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United Kingdom

Mishcon de Reya

London

Main Office Address

Africa House

70 Kingsway

London

WC2B 6AH
Other Offices

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Other Info

Primary Contact Lawyers

Dean Poster
Adam Rose

Firm Profile

Mishcon de Reya

Mishcon de Reya is an independent law firm, which now employs over 1300 people with more than 630 lawyers offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. The firm has grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone. 

 With presence in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore and Hong Kong (through its association with Karas So LLP), the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply.  

 The work the firm undertakes is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart. It was founded in recognition of the growing complexity of clients' needs. Each of the services offered by the Group has a strong connection to the business of law. They are led by best in class professionals recruited from a variety of non-legal industries and sectors

The Mishcon de Reya Group's consultancy businesses include MDR Brand ManagementMDR CyberMDR DiscoverMDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai), MDRx and MDR Lab. In 2021, the Group launched MDR Solutions I, a litigation finance venture in partnership with Harbour, one of the world's largest dedicated litigation and arbitration funders.

  • •CORPORATE
  • •DISPUTE RESOLUTION
  • •EMPLOYMENT
  • •INNOVATION
  • •PRIVATE
  • •MISHCON FUTURE
  • •REAL ESTATE

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Awards and Recommendations

  • Legal Week Innovation Awards 2022 - Nick West, Partner and Chief Strategy Officer, was awarded Lifetime Contributor to Innovation - Private Practice
  • Brand and Lifestyle Licensing Awards 2022 (B&LLAs) - The Hershey Company, managed by MDR Brand Management, won the Best Licensed Food or Beverage Brand
  • National Insurance Awards 2022 - Mishcon de Reya's Insurance Disputes team won the 2022 Insurance Law Award.
  • 2022 World Trademark Review 1000 - Mishcon de Reya was ranked Gold for Enforcement and Litigation, Silver for Prosecution and Strategy and Recommended for Transactions.
  • Law.com International's Rising Stars - Susannah Kintish, Employment Partner, was selected as one of Law.com International's 25 up-and-coming women in law in the UK.
  • Global Elite Directory 2022 Legal Week International - Patrick Harney, James Liffen, Filippo Noseda, Stephanie Lim Pierce and Vincent Sim were named in the 'Private Client Global Elite' list and Stuart Adams and Jessica Medus were names as ‘Rising Leaders'.
  • 2022 eprivateclient 50 Most Influential - Barbara Reeves was named as one of the 2022 eprivateclient 50 Most Influential.
  • The Lawyer's Hot 100 2022 - Kevin Gold was named in The Lawyer's Hot 100 list.
  • Honorary Doctorate - University College of Estate Management - Susan Freeman received an honorary doctorate from the University College of Estate
  • Management (UCEM), the centre of excellence for built environment education.
  • Social Mobility Index Top 75 employer 2021 - Mishcon de Reya was named as a Top 75 employer for best practice in the field of social mobility.
  • The Times Best Law Firms 2022 - Commendations for: commercial dispute resolution; commercial property; company & commercial; employment; entertainment & sport; family; financial crime & fraud & regulatory; inheritance & succession; landlord & tenant.
  • Brand and Lifestyle Licensing Awards 2021 (B&LLAs) - Eve Sleep Well Slept Collection from licensee IG Design Group, managed by MDR Brand Management, won
  • Best Brand Licensed Health & Beauty Product or Range. MDR Brand Management CEO Daniel Avener won ‘Brand Licensing Ambassador’.
  • The Law Society Awards: Human Rights Solicitor of the Year - Maria Patsalos, Partner in Immigration, was awarded The Law Society Award 2021: Human
  • Rights Solicitor of the Year.
  • eprivateclient Top Law Firm for 2021 - Mishcon de Reya was named as one of the 2021 eprivateclient Top Law Firms in the UK.
  • 2021 Citywealth's Top 100 list - A number of Mishcon Private lawyers were included in Citywealth´s 2021 Private Client lawyers Top 100 directory.
  • Spear's 500 Family Law Index 2021 - Eight members of Mishcon de Reya's Family team were named amongst the best leading lawyers for high net worth clients.
  • Chambers Europe Award - Mishcon de Reya won UK Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers and Partners Europe Awards.
  • Global Investigations Review Women in Investigations - Partner in the White Collar Crime & Investigations Group Johanna Walsh was recognised by Global
  • Investigations Review (GIR) as a leading practitioner in the field of white collar investigations.
  • The Lawyer Hot 100 - Katy Colton, Kathryn Garbett and Kevin McCarthy were named in The Lawyer's Hot 100 2021.
  • Spear's Best Property Lawyers - James Liffen and Sonal Thakrar were listed in Spear's Top Flight Property Lawyers. Simon Chadowitz and Kirpal Kaur were listed as Top Recommended Lawyers, with focus on High-value transactions and Commercial Real Estate.
  • Spear's Top Recommended Reputation Lawyers - Emma Woollcott was listed in Spear's Top Recommended Reputation Lawyers as part of its Reputation Managers Index 2021.
  • National Cyber Security Accreditation - MDR Cyber, the cyber security practice of law firm Mishcon de Reya, has been certified by the UK Government’s
  • National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as a Certified Cyber Security Consultancy. 
  • CREST accreditation for Threat Intelligence services - Mishcon de Reya is the first law firm in the world to hold CREST accreditation for its Cyber Threat
  • Intelligence services via MDR Cyber
  • CREST accreditation for Incident Response services - Mishcon de Reya is the first law firm worldwide to hold CREST accreditation for its Incident
  • Response services via cyber security practice, MDR Cyber.
  • STEP Geoffrey Shindler Award - Partner Filippo Noseda won the ‘Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Geoffrey Shindler Award’ for
  • Outstanding Contribution to the Profession
  • Citywealth Magic Circle Awards - Reputation Protection and Crisis Management team won gold in the ‘Reputation Management Law Firm of the Year’ category.
  • The Immigration team won silver in the ‘Immigration Law Firm of the Year’ category.
  • The Firm also won silver in the ‘Diversity/Gender Programme of the Year’ category.
  • Citywealth Brand Management and Reputation Awards - Best Blog/Podcast for Jazz Shapers. Best Overall PR
  • Estates Gazette Tech Awards – Mishcon de Reya won Real Estate Digital Legal Adviser of the Year
  • Legal Business Awards 2020 - James Libson was named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ at the Legal Business Awards
  • STEP Excellence Award - Associate Molly Hunter won the ‘Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Excellence’ Award
  • Annual Managing IP EMEA Awards - Partner David Rose won the ‘United Kingdom – Practitioner of the Year’ award. Intellectual Property team won ‘National Impact Cases of the Year’ – Sky v SkyKick (alongside Fieldfisher), and ‘Copyright Impact Cases of the Year’ award for Nintendo Co v Sky UK
  • The Legal Technologist’s Top 10 Most Innovative Junior Lawyers in the UK - Tom Grogan ranked number 1 in The Legal Technologist’s ‘Top 10 Most
  • Innovative Junior Lawyers in the UK’
  • LexisNexis Legal Awards – Mishcon de Reya won ‘Case of the Year’ award for the historic R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister
  • Legal 500 – Mishcon de Reya was named Firm (Specialism) of the Year 2020 for Crime, Fraud and Licensing at the Legal 500 Awards
  • Spear's Top Recommended Tax & Trust Lawyers – Partners Andrew Goldstone and Filippo Noseda were listed in Spear’s Top Recommended Lawyers as part of
  • its Tax & Trust Advisers Index 2020.
  • Spear's Top Family Lawyers – Partner Sandra Davis was named one of the Top Flight Family Lawyers in the 2020 Spear’s Family Law Index.
  • Spear's Top Recommended Reputation Lawyers – Partner Emma Woollcott was listed in Spear's Top Recommended Reputation Lawyers as part of its Reputation
  • Managers Index 2020.
  • Spear's Top Six Property Lawyers – Partners Sonal Thakrar and James Liffen were listed in Spear's Top Six Property Lawyers as part of its Property
  • Advisors Index 2020.
  • DIAA Australian Dairy Product Competition - Hershey and MDR Brand Management won Gold and Silver Awards for Reese’s and Hershey’s