Based on feedback from over 1,000 companies across the Middle East, Asia and Europe, Reed Smith placed third in the ranking of Legal Week's Client Satisfaction Report 2011.  This research provides independent analysis of the performance of the 75 largest law firms across an array of criteria, ranging from quality of legal and commercial advice to service delivery, billing practices to transparency.

The research was conducted with respondents from the FTSE 100, the FTSE 250, small cap, AIM and the 100 largest privately-held businesses as well as leading European companies from the FTSEurofirst 300 and public sector.