Mourant Ozannes has emerged as the leading offshore firm when it comes to relationships with FTSE 250 clients' according to a recent survey by The Lawyer.
The survey results have Mourant Ozannes ranked 17th overall. Carey Olsen were the next ranked offshore firm at 39th.
The Lawyer, which is one of the legal services industry's leading publications, researched which firms have the most relationships with companies listed in the FTSE 250, a weighted index of the 101st to the 350th largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Based on three years' worth of deals, litigation and panel information, the research and rankings provide an insight into the longer-term relationships between legal advisers and companies that make up the midcaps.
Mourant Ozannes has advised on a number of significant deals involving FTSE 250 groups over the research period including advising Heritage Oil on its $1.6bn public to private takeover by Al Mirqab Capital; Informa on its UK redomiciliation; and SNC-Lavalin on its $2bn acquisition of Kentz Corporation.