Comparative Guide
Patent Litigation
UK
Contribution fromCarpmaels & Ransford LLP10 November 2025
Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
Rankings
- 1
Bird & Bird LLP
Billing & efficiency - 1
Bristows LLP
- 1
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Powell Gilbert LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Simmons & Simmons
- 1
Winston Taylor
Lawyer & team quality - 1
A&O Shearman
- 1
Pinsent Masons LLP
Tier 1
- 2
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 2
CMS
- 2
EIP
Billing & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
Gowling WLG
- 2
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- 2
Hogan Lovells International LLP
- 2
Osborne Clarke LLP
Tier 2
- 3
Linklaters LLP
Sector knowledge - 3
Marks & Clerk
- 3
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Sector knowledge - 3
Stephenson Harwood
- 3
Wiggin LLP
Sector knowledge - 3
WilmerHale
Tier 3
- 4
Arnold & Porter
NPS ® - 4
Baker McKenzie
- 4
DLA Piper
- 4
Venner Shipley LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency
Tier 4
- 5
Cooley (UK) LLP
Billing & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
Fieldfisher
Billing & efficiency - 5
Jones Day
- 5
Keystone Law
- 5
Lewis Silkin
- 5
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 5
Stevens & Bolton LLP
- 5
Clyde & Co
- 5
Potter Clarkson LLP
- 5
Reed Smith LLP