A SOUTHAMPTON law firm has received top marks from one of the most important publishers of legal rankings.

National company Clarke Willmott LLP has excelled in a range of practice areas in Southampton and across the country.

The 2015 edition of Chambers UK gives the firm top rankings in 35 different teams across the firm’s six offices.

In Southampton, three practice areas are ranked highly, with the intellectual property team singled out as a Band 1 rating.

Other areas that are highly ranked are employment, banking and finance, restructuring and insolvency, social housing and litigation.

Kelvin Balmont, partner and head of the Botleigh House Business Park office, said: “The latest Chambers rankings demonstrate the excellence to be found across the firm.

“They also support the latest analysis of Legal 500, which puts the firm on a similarly strong footing.”