Linklaters LLP

We advise the world’s leading corporates, banks and private capital clients on their most complex legal matters.

For almost 200 years, we’ve operated at the forefront of all major practice areas and sectors, providing innovative, commercial solutions to our clients’ most complex corporate, finance and contentious matters.

Teamwork fuels our success. We work as one global team across borders and practices to bring the whole firm to our clients, enabling them to confidently seize opportunities and navigate risk.

Our global platform positions us to lead in legal AI. We have built an AI model that brings together cutting-edge technology and the expertise of our data scientists and lawyers across the world, continually raising the bar on what we can do for clients.

Key firm contacts

Senior Partner and Chair: Aedamar Comiskey
Firmwide Managing Partner: Paul Lewis
Global Head of Corporate: Simon Branigan
Global Head of Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations: Alison Wilson
Global Head of Finance: Andrew Vickery

Contacts

Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group: Bernd Meyring
Employment & Incentives: Alexandra Beidas
Environment, Social & Governance: Rachel Barrett
Pensions: Phil Goss
Real Estate: Wolfram Krüger
Tax: Olivier Rosenberg
Technology, Media & Telecommunications: Julian Cunningham-Day
Intellectual Property: Julian Cunningham-Day
Banking: Toby Grimstone, Ben Crosse
Restructuring & Insolvency: Nick Le Masurier, Richard Hodgson
Capital Markets: Christian Storck, Pam Shores
Energy and infrastructure: Richard Ginks
Financial Regulation: Carl Fernandes
Investment Funds: Matt Keogh
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations: Alison Wilson
International Arbitration: Ben Carroll, Roland Ziadé, Joe Profaizer
Islamic Finance: Neil D Miller
Risk Advisory: Jane Caskey
Public International Law: Matthew Hodgson

Our expertise

Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group: Our truly integrated global antitrust and foreign investment group provides market-leading legal expertise across the spectrum of antitrust and foreign investment matters.

Employment & Incentives: Our Employment & Incentives practice is one of the strongest and most innovative players in the global market.

Environment, Social and Governance: Our market-leading team advises on a wide range of ESG topics including transition strategies, risk management, climate and ESG-related disclosures and governance frameworks to support organisational change.
Pensions: Our UK-leading teams provides high-quality advice and delivers innovative solutions to a diverse range of clients.

Real Estate: Our real estate lawyers are recognised as market leaders and advise on some of the largest and most complex transactions.

Tax: Our pre-eminent tax practice is known for its market-leading work and is consistently recognised as being at the forefront of its field.

Data and Cyber: Our experienced global team advises on all aspects of data, including on privacy, "big data", confidentiality, secrecy, IP rights, commercialisation, cyber and crisis response.

Intellectual Property: Our experienced cross-border team advises leading companies on high-profile IP litigation and complex IP-driven transactions and advisory matters.

Banking: Our market-leading global banking practice has advised on some of the most complex and significant transactions in recent years.

Restructuring and Insolvency: Our top-tier global Restructuring & Insolvency practice handles the most challenging and significant domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency assignments, across a broad range of sectors and jurisdictions.

Capital Markets: From debt and equity issues through to derivatives and structured finance, our market-leading capital markets practice advises on the full range of UK, U.S. and domestic laws through our global network of offices.

Energy & Infrastructure: Our energy & infrastructure team specialises in large scale, market-leading energy & infrastructure transactions across the world.

Financial Regulation: Our market-leading global financial regulation group advises on all aspects of regulatory compliance, risk management, enforcement and regulatory transactions.

Investment Funds: Our global funds offering, unlike many of our competitors, includes expertise from dedicated funds specialists in other practice groups, such as our regulatory, tax, financing, employment and pensions teams.

Litigation: Our international team of nearly 400 lawyers can formulate global strategies whilst guiding our clients through the technicalities of the litigation process.

International Arbitration: Our international arbitration team has extensive experience advising multinational companies and sovereign states on complex, high value international arbitrations and enforcement proceedings.

Investigations: Our highly ranked investigations team has the global reach to handle the most complex, multi-jurisdictional internal and external investigations.

Islamic Finance: Our globally integrated practice provides clients with responsive, innovative advice and solutions across the full spectrum of Islamic finance products.

Risk Advisory: Our global team offers proactive and holistic advice on governance, risk, and compliance, putting clients in the strongest position to navigate the increasingly complex and uncertain regulatory landscape. 

Public & Administrative Law: Our highly experienced team understands the needs and motivations of policymakers and business alike.

For more information on our full practice and sector expertise - www.linklaters.com