Methodology: how we produced the list of Ireland’s best law firms

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October 02 2022 02:30 AM

The Best Law Firms 2023 list is based on recommendations made by solicitors working in law firms (peer-to-peer survey) and business clients (such as in-house solicitors working in corporate legal departments) in 25 different fields of law.

Thousands of legal experts across Ireland and Northern Ireland were invited to take part in the survey. The sample was collected via research conducted by Statista on company websites, the law societies, in publications and on job networks such as LinkedIn. Invitations were sent by email with a personalised link that could only be used once. Around 11pc responded to the invitation.

In addition, legal experts could participate in the survey via an open link. In these cases, the participants had to provide a personal company email address before their answers were included in the evaluation. This option was only available for those who were not among the already invited legal experts.

The survey was conducted online between March 28 and May 20, 2022, and a total of 1,026 legal professionals took part. Statista recorded the recommendations made for the law firms in each field of law. Self-recommendations (recommendation of one’s own law firm) were not allowed, and thus not included in the evaluation.

The top 100 law firms in Ireland were identified based on the number of recommendations they received and have been sorted above in alphabetical order.

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