Ranking tables
Environment | UK
South West
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
- Osborne Clarke LLP 10 Years Ranked
- DAC Beachcroft LLP
- Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Band 1
Band 2
- Alex Madden Hugh James15 Years Ranked
- Ross Fairley Burges Salmon LLP27 Years Ranked
- Anne HarrisonDAC Beachcroft LLP
- Sarah HolmesWomble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Band 3
- Ben Derrington Freeths LLP1 Years Ranked
- Christian Silk Foot Anstey LLP2 Years Ranked
- Helen Hutton Michelmores LLP10 Years Ranked
- Ian Salter Burges Salmon LLP27 Years Ranked
- Kee Evans Foot Anstey LLP9 Years Ranked
- Richard Broadbent Freeths LLP1 Years Ranked
- Neil ScottDAC Beachcroft LLP
- Stephen PantonStephens Scown LLP
Associates to watch
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Burges Salmon LLPEnvironment2025 | Band 1 | 10 Years RankedBurges Salmon has a pre-eminent environment team with a full-service offering and outstanding regulatory credentials acting for a host of large corporates. The firm has broad sector expertise, from energy and natural resources to education. The team is equipped to advise on water and flooding issues, nuclear schemes and chemicals, among other matters. The lawyers offer further strength in air quality and noise nuisance disputes.
Band 2
2 Osborne Clarke LLPEnvironment2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedOsborne Clarke's environment team offers expertise across contentious and non-contentious matters, including contamination issues and environmental permitting. It regularly works on renewables and waste-to-energy projects. It advises clients from the utilities, technology and house-building sectors, among others. It also offers notable experience in defending prosecutions brought by the Environment Agency and other regulatory bodies.
Band 3
3 Clarke Willmott LLPEnvironment2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years RankedClarke Willmott's broad environmental law offering has a wealth of experience in prosecution and enforcement matters. The firm's clients include house builders, landowners, and individuals and companies from the agricultural sector. The team regularly advises clients on the environmental aspects of major residential development projects. It also has notable experience in handling waste management issues.3 Foot Anstey LLPEnvironment2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedFoot Anstey handles environmental mandates for clients across a range of sectors, including energy and waste management. The law firm works on an array of issues, including environmental permits, transactional due diligence and general compliance matters.3 Freeths LLPEnvironment2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedFreeths assists public and private sector clients with a variety of environmental matters. The law firm advises on issues regarding environmental permits, abstraction licences and planning permission, and it has experience dealing with mandates in a range of sectors.