Allen & Overy is one of the leading global legal practices with around 4,700 staff, including some 450 partners, working in 26 major centres worldwide. Primarily a commercial practice with a substantial international element, the main areas of work are Company and Commercial (divided into Corporate Finance and M & A, International and Domestic Banking, International Capital Markets and Insolvency), Litigation, Real Estate, Private Client, EC and Competition Law, Environmental Law and Corporate Taxation. Other areas include Pensions, Share Incentives, Employee Benefits, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Energy, Projects and Project Finance, Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Construction.

Banking, Building Societies, Business Reconstruction and Insolvency, Communications, Construction, Corporate and Commercial, Derivative Products, EU & Competition Law, Employment, Pensions and Incentives, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial Services, Housing Associations, Information Technology, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Capital Markets, Litigation, Management Buy-Outs, Media and Entertainment, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products, Private Clients, Private Finance Initiative (PFI), Privatisation, Projects and Project Finance, Real Estate, Securitisation, Tax (Corporate, VAT & Indirect).