Contentious work is Clyde & Co's bread and butter. The firm's great strength is in the fields of insurance, reinsurance and transport, in which it regularly earns first-tier rankings. One directory credits it with "more than 50 partners… engaged in high-level, milestone insurance and reinsurance disputes in all corners of the market", adding that "the firm's dedicated aviation and space team is one of the most sought after in the world" (Chambers).