We are pleased to announce that the publication of the 2019 edition of The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa has seen us build on our 2018 success.
Kennedys has been ranked in 14 practice areas, including three new rankings for our Paris office (dispute resolution, healthcare and life sciences and insurance), and a ‘top tier’ ranking for aviation in Belgium.
In addition to four of our partners being named in the elite ‘Leading Individuals’ list, The Legal 500 EMEA’s guide to outstanding lawyers across the region, we also have 18 lawyers recommended in the editorial. A number of our senior associates and solicitors have been included in these recommendations.
Partners Christian Bouckaert, Dimitri de Bournonville, Morten Erritzøe Christensen, and Hugh Kennedy, from our Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, and Dublin offices respectively, are listed in the elite 'Leading individuals’ list.
Further congratulations go to Christian Bouckaert, who has been recognised in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame. This accolade is given to individuals who have received continual praise by their clients for excellence.
Charlotte Thijssen (Aviation) from our Brussels office, also made the 'Next Generation Lawyer' list.
We have been recommended as a ‘Top Tier Firm’ in the following practice area:
We have also been ranked for the following 13 practice areas:
Belgium
- Industry focus - Transport
Denmark
- Dispute resolution
- Insurance
France
- Aviation
- Construction
- Insurance
Ireland
- Dispute resolution
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Insurance
- Transport
Spain
United Arab Emirates
- Construction
- Dispute resolution - Arbitration and international litigation
Our lawyers recommended in The Legal 500 EMEA 2018 editorial are as follows:
Belgium
- Charlotte Thijssen (Aviation and Industry focus – Transport)
- Dimitri de Bournonville (Aviation and Industry focus – Transport)
Denmark
- Morten Erritzøe Christensen (Insurance and Dispute Resolution)
France
- Christian Bouckaert (Aviation and Insurance)
- Nicolas Bouckaert (Aviation and Insurance)
- Aurélia Cadain (Aviation)
- Alexis Valençon (Construction and Insurance)
Ireland
- Andrew McGahey (Dispute resolution and Insurance)
- Daniel Scanlon (Dispute resolution and Insurance)
- Noel Devins (Dispute resolution and Insurance)
- Hugh Kennedy (Dispute resolution and Transport)
- Joanne O’Sullivan (Dispute resolution, Healthcare and life sciences and Insurance)
- Grace Keegan (Healthcare and life sciences)
Spain
- Jesús Vélez (Insurance)
- José María Arauz (Insurance)
United Arab Emirates
- Mark Wilson (Construction and Dispute Resolution - Arbitration and International Litigation)
- Nick Humphrey (Dispute Resolution - Arbitration and International Litigation)
- Peter Ellingham (Dispute Resolution - Arbitration and International Litigation)
For the full rankings, please see The Legal 500 website.
The Legal 500 EMEA is a leading guide to law firms across Europe, Middle East and Africa. The rankings are based on a series of criteria that highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from 250,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.
