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The Legal 500 View: Ranking the top firms in the new normal

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Georgina Stanley
GStanley@alm.com
10 November 2020
The Legal 500Comment

Legal 500 UK editor Georgina Stanley on the headline data and what’s new in this year’s guide

With thousands of distinct rankings for both law firms and individual lawyers, The Legal 500 UK Solicitors Guide 2021 is now live on legal500.com, despite the global pandemic meaning the entire thing was researched and edited remotely.

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