3 | 68.3 | 73.3 | 90.0 | |
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Mayer Brown
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77.9 | 83.6 | 73.6 | 63.6 | 76.4 | 78.9 | 68.6 | 74.3 | 65.7 | 62.1 | 62.1 | 76.4 | 26.0 | 89.3 |
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mfg solicitors
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82.0 | 86.0 | 86.0 | 88.0 | 78.0 | 84.0 | 72.0 | 58.0 | 60.0 | 64.0 | 68.0 | 88.0 | ||
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Michelmores
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87.5 | 85.0 | 80.8 | 85.0 | 71.7 | 80.0 | 85.8 | 82.5 | 88.3 | 88.3 | 74.2 | 83.3 | 93.3 | |
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Milbank LLP
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85.0 | 93.8 | 87.5 | 55.0 | 83.8 | 91.2 | 91.2 | 97.5 | 85.0 | 71.2 | 78.8 | 81.2 | 96.2 | |
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Mills & Reeve
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90.6 | 89.4 | 80.0 | 94.4 | 78.8 | 90.0 | 86.2 | 70.6 | 95.6 | 86.9 | 78.8 | 81.9 | 50.0 | 94.4 |
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Mishcon de Reya LLP
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76.0 | 82.0 | 74.7 | 73.3 | 73.3 | 76.7 | 74.0 | 70.7 | 82.0 | 75.7 | 81.3 | 69.3 | 59.2 | 88.0 |
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Morgan Lewis
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Morrison Foerster
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72.7 | 75.5 | 61.8 | 61.8 | 64.5 | 76.4 | 68.2 | 94.5 | 85.5 | 70.9 | 53.6 | 70.9 | 64.0 | 96.4 |
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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77.1 | 75.0 | 63.3 | 71.2 | 65.4 | 78.8 | 72.5 | 65.4 | 79.6 | 70.0 | 64.6 | 75.4 | 73.3 | 82.5 |
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Osborne Clarke
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87.0 | 85.2 | 81.3 | 89.6 | 82.6 | 84.3 | 80.0 | 87.8 | 89.6 | 87.0 | 85.7 | 79.1 | 95.2 | |
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Payne Hicks Beach LLP
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78.3 | 81.7 | 71.7 | 86.7 | 75.0 | 70.0 | 85.0 | 80.0 | 30.0 | 28.3 | 36.7 | 51.0 | 85.0 | |
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Pinsent Masons
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79.3 | 79.2 | 70.5 | 78.5 | 77.0 | 78.5 | 67.0 | 75.5 | 79.5 | 74.2 | 74.3 | 72.5 | 51.5 | 87.2 |
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Reed Smith LLP
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RPC
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80.0 | 81.3 | 70.0 | 72.7 | 73.3 | 78.8 | 60.7 | 50.0 | 90.0 | 69.3 | 64.7 | 77.3 | 51.7 | 82.7 |
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Russell-Cooke
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84.0 | 84.0 | 78.0 | 92.0 | 78.0 | 100.0 | 78.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 68.0 | 46.0 | 60.0 | 94.0 | |
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RWK Goodman
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79.2 | 85.4 | 80.0 | 88.5 | 70.8 | 75.0 | 55.8 | 77.5 | 60.0 | 58.3 | 75.8 | 82.5 | ||
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Sharpe Pritchard
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83.3 | 82.2 | 83.3 | 84.4 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 74.4 | 96.7 | 88.9 | 67.8 | 77.8 | 88.9 | ||
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Slaughter and May
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73.6 | 73.6 | 56.4 | 60.9 | 67.3 | 66.7 | 81.8 | 80.0 | 72.7 | 69.0 | 67.3 | 68.2 | 58.0 | 77.3 |
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Steele Raymond
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83.3 | 90.0 | 86.7 | 96.7 | 93.3 | 76.7 | 53.3 | 60.0 | 90.0 | 83.3 | 90.0 | 90.0 | ||
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Stephenson Harwood
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79.0 | 80.0 | 72.0 | 79.0 | 65.0 | 78.6 | 68.0 | 79.0 | 83.0 | 78.9 | 67.0 | 75.0 | 78.9 | 86.0 |
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Stevens & Bolton
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82.7 | 82.7 | 80.0 | 83.6 | 73.6 | 80.0 | 72.7 | 74.5 | 81.8 | 77.3 | 78.2 | 61.8 | 60.0 | 89.1 |
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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84.0 | 88.0 | 82.0 | 70.0 | 70.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 96.0 | 82.0 | 72.0 | 66.0 | 78.0 | 96.0 | 84.0 |
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Taylor Wessing
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82.2 | 81.1 | 74.4 | 73.3 | 72.2 | 77.1 | 62.2 | 66.7 | 78.9 | 78.9 | 70.0 | 68.9 | 40.0 | 87.8 |
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Thrings
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91.4 | 87.1 | 84.3 | 94.3 | 78.6 | 100.0 | 84.3 | 71.4 | 90.0 | 75.7 | 55.7 | 82.9 | 95.7 | |
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TLT
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83.3 | 83.3 | 83.8 | 90.4 | 74.2 | 80.0 | 79.6 | 67.5 | 95.0 | 92.5 | 79.2 | 82.9 | 90.0 | |
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Travers Smith
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80.7 | 81.4 | 76.2 | 79.7 | 85.5 | 87.3 | 67.5 | 83.8 | 77.2 | 86.9 | 80.7 | 68.6 | 34.3 | 87.6 |
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Trethowans
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87.1 | 85.7 | 84.3 | 88.3 | 88.6 | 90.0 | 65.7 | 70.0 | 81.4 | 64.3 | 78.6 | 88.6 | ||
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Vinson & Elkins RLLP
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82.2 | 81.1 | 72.2 | 70.0 | 76.7 | 86.7 | 72.2 | 95.6 | 72.2 | 53.3 | 55.6 | 68.9 | 68.9 | 87.8 |
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Ward Hadaway
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80.6 | 81.2 | 77.5 | 85.0 | 70.6 | 72.5 | 76.2 | 93.8 | 70.6 | 74.0 | 63.8 | 85.6 | ||
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Watson Farley & Williams LLP
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74.2 | 76.7 | 65.8 | 71.7 | 71.7 | 80.9 | 70.8 | 68.3 | 67.5 | 60.0 | 50.8 | 60.0 | 86.7 | 81.7 |
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Wedlake Bell
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83.8 | 85.0 | 92.5 | 88.8 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 66.2 | 62.5 | 48.8 | 66.2 | 72.5 | 61.2 | 92.5 | |
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Weightmans
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86.7 | 83.9 | 74.4 | 89.4 | 82.2 | 80.0 | 78.9 | 64.4 | 90.0 | 82.2 | 66.1 | 85.0 | 93.3 | |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
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88.8 | 86.2 | 78.8 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 83.8 | 86.2 | 90.0 | 73.8 | 73.8 | 66.2 | 85.0 | 65.0 | 92.5 |
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White & Case LLP
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84.3 | 86.7 | 80.5 | 68.6 | 77.6 | 88.8 | 75.7 | 81.9 | 84.8 | 80.0 | 78.6 | 89.0 | 93.3 | 86.7 |
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Wilkin Chapman LLP
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Winckworth Sherwood
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77.8 | 77.0 | 71.0 | 90.0 | 68.0 | 71.0 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 77.0 | 61.0 | 66.0 | 80.0 | ||
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Withers
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75.0 | 75.0 | 76.7 | 61.7 | 51.7 | 80.0 | 68.3 | 80.0 | 91.7 | 56.0 | 70.0 | 64.0 | 35.0 | 90.0 |
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Womble Bond Dickinson
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82.7 | 83.3 | 76.0 | 87.3 | 69.3 | 78.8 | 65.3 | 62.7 | 82.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 75.3 | 40.0 | 87.3 |