Muckle LLP earns 12 top tier rankings from Legal 500 UK 2024

Top independent legal directory Legal 500 UK announced its rankings, and we’ve secured 12 top-tier rankings and 18 rankings overall. They also recognised 46 of our lawyers, including 14 who were recognised as ‘Leading Individuals’.

Supportive clients

The research is based on feedback from clients, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers.

Without the support of our clients, our impressive Legal 500 rankings for 2024 would not be possible, and we’d like to say thank you for all the encouraging comments in the review. 

The rankings round off a fantastic couple of months for our team, with September seeing us announce record financial results and also winning ‘Business of the Year’ and ‘Best Place to Work’ at the North East Business Awards.

Highlights from the Legal 500 rankings 2024

• 12 top-tier ranking across the firm
• 32 of the team are named as Leading Individuals, Next Generation Partners or Rising Stars
• We remain the only firm in the North ranked nationally for sport

Top-tier legal services

Here are just some of the highlights from our top-tier ranked legal services:

Corporate and commercial

‘There is a real commitment at Muckle to working collaboratively with the client to execute an instruction with precision, diligence and commercial awareness.’

Commercial Litigation

‘Head of department Susan Howe has created the standout commercial litigation team in the North East. I wouldn’t go anywhere else for sound commercial, business-focused litigation advice.’

Debt recovery

‘Collections, advice and legal help are exemplary; the services timely, beneficial, and professional; the people friendly, efficient and always willing to assist; the financial benefits quickly sourced, and the costs in recovering to be fair and clearly defined from the outset.’

Employment

‘Engaging, friendly and very professional. The lawyers make the process of working with them enjoyable. Very good at building relationships too. Every single employee of Muckle LLP that I have met or engaged with have been memorable and great to work with and meet.’

Banking and Finance

‘The whole team is excellent. Everyone gives a quick & practical answer as well as making sure transitions are on track and managed. The team are always proactive, approachable and professional. Louise Duffy has been exceptional, and we would not have achieved completion on land acquisition and bridge funding without her attention to detail, commitment to driving the projects forward along with her expertise and knowledge.’

Charities and not-for-profit

‘People make the difference! Despite everyone being busy, time is taken to get to know you as a client, understand the issue you need help with and then to discuss the different approaches that can be taken. A good blend of commercial, legal and common sense.’

Education

‘Muckle’s education team is superb. They are highly knowledgeable of the education sector, very professional in their approach, and they are both compassionate and clear when dealing with sensitive issues.’

Real Estate

‘The team is very responsive to client requirements with extensive knowledge of the social housing sector.’

Real Estate Dispute Resolution

‘We have used Muckle for property disrepair claims. We are impressed with the level of knowledge and understanding that they provided. The main strengths provided were the specific point of contact provided for all cases and also the ability to speak personally with whoever was dealing with the case at short notice.’

IT

‘The individuals we deal with are calm, capable and highly experienced. Muckle tends to offer London quality legal advice within the North East. This isn’t common.’

Media and Entertainment

I have worked closely with George Festing, a partner in the Muckle Media and Entertainment team. George is tremendously astute – and has a depth of knowledge relating to contentious music matters, in particular, which is on a par with any of the London firms operating in that market sector.’

For more information about how our leading team can support your business, call today on 0191 211 7777 or email [email protected].