Womble Bond Dickinson

Lawyers 409
Turnover £387 million
Offices 9

This firm, which is the product of a 2013 cross-country merger between Dickinson Dees in Newcastle and Bond Pearce, a powerhouse in Bristol, looked set to grow again earlier this year.

However, in February Womble Bond Dickinson and BDP Pitmans abandoned a touted merger that would have created a £440 million practice and taken it several rungs up the top 20 league table.

Nonetheless, the firm is a dark horse transatlantic practice, gaining its first name from a 2017 merger with Womble Carlyle from North Carolina.

Last year, the firm successfully represented Geofabrics Limited in a long-running patents dispute with a competitor over its geosynthetic Tracktex liner technology, which culminated in a final order by the High Court awarding Geofabrics £13.4 million in compensation.