One of the world's foremost guides to law firms has once again recognised Freeth Cartwright LLP as one of only three top-ranked regional heavyweight legal firms in the East Midlands.

The Legal 500's UK rankings also put Freeth Cartwright as a regional leader in no less than 12 categories including:

• Banking and Finance

• Construction

• Corporate & Commercial (Nottingham & Derby)

• Corporate Tax

• Employment 

• Family

• Insurance - Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence - Claimant

• Professional Negligence

• Personal tax, Trusts and Probate 

• Real Estate (Nottingham & Derby)

• Real Estate (Elsewhere in the Midlands)

• Sport 

Freeth Cartwright's Philippa Dempster is Head of Commercial Services at the firm, which has 81 partners and a total staff of 414 across offices in Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, London, Manchester and Nottingham.

Philippa commented: 

"We are devoted to excellence in all areas and this is a tremendous recognition for our Firm. The success of our clients is paramount and our aim is always to give them a competitive edge; always providing answers, rather than just options, and top quality commercial advice. The Legal 500 agrees we're doing this!"

New to the listings for this year are recommendations for:

• Corporate & Commercial (Manchester)

• Employment (Birmingham)

• Employment (Manchester) 

• Finance - Insolvency and Corporate Recovery (Manchester)

• Planning (Manchester)

• Real Estate (Birmingham)