National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has been recognised as a Top Tier firm in the latest Legal 500 guide which ranks the UK’s top lawyers and organisations.

Clarke Willmott received prestigious Top Tier rankings for 11 of its specialist practice areas, up one from last year’s results.

The firm’s South West offering did particularly well with the Bristol and Taunton offices named as Top Tier in ten practice areas: crime, debt recovery, employment, personal injury, professional negligence, family, personal tax, trusts and probate, commercial property and intellectual property, with particular congratulations going to their sport, property litigation teams on this improvement from last year’s rankings.

The regional offices have also been recommended in 16 further specialist practice areas including planning, social housing and agriculture and estates.

Additionally, Neil Baker of the Bristol office, has been named for his environment and planning work and remains in the elite ‘Hall of Fame’ category, which highlights individuals who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence.

Eleven of Clarke Willmott’s South West lawyers were named as ‘Leading Individuals’ while there were five ‘Rising Stars’ and three in the ‘Next Generation Partner’ category.

Alex Jakubowski, head of the Bristol office, said: “We are delighted with our numerous rankings in the Legal 500 again this year both for our specialist practice areas and for individual lawyers.

“The Legal 500 is among the most prestigious industry guides and rankings are partly based on client feedback which is a great indication of the quality of our work and the services we provide.

“The recognition reflects the time we invest in developing relationships with our clients, our high level of service and our great people.”

The Legal 500 series is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. It is an independent guide and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit.

Clarke Willmott LLP is a national law firm with seven offices across the country including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton and Taunton.

For more information visit www.clarkewillmott.com.