Introducing Osborne Clarke
What makes us different?
Three-dimensional approach
Combined legal expertise, sector understanding and insight into the transformation trends impacting businesses today and tomorrow
Outstanding service delivery
Pioneering legal services technology delivered by Osborne Clarke Solutions
High quality client knowledge
From thought leadership reports to tailored in-person training
Osborne Clarke for Good
Our commitment to being a good corporate citizen; employer and business
About Osborne Clarke
Introduction
Introduction
Click to view our introduction video from Omar Al-Nuaimi, International CEO.
A good place to start to understand Osborne Clarke is through our values.
Committed to excellence
Proud of what we do
Curious to know more
Supportive and generous
Free to be ourselves
Our values are integral to the way our people work and how we do business and are demonstrated throughout this overview.
Osborne Clarke at a glance
talented lawyers
working with
expert partners
in
international locations*
advising across
core sectors
with insight into
transformational trends
driven by
client-centric approach
Our locations around the world
Europe
Belgium: Brussels
France: Paris
Germany: Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich
Italy: Busto Arsizio, Milan, Rome
The Netherlands: Amsterdam
Poland: Warsaw
Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza
Sweden: Stockholm
UK: Bristol, London, Reading
USA
Miami, New York, San Francisco
Asia
China: Shanghai
India*: Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi
Singapore
*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm
We work with Osborne Clarke in England, Germany, France and Spain and have been consistently delighted with the quality of advice and support received. It feels like we are dealing with one team and a very good one at that!
A strong business
Our growth trajectory
Our journey so far
Our journey so far
1748
Founded in Bristol
1987
Opened in London
1998
Opened in UK's Thames Valley
2000
Established groundbreaking office in Silicon Valley
2001
Opened in Cologne
2005
Munich office established
2012
Combined with firms in Italy and Spain
Opened in Hamburg
2013
Opened in Brussels and Paris
2014
BTG Legal, Opened in Mumbai
Opened in Berlin, San Francisco, Amsterdam
2016
Opened in Singapore and New York
2017
Opened in Shanghai in May and Stockholm in September
2018
BTG Legal, Opened in Bangalore
2019
BTG Legal, Opened in Delhi
2022
Opened in Poland
2023
Opened in Miami
What makes us different
Our three-dimensional approach
Watch the video for an introduction to our three-dimensional approach.
Sector understanding
Understanding our client’s market and their business
Transformational insight
Insight into the global issues transforming the landscape of our client’s business
Legal expertise
Technical excellence delivered with clarity
We advise market leaders, challenger brands and fast-growth businesses all over the world on their most important commercial affairs and their trickiest disputes. Our service lines define our core specialisms as legal practitioners, each one supported by deep industry knowledge and fresh insights into the way business could work in tomorrow’s world.
Banking and Finance
Commercial
Competition, antitrust and trade
Corporate
Dispute resolution
Employment and pensions
Infrastructure services
Intellectual property
IT and data
Real estate
Regulatory and compliance
Tax
Sector understanding
Understanding your industry, understanding your business
Through our sector approach, we are fully integrated into our clients’ worlds, perfectly aligned to their industry sector and businesses. Helping our clients across seven core sectors and always looking at what the future may hold, we apply this insight into every shape and size of business that we meet.
The Built Environment
Energy and Energy Transition
Financial Services
Life Sciences and Healthcare
Mobility and Infrastructure
Retail and Consumer
Technology, Media and Comms
Workforce Solutions
Transformational insight
Decarbonisation, Digitalisation and Urban Dynamics are transforming the way we live, work and do business.
Osborne Clarke is at the forefront of these drivers of change with dedicated Transformation teams to help clients manage risk and exploit opportunities.
Our client's benefit from:
- Advice on how the changing legal landscape will affect their business
- The Navigation of complex laws when shifting to new business models and strategies
- Facilitation and action on projects, transactions and investments to help them achieve sustainable targets
Service delivery
OC Solutions
Transforming relationships through shared technology
Our pioneering approach to shaping, using and sharing legal services technology gives our clients unrivalled levels of control. Osborne Clarke Solutions transforms the way clients work, not just within legal services but throughout their organisation as a whole, bringing information together in one place to save time and money.
Our industry-recognised team work with clients using design thinking to co-create a bespoke platform that is built around their particular needs. Providing practical solutions to real problems where whole teams can track projects in real-time, share information with key stakeholders, and capture and discover insights from their data.
Click below to watch our video introduction to OC Solutions.
The platform has freed up my time to focus on bigger matters impacting the business...
Our client knowledge offering
We have an experienced Knowledge Team who are able to support and augment our client relationships and help our clients to achieve their strategic goals.
Our Knowledge lawyers are a group of experienced, qualified and practising professionals in many of our core service lines, offering a wealth of technical insight and practical experience.The Knowledge Team takes the same holistic approach as of our client lawyers, combining legal expertise with our deep understanding of our clients’ sectors, overlaid with insights into the transformative impacts of digitalisation, decarbonisation and urban dynamics.
Broadcast
Generally available, controlled by subscription sign up
- Webinars and seminars
- Insights (online articles, videos and podcasts on legal, sector and transformations topics)
- Horizon-scanning look-aheads on legal and regulatory changes
- Newsletters (typically monthly, legal or sector-based)
- Thought leadership reports
Bespoke
- Tailored in-person training
- Horizon-scanning on specific regulatory developments (almost always on a paid-for basis)
- Bespoke ‘Knowledge’ pages on client OC Solutions platforms
- Regular newsletter updates on client-chosen topics
- Advice lines and sharing of precedents
Our culture and commitment to positive change
Osborne Clarke for Good
Our position as international law firm creates a lot of opportunity to make a positive impact beyond our everyday work. We know that the way in which we operate every part of our business, from how we look after our people, to the work we undertake and how we engage in our community, offers the chance to be a force for good. To help as many people as we can to succeed in tomorrow’s world.
Which is why we developed our OC for Good framework to help us both focus our activities and capture the impact of them for our people and the world at large. An approach which perfectly fits our culture, offering our people more opportunities to engage in their workplace, with our clients, and in the communities we are a part of for the greater good.
The OC for Good framework focuses on three distinct, but interrelated areas.
A good corporate citizen
We take our responsibilities to society seriously and try to make a difference across four key areas of impact: education, environment, equality and poverty. We are lucky enough to have a huge wealth of talent within the firm who are committed to using their time, energy and expertise to make a positive contribution to the communities around us. Whether that’s through providing pro bono legal advice, raising funds for charities in our local communities, working to reduce our impact on the environment, and more.
How we make a difference
Italy: #FindtheOrange An initiative supporting Education – from funding PhD programmes at the centre of Health Technologies at the University of Pavia to collaborating with the Istituto Europe di Design to provide student grants
Our UK, German and Dutch offices working together on the Rule 39 Initiative to assist migrants facing human rights violation
Always a good employer
Our people are what make our firm the diverse and exciting place it is, and so we invest heavily in creating an environment that helps them to thrive. Building a healthy and inspiring workplace which can adapt and evolve along with the changing ways in which we work. We know that by maintaining a focus on our people’s needs and wellbeing, we create the conditions that allow them to be at their best. That way, everybody – including our clients - benefits.
How we make a difference
Near and long-term carbon reduction commitments across our offices.
UK: Released the first OC for Good annual report detailing our commitments and impact made in 2021-22.
Being a good business
Our focus on doing the right thing goes deeper than what may be visible day-to-day, it goes right to the heart of how we shape our business. Our transparent and open leadership structure supports clear accountability and complete oversight of all our decisions and activities. And when it comes to the operational aspects of running the firm, we are committed to ensuring ethical procurement, fair supplier management and sustainable supply chains as standard.
How we make a difference
First law firm to partner with the European Network for Women in Leadership.
Ranked first for ‘Best law firms for work at – Culture’ RollOnFriday Awards 2022
Our culture and commitment to positive change
Osborne Clarke for Good
Our position as international law firm creates a lot of opportunity to make a positive impact beyond our everyday work. We know that the way in which we operate every part of our business, from how we look after our people, to the work we undertake and how we engage in our community, offers the chance to be a force for good. To help as many people as we can to succeed in tomorrow’s world.
Which is why we developed our OC for Good framework to help us both focus our activities and capture the impact of them for our people and the world at large. An approach which perfectly fits our culture, offering our people more opportunities to engage in their workplace, with our clients, and in the communities we are a part of for the greater good.
The OC for Good framework focuses on three distinct, but interrelated areas. Click on the tabs below to find out more about each area.
We take our responsibilities to society seriously and try to make a difference across four key areas of impact: education, environment, equality and poverty. We are lucky enough to have a huge wealth of talent within the firm who are committed to using their time, energy and expertise to make a positive contribution to the communities around us. Whether that’s through providing pro bono legal advice, raising funds for charities in our local communities, working to reduce our impact on the environment, and more.
How we make a difference
Italy: #FindtheOrange An initiative supporting Education – from funding PhD programmes at the centre of Health Technologies at the University of Pavia to collaborating with the Istituto Europe di Design to provide student grants
Our UK, German and Dutch offices working together on the Rule 39 Initiative to assist migrants facing human rights violation
Our people are what make our firm the diverse and exciting place it is, and so we invest heavily in creating an environment that helps them to thrive. Building a healthy and inspiring workplace which can adapt and evolve along with the changing ways in which we work. We know that by maintaining a focus on our people’s needs and wellbeing, we create the conditions that allow them to be at their best. That way, everybody – including our clients - benefits.
How we make a difference
Near and long-term carbon reduction commitments across our offices.
UK: Released the first OC for Good annual report detailing our commitments and impact made in 2021-22.
Our focus on doing the right thing goes deeper than what may be visible day-to-day, it goes right to the heart of how we shape our business. Our transparent and open leadership structure supports clear accountability and complete oversight of all our decisions and activities. And when it comes to the operational aspects of running the firm, we are committed to ensuring ethical procurement, fair supplier management and sustainable supply chains as standard.
How we make a difference
First law firm to partner with the European Network for Women in Leadership.
Ranked first for ‘Best law firms for work at – Culture’ RollOnFriday Awards 2022
A good corporate citizen
We take our responsibilities to society seriously and try to make a difference across four key areas of impact: education, environment, equality and poverty. We are lucky enough to have a huge wealth of talent within the firm who are committed to using their time, energy and expertise to make a positive contribution to the communities around us. Whether that’s through providing pro bono legal advice, raising funds for charities in our local communities, working to reduce our impact on the environment, and more.
How we make a difference
Italy: #FindtheOrange An initiative supporting Education – from funding PhD programmes at the centre of Health Technologies at the University of Pavia to collaborating with the Istituto Europe di Design to provide student grants
Our UK, German and Dutch offices working together on the Rule 39 Initiative to assist migrants facing human rights violation
Always a good employer
Our people are what make our firm the diverse and exciting place it is, and so we invest heavily in creating an environment that helps them to thrive. Building a healthy and inspiring workplace which can adapt and evolve along with the changing ways in which we work. We know that by maintaining a focus on our people’s needs and wellbeing, we create the conditions that allow them to be at their best. That way, everybody – including our clients - benefits.
How we make a difference
Near and long-term carbon reduction commitments across our offices.
UK: Released the first OC for Good annual report detailing our commitments and impact made in 2021-22.
Being a good business
Our focus on doing the right thing goes deeper than what may be visible day-to-day, it goes right to the heart of how we shape our business. Our transparent and open leadership structure supports clear accountability and complete oversight of all our decisions and activities. And when it comes to the operational aspects of running the firm, we are committed to ensuring ethical procurement, fair supplier management and sustainable supply chains as standard.
How we make a difference
First law firm to partner with the European Network for Women in Leadership.
Ranked first for ‘Best law firms for work at – Culture’ RollOnFriday Awards 2022
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Global Data Review’s GDR 100, 2023
Global top 5 of firms for data litigation
‘Best law firms to work at – Culture’
RollOnFriday Awards, 2022
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