“I’m a two years’ qualified litigator with a mid-tier City firms, mainly doing general negligence work, but I’m interested in moving into financial services litigation or regulation, probably with another firm. However, I feel like I need to know more about the area, including getting a better handle on the firms that excel in this type of work.

“My question is – how reliable are legal directories in terms of working out which firms are really committed to individual practice areas?