DLA Piper is a global legal services organisation with offices across Europe, Asia and the US. Over 2,900 lawyers across 53 offices and 20 countries provide a broad range of legal services through global practice groups.

DLA Piper is relationship-driven and built to meet the ongoing legal needs of clients, wherever they choose to do business. By being culturally attuned to the business demands and legal requirements of a particular country or state, and through the award-winning Client Relationship Management programme, DLA Piper continually strive to find new and better ways of doing things so the clients can benefit.

DLA Piper's vision is to be a top five global, full-service law firm.

Website address www.dlapiper.com/uk

Awards / Accolades DLA Piper benchmarks itself with clients and has received awards that acknowledge commitment to expanding the business and investing in its people. DLA Piper was recognised as the ‘Global Law Firm of the Year’ at The Lawyer Awards in 2006. Other recent accolades include "Law Firm of the Year" at the Legal Business Awards (Feb 2005) and also "Law Firm of the Year 2005" at the LEMAS (Legal Marketing) Awards. DLA Piper has also been the Yorkshire Law Firm of the Year for the last two years. It has featured in the Sunday Times "100 Best Companies to Work For" survey for the fifth year running and has been awarded "Investors in People" status.