Awards and recognition
Previous Awards
- Dispute Resolution Team of the Year (Finalist 2022)
The Oath Middle East Legal Awards - Sheena Sood Client Choice for Construction Law in the UK (Winner 2019)
Client Choice Award - Real Estate & Construction Team of the Year (Finalist 2019)
- Dispute Resolution Team of the Year (Finalist 2019)
The Oath Middle East Legal Awards - UAE Law Firm of the Year (Finalist 2019)
- Boutique Law Firm of the Year (Finalist 2019)
The British Legal Awards - International Arbitration Team of the Year (Highly Commended 2019)
The Middle East Legal Awards - British Expertise Outstanding International Business Awards (SME) (Finalist 2014)
British Expertise International Awards
Legal Directory Rankings
Chambers – Leading Individuals
Antony Smith · Claire Miller · David McArdle · Giles Tagg · Joanna Lewis · Joe Bryant · Joe Eizenberg · Michael Salau · Niamh Loughran · Sheena Sood · Tara Cosgrove · Will Buckby
Chambers – Top Tier Practice Rankings
- Professional Negligence: Technology and Construction (London)
Chambers – All Practice Rankings
- Professional Negligence: Technology and Construction (London)
- Professional Negligence: Mainly Defendant (South West)
- Health & Safety (UK wide)
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution (Ireland)
- Construction: Contentious (London)
- Construction: Non-Contentious (London)
- Construction (UAE)
Legal 500 – Recommended Lawyers
Andrew Croft · Antony Smith · Claire Miller · David McArdle · Eileen Pathiraja · Giles Tagg · Ian Masser · James Vernon · Jeremy Russell · Joanna Lewis · Joe Bryant · Joe Eizenberg · Killian Dorney · Lyndon Richards · Martin Jensen · Michael Salau · Nathan Penny-Larter · Niamh Loughran · Peter Sewell · Ross Baker · Sarah Conroy · Sheena Sood · Tara Cosgrove · Will Buckby · Zita Mansi
Legal 500 – Leading Individual / Hall of Fame
- Antony Smith
- Sheena Sood
- Jo Lewis
- Joe Bryant
Legal 500 – Next generation partners
- Eileen Pathiraja
Legal 500 – Rising stars
- Nathan Penny-Larter
- Zita Mansi
Legal 500 – All Practice Rankings
- Insurance – Professional Negligence (London)
- Insurance – Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation (London)
- Insurance – Professional Negligence (South West)
- Insurance (Ireland)
- Real Estate – Construction – Contentious (London)
- Real Estate – Construction – Non-Contentious (London)
- Construction (Ireland)
- Construction (UAE)
- Human Resources – Health and Safety (London)
- Corporate and commercial – EU and Competition (London)
Industry Recognition
- “A boutique firm with very capable and approachable people that are specialised in construction law. They have been in the game for a long time and are able to quickly quickly understand technical and commercial matters that are involved.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Construction) - “Beale & Co have an excellent Health & Safety practice alongside their complementary construction and professional negligence practices. Their technical expertise and industry understanding enables them to offer an excellent service in the Health & Safety sector. They are true specialists in this field. They have particular expertise and extensive experience in public inquiries, inquests, and HSE investigations.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Health and Safety - “Beale & Co are market-leaders in the construction professional negligence sector with in-depth industry knowledge, keen commercial awareness, and highly specialist technical understanding. They are hard-working, dedicated, highly professional and tactically astute.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Professional Negligence) - “The Beales team is a very strong and dynamic team who are particularly well skilled in dealing with defendant insurer construction disputed.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Professional Negligence) - ‘The team at Beale and Co provide exceptional client service. Beales are a leading firm in handling Design and Construct Professional Negligence disputes and have achieved great results for a number of our clients.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Professional Negligence) - “Extremely approachable and with a vast amount of knowledge in the construction sector. High quality advice. Excellent to work with- reliable, they do what they say they will and generally make my life easier. Absolute experts in construction insurance and on top of all key developments in this sector.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Professional Negligence) - “Deep industry knowledge with an accessible, non-pretentious vibe.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Construction – Contentious) - “Beale & Co’s non-contentious team are very customer centric, people and relationship focused, with a clear eye for technical detail.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Construction – Non-Contentious) - “Knowledge of every aspect of construction law and application. They keep the industry informed on new legislation and important topics, assist in managing business risk, review commercial appointments and advise on claims and mitigation.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Construction – Non-Contentious) - “Beale & Co have an excellent Health & Safety practice alongside their complementary construction and professional negligence practices. Their technical expertise and industry understanding enables them to offer an excellent service in the Health & Safety sector. They are true specialists in this field. They have particular expertise and extensive experience in public inquiries, inquests, and HSE investigations.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Health & Safety) - “An outstanding choice for health and safety matters with a construction, Building Regulations or fire safety angle. Exceptional understanding and experience of the construction industry and advising clients in the most serious cases. The team has a great deal of experience of criminal investigations by the HSE, local authorities and fire and rescue services, as well as inquests and public inquiries.”
(Legal 500 UK 2023 – Health & Safety) - “Responsive, bespoke service with deep sector knowledge. More agile than larger competitors.“
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dublin – Insurance) - “All of the team are extremely knowledgeable in their field. They communicate with both us and each other well. They are first with news and offer good training via email and updates by webinar too. Matters are dealt with promptly.”
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dublin – Insurance) - ‘They are invested in their work and they continue to provide us with insight and information as and when it becomes available. Their ability to maintain client relationships is second to none.”
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dublin – Construction) - “As a specialist law firm, Beale & Co have particular expertise in their chosen sectors. They have a strong team locally who possess a very good understanding of professional liability exposure and the particular needs of those operating within the construction industry. They adopt a very collaborative approach and are dedicated to serving their clients’ interests at all times. As disputes become increasingly complex, they have demonstrated an ability to distil the issues and help clients through what can be a difficult and challenging process”
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dublin – Construction) - ‘They have a niche offering in the construction sector and are more agile than other larger firms in this sector. The team stands out for its quick response times, availability almost on demand and genuine interest in helping to resolve our issues.”
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dublin – Construction) - “Killian Dorney very quickly got to grips with our requirements, was very clear and concise in his recommendations, and worked efficiently with all the specialists in our team. He quickly and concisely set out the information required to enable him to develop and present our case. His cost and time projections were very accurate, and the company billed monthly and with full detail as I requested.”
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dublin – Construction) - “Very attentive to the concerns being raised and clearly articulate the issues and their potential solution. Killian Dorney is accessible and approachable.”
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dubai – Construction) - “They consistently churn out high-quality advice no matter how tight a deadline we give them. They often operate as an extension of our in-house legal department and have taken the time to get to know our company’s management and project teams, and how we operate as a business, to better support us as a business. No other legal practice have been as engaged with our business.”
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dubai – Construction) - ‘Beale & Co understands the pressures in-house counsel are under and never fail to deliver timely, pragmatic and robust advice making the life of in-house counsel much easier.’
(Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Dubai – Construction) - “Claire and Lyndon are supported by an experienced and savvy team of associates. Jeremy Russell, in particular, is a talented associate who is both knowledgeable and commercial. Sadaff Habib stands out for her responsiveness and case management.”
(Chambers EMEA 2022 – Dubai – Construction) - “The partners at Beale are pragmatic, solution-oriented and technical. Their blending of legally sound and commercially astute advice is impressive and invaluable.”
(Chambers UK 2023 – Construction) - “The lawyers excel in the service they provide. Their strong commercial acumen, coupled with a real desire to provide a personal service to their clients, sets them apart from the rest of the construction legal field.”
(Chambers UK 2023 – Construction) - “The team hits every deadline – emails are always promptly responded to and I have never experienced any delay.”
(Chambers UK 2023 – Professional Negligence) - “Beale & Co is very attentive to the issues at hand, offers great advice on the options and on how best to proceed and provides an excellent explanation of the law and how it all works.”(Chambers UK 2022 – Professional Negligence)
- “Killian Dorney is eminently capable, brings clarity of thought to complex issues and implements strategies on the basis of the client’s overall commercial interests.”
(Chambers Europe 2022 – Dublin – Insurance) - Niamh Loughran advises insurers on professional indemnity cases brought against solicitors, architects and other professionals. Sources highlight that she is “very approachable.”
(Chambers Europe 2022 – Dublin – Insurance) - “Claire is one of the most impressive lawyers in terms of her management skills and is very organised. She is a very focused individual who leads from the front.”
(Chambers Global 2022 – Dubai – Construction) - “The firm is highly regarded in the region, and this is a view that I absolutely share. Each of their practitioners is able to provide clear, focused and relevant advice.”
(Chambers Global 2022 – Dubai – Construction)