Kennedys continues Legal 500 success with 2018 EMEA rankings

We are pleased to announce that the publication of the 2018 edition of The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa has seen us build on previous legal directory success.

Kennedys has been ranked as a ‘top-tier firm’ in two practice areas and recommended in a further 10 practice areas, including two new rankings for our Dublin office (Healthcare) and our Dubai office (Construction). We have either retained previous rankings, or improved them, across the board, and have increased our numbers of both ‘leading’ and ‘recommended’ lawyers.

In addition to four of our partners being named in the elite ‘Leading individuals’ list, The Legal 500 EMEA’s guide to outstanding lawyers across the region, we also have 20 lawyers recommended in the editorial. A number of our senior associates and solicitors have been included in these recommendations.

Partners Christian Bouckaert, Dimitri de Bournonville, Morten Erritzøe Christensen, and Hugh Kennedy, from our Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, and Dublin offices respectively, are listed in the elite 'Leading individuals’ list.

Charlotte Thijssen (Aviation) and Carol Maguire (Real Estate), from our Brussels and Dublin offices respectively, also both made the 'Next generation lawyers' list.

We have been recommended as a ‘Top Tier Firm’ in the following two practice areas:

  • Aviation (Belgium)
  • Insurance (Denmark)

We have also been ranked for the following ten practice areas:

Belgium

  • Industry focus - Transport

Denmark

  • Dispute resolution

Ireland

  • Dispute resolution
  • Healthcare and life sciences
  • Insurance
  • Real estate
  • Transport

Spain

  • Insurance

United Arab Emirates

  • Construction
  • Dispute resolution - Arbitration and international litigation

Our lawyers recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA 2018 editorial are as follows:

Belgium

  • Charlotte Thijssen (Aviation)
  • Dimitri de Bournonville (Aviation)
  • Erwann Couty (Aviation)
  • Sandro Löw (Aviation and Industry focus – Transport)

Denmark

  • Allan Kvist-Kristensen (Dispute Resolution and Insurance)
  • Anne Mette Myrup Opstrup (Dispute Resolution)
  • Morten Erritzøe Christensen (Dispute Resolution and Insurance)
  • Jesper Ravn (Insurance)
  • Thomas Dall Jensen (Insurance)

Ireland

  • Daniel Scanlon (Dispute Resolution and Insurance)
  • Michael Walshe (Dispute Resolution; and Transport)
  • Joanne O'Sullivan (Healthcare, Life Sciences and Insurance)
  • Noel Devins (Insurance)
  • Carol Maguire (Real Estate)
  • Jamie Kelly (Real Estate)
  • Philip O'Connor (Real Estate)
  • Hugh Kennedy (Transport)

Spain

  • Jesús Vélez (Insurance)
  • José María Arauz (Insurance)

United Arab Emirates

  • Andrew MacCuish (Construction)
  • Mark Wilson (Construction and Dispute Resolution - Arbitration and International Litigation)
  • Nick Humphrey (Dispute Resolution - Arbitration and International Litigation)
  • Peter Ellingham (Dispute Resolution - Arbitration and International Litigation)

For the full rankings, please see The Legal 500 website.

The Legal 500 EMEA is a leading guide to law firms across Europe, Middle East and Africa. The rankings are based on a series of criteria that highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from 250,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.