SJ Berwin LLP

Established in 1982, the firm was created and thrives as a leading-edge legal services business, focusing on the European and international market place. Our clients are sophistiated buyers of legal services, ranging from entrepreneurial companies and financial institutions to leading multi-national companies, whom we advise on a comprehensive range of services including Corporate Finance, Commercial, Real Estate, Banking, Reconstruction and Insolvency, Financial Services, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Employment and Pensions, EU and Competition and Tax.

Our aim is to be recognised as a dynamic, versatile and successful business which sets the standards to which others aspire. We take pride in our ability to devise innovative and commercially viable solutions to complex problems. We understand our clients' businesses and are always willing to challenge orthodox views.

This approach has resulted in the firm winning a number of recent awards, including "UK Firm of the Year 2005" at the Legal Week Awards, "Law Firm of the Year" 2005 at the EVCA/Real Deals Private Equity Awards for the second consecutive year, "Best Achievement in Copyright Practice" Award for the role that the EU team played in achieving a ground breaking victory for William Hill in its dispute over database rights at the World Leaders European IP Awards, 'European Best Law Firm (fund formation)' at the PrivateEquityOnline Awards for the fourth year running and "Real Estate Team of the Year" at both The Lawyer Awards and Legal Business Awards.