Comparative Guide
Restructuring & Insolvency
United Kingdom
Contribution fromPaul Hastings LLP09 July 2026
Acquisition finance
Rankings
- 1
Clifford Chance LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Latham & Watkins (London) LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Linklaters LLP
Sector knowledge - 1
Milbank
- 1
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 1
A&O Shearman
Tier 1
- 2
Freshfields
- 2
Paul Hastings LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 2
Proskauer Rose LLP
NPS ® - 2
Sidley Austin LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
White & Case LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge
Tier 2
- 3
Ashurst Perkins Coie
- 3
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- 3
Dechert LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 3
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
- 3
Macfarlanes LLP
Tier 3
- 4
Addleshaw Goddard
Billing & efficiency - 4
Baker McKenzie
- 4
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
DLA Piper
- 4
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 4
Goodwin
- 4
Mayer Brown International LLP
- 4
McDermott Will & Schulte
Billing & efficiency - 4
Ropes & Gray LLP
Sector knowledge - 4
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Slaughter and May
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP
Tier 4
- 5
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- 5
CMS
- 5
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
- 5
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- 5
King & Spalding LLP
Lawyer & team qualityNPS ® - 5
Norton Rose Fulbright
- 5
Pinsent Masons LLP