Corporate Register: The no 1 information source on decision makers in UK stockmarket companies

Today I learnt about the Corporate Register, the self-styled "no 1 information source on decision makers in UK stockmarket companies".

Published quarterly by Capital Ideas, the Corporate Register is a directory arranged into three parts:

• Companies
• look up a company name to find an brief overview, address, details of which exchange it is listed on (main or AIM), market cap, turnover & pre-tax profit. The directory also lists key personnel (executive and non-executive directors, sometimes company secretary, etc), number of employees and details of advisers (financial, legal, brokers, auditors).
• Directors and Officers
• look up a director's name to find contact details, career history, DOB, education, etc.
• Professional Advisers and their Client
• look up the name of an adviser to find the list of companies it advises.

Capital Ideas website:
http://www.corporateregister.co.uk/index.htm

Morningstar: another source for finding UK law firm's corporate clients

Today I learnt that Morningstar (AKA Hemscott) is another source that allows you to look up the name of a UK law firm and see a list of quoted companies it acts for:

http://www.hemscott.com/advisers/law-firms.do

As well as law firms it also covers financial advisers, auditors and stockbrokers (and more).

Which law firms act for which FTSE & Eurotop listed companies?

Today I learnt how to find out which law firms act for which FTSE and Eurotop listed companies.

Chambers and Partners produces an annual FTSE and Eurotop survey. Their researchers "contact the Heads of Legal for each of the companies in the Euro 100 and the FTSE 100 & 250, asking them to list the firms they instruct most often".* Chambers then helpfully lists the results on its website. You can view lists for the following categories:

FTSE 100

• The FTSE 100 by company

FTSE Eurotop 100

• Legal advisers to the FTSE Eurotop 100
• The A-Z of law firms acting for the FTSE Eurotop 100
• Law firms ranked by number of total survey mentions
• Firms with one mention in the 2011 survey

FTSE 250

• FTSE 250 by company
• FTSE 250 by firm

This makes me very happy.

* http://www.chambersandpartners.com/FTSE-Survey