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Osborne Clarke recognised as top 10 UK M&A adviser

23 Jan 2012

Osborne Clarke has been recognised as one of the UK’s leading and most active M&A deal advisers in 2011 by two prominent market analysis companies.

Analyst Experian Corpfin ranks Osborne Clarke as the 5th most active law firm in the UK, while mergermarket, which records higher value deals, ranks the firm in 10th place for completed M&A transactions.

Adrian Bott, head of Osborne Clarke’s Business Transactions Group, said:

"These results firmly place us in the UK’s top 10 law firms for M&A deals. It’s a tangible indication of the success of our sector-specialist strategy and also a testament to the expertise of our lawyers in getting the right results for our clients. We work hard to build long-term relationships with our clients and that fact that many of the deals we advise on are repeat instructions shows how important this is.

"In 2011 we saw a real upsurge in deal activity across the UK and across Europe, particularly involving the US market and in the Digital Business and Financial Services sectors. We’ve already had a good start to 2012, which suggests that many businesses are in good health and institutional investors still have an appetite to buy and sell, despite wider economic challenges.”