Slaughter and May has maintained its position as the legal adviser to the largest number of major U.K.-listed companies, according to the latest rankings, while Linklaters has pulled slightly ahead of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer into second place.

Slaughters advises 33 FTSE 100 companies and 75 FTSE 350 companies, virtually unchanged from its numbers in May 2022, the Adviser Rankings tables to August 2022 show.