The firm acted on more than 50 M&A transactions during the qualifying period for the awards, with its deal volume and deal value doubling on the previous year.

Mills Selig’s corporate team continues to be the go-to legal adviser for FD Technologies PLC and has retained its role as UK advisor for French listed Questel Group.

Significant deals managed by the team within the past year include acting for the seller of a portfolio of wind turbine projects that represented the largest transaction of its kind in Northern Ireland in 2021, acting on the sale of Natural World Products, advising Hospital Services Limited on the £3.5m private equity investment made by Northern Irish Foresight Group and acting on the acquisition of the Old Inn, Crawfordsburn by local hospitality giant The Galgorm Collection.

The corporate team includes highly-skilled and experienced lawyers including senior partner John Kearns, who has almost 30 years of experience in corporate law, and partners Glenn Watterson and Darren Marley.

Chris Guy, head of corporate and managing partner at Mills Selig, said: “It is an honour to receive this award and we are very pleased that it reflects the high standard of work we do, as one team across the entire firm. It has been a busy year and 2022 is set to continue in this trajectory. Our team has expanded, and we are in a very strong position in terms of our strength in depth.”