Marriott Harrison - what legal 500 say...

legal500.com: The UK Legal 500 Recommendation for 2007

music
Marriott Harrison’s ‘very knowledgeable and very resourceful’ team is headed by long-time sector player Tony Morris and specialises in the acquisition and disposal of music catalogues. Clients include Delta Music Group, One Media Publishing and Eagle Rock Entertainment.

computer games
Marriott Harrison continues to act as a sole legal adviser to NCsoft on the delivery of its multi-player online games. Other clients include educational software company Mindscape (UK) and Gextech. Clients describe Tony Morris as ‘professional and incomparable’.

m & a
Though smaller than most, the ‘pragmatic and commercial’ Marriott Harrison has one of the best reputations of any firm in the smaller deals category. It also has one of the best average deal sizes, completing 30 deals for £1.3bn including three valued at over £100m. ‘Fantastic’ practice head Jon Sweet acted for the Ecclestone family on the sale of their F1 interests to CVC Capital Partners.

flotations and – small and mid-cap
Marriott Harrison enters the ranking on the strength of its insititutional AIM work, with Simon Charles' broker-focused team handling over 30 AIM admissions and fundraisings in 2006.

venture capital
Marriott Harrison is very active in the VC world, and enters the ranking for the frist time this year. Duncan Innes’ practice acts for both funds, such as Matrix Private Equity Partners and The Capital Fund, and companies.