Comparative Guide
Blockchain & Crypto Assets
United Kingdom
Contribution fromSlaughter and May30 October 2026
EU and competition
Rankings
- 1
Clifford Chance LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Freshfields
- 1
Linklaters LLP
Sector knowledge - 1
Slaughter and May
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge
Tier 1
- 2
Ashurst Perkins Coie
- 2
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- 2
Latham & Watkins (London) LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
A&O Shearman
Tier 2
- 3
Baker McKenzie
- 3
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
- 3
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Macfarlanes LLP
- 3
Travers Smith LLP
- 3
White & Case LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge
Tier 3
- 4
Addleshaw Goddard
Billing & efficiency - 4
Bristows LLP
- 4
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- 4
CMS
- 4
DLA Piper
- 4
Euclid Law
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
- 4
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Norton Rose Fulbright
- 4
Pinsent Masons LLP
Tier 4
- 5
Akin
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 5
Dentons
- 5
Fieldfisher
Billing & efficiency - 5
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 5
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
Lawyer & team qualityNPS ® - 5
Ropes & Gray LLP
Sector knowledge - 5
Simmons & Simmons
- 5
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
Squire Patton Boggs
- 5
Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP
- 5
Reed Smith LLP
- 5
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
- 5
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Tier 5
- 6
Arnold & Porter
NPS ® - 6
Bird & Bird LLP
Billing & efficiency - 6
Burges Salmon LLP
- 6
Cooley (UK) LLP
Billing & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 6
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 6
Dechert LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 6
Goodwin
- 6
Gowling WLG
- 6
Jones Day
- 6
K&L Gates LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 6
Sidley Austin LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 6
Stephenson Harwood
- 6
Winston Taylor
Lawyer & team quality - 6
Covington & Burling LLP
Tier 6
- 7
Blake Morgan LLP
- 7
HFW
NPS ® - 7
Mayer Brown International LLP
- 7
Milbank
- 7
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Sector knowledge - 7
Osborne Clarke LLP
- 7
Shoosmiths LLP
- 7
Stevens & Bolton LLP
- 7
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge