Comparative Guide
Litigation
United Kingdom
Contribution fromSlaughter and May10 July 2026
Commercial litigation: premium
Rankings
- 1
Clifford Chance LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Freshfields
- 1
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- 1
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
- 1
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Slaughter and May
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge
Tier 1
- 2
Ashurst Perkins Coie
- 2
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Latham & Watkins (London) LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Linklaters LLP
Sector knowledge - 2
Stephenson Harwood
- 2
Travers Smith LLP
- 2
White & Case LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 2
A&O Shearman
Tier 2
- 3
Addleshaw Goddard
Billing & efficiency - 3
Baker McKenzie
- 3
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- 3
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
CMS
- 3
DLA Piper
- 3
Enyo Law LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 3
Fieldfisher
Billing & efficiency - 3
Jones Day
- 3
Macfarlanes LLP
- 3
Norton Rose Fulbright
- 3
RPC
- 3
Simmons & Simmons
- 3
Stewarts Law LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge
Tier 3
- 4
Akin
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
Dechert LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Dentons
- 4
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
- 4
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
Hausfeld & Co LLP
- 4
HFW
NPS ® - 4
Mayer Brown International LLP
- 4
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Sector knowledge - 4
Morrison Foerster
Billing & efficiency - 4
Signature Litigation LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Clyde & Co
- 4
Covington & Burling LLP
- 4
Reed Smith LLP
Tier 4
- 5
Bird & Bird LLP
Billing & efficiency - 5
Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 5
King & Spalding LLP
Lawyer & team qualityNPS ® - 5
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 5
Pallas Partners LLP
- 5
Seladore Legal
- 5
Sidley Austin LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
Winston Taylor
Lawyer & team quality - 5
Pinsent Masons LLP
Tier 5
- 6
Arnold & Porter
NPS ® - 6
Bracewell (UK) LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 6
Brown Rudnick LLP
- 6
Cooley (UK) LLP
Billing & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 6
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 6
Goodwin
- 6
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- 6
Jenner & Block LLP
- 6
Milbank
- 6
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
Lawyer & team qualityNPS ® - 6
PCB Byrne
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 6
Proskauer Rose LLP
NPS ® - 6
Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP