Comparative Guide
Alternative Investment Funds
United Kingdom
08 September 2026
Private funds
Rankings
- 1
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 1
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Proskauer Rose LLP
NPS ® - 1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ®
Tier 1
- 2
Clifford Chance LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Goodwin
- 2
Linklaters LLP
Sector knowledge - 2
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 2
Paul Hastings LLP
Tier 2
- 3
Akin
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Ashurst Perkins Coie
- 3
Dechert LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 3
Latham & Watkins (London) LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Macfarlanes LLP
- 3
Ropes & Gray LLP
Sector knowledge
Tier 3
- 4
Addleshaw Goddard
Billing & efficiency - 4
Baker McKenzie
- 4
DLA Piper
- 4
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
- 4
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
Sidley Austin LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Stephenson Harwood
- 4
Travers Smith LLP
- 4
Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP
- 4
A&O Shearman
- 4
Pinsent Masons LLP
- 4
Reed Smith LLP
Tier 4
- 5
Haynes and Boone CDG, LLP
- 5
Katten
Lawyer & team quality - 5
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
- 5
Freshfields
- 5
Jones Day
- 5
K&L Gates LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 5
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
Lawyer & team qualityNPS ® - 5
Osborne Clarke LLP
- 5
McDermott Will & Schulte
Billing & efficiency - 5
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ®