Working for the best legal firms in the UK

Posted by David on 08 March 2009

According to The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies 2009 the best UK law firm to work for is Manchester based firm Pannone LLP.

For the second year running Pannone LLP stake their claim as the highest listed UK law firm, moving from an overall 5th position in 2008 to 3rd in 2009. A total of 10 law firms made the final Top 100 list.

2009 Rank - 2008 Rank - Firm name
3rd - 5th - Pannone LLP
19th - n/a - Lewis Silkin LLP
20th - 27th - Brabners Chaffe Street LLP
58th - 95th - Olswang
69th - 65th - Mishcon de Reya
72nd - 90th - Freeth Cartwright LLP
74th - n/a - CMS Cameron McKenna
83rd - 68th - Mills & Reeve LLP
92nd - n/a - Charles Russell LLP
94th - 74th - Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Unlike many of its competitors, Pannone LLP featured well in a number of tables including;
Most fun at work (5th)
Stimulating workplaces (7th)
No presure (1st)
Loud and proud (4th)
Most Supportive Managers (1st)
Most valuable experience (9th)
We are family (6th)
Making the difference at work (8th)
Best for training (4th)
Lending a helping hand (5th)
Good work life balance (3rd)
Follow my leader (7th)
Best for fair pay (2nd) - with CMS Cameron McKenna (5th) & Brabners Chaffe Street LLP (10th) in this table.

So, what does this tell us? Well, I'm sure you can all draw your own conclusions. One thing I would be interested to know how many non-fee earning staff were included in the feedback and assessment of the results?

So, if you happen to work at Pannone LLP or any of the other law firms in the operational, business services or support side of the business and were involved in the process, feel free to contribute your thoughts and tell us what you think.