16 October 2025

Linklaters secures highest number of UK-wide Band 1 rankings in Chambers UK 2026

Linklaters has achieved top rankings in the Chambers UK Legal Guide 2026 with the highest number of UK-wide Band 1 department and individual recognitions.

Chambers UK ranks the legal market's best law firms and lawyers based on independent market research, interviewing both lawyers and their clients.

In the latest edition, Linklaters had a record year with 59 practice rankings, including 25 Band 1 rankings, and 198 lawyer recognitions.

This follows Linklaters’ strong performance in Legal 500 UK, where it also secured 59 practice rankings and 168 individual lawyer listings.

Client testimonials highlighted Linklaters’ “exceptional client service”, “deep bench strength”, “outstanding commercial insight”, and the firm’s “depth and quality of expertise”, particularly in dealing with “complex matters”.

Chambers UK: Band 1 rankings

  • Capital Markets: Debt
  • Capital Markets: Derivatives
  • Capital Markets: Equity
  • Capital Markets: Securitisation
  • Capital Markets: Structured Products
  • Competition Law
  • Competition Law: Litigation
  • Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above
  • Corporate Finance: Borrowers: Big Ticket
  • Corporate Finance: Lenders: Big Ticket
  • Data Protection & Information Law
  • Employee Share Schemes & Incentives
  • Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: International
  • Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
  • Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy
  • Environment & Climate Change
  • Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Corporates)
  • Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
  • Investment Funds: Real Estate
  • Pensions
  • Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above
  • Projects: Mainly Domestic
  • Projects: Mainly International
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Restructuring/Insolvency

Legal 500: Band 1 rankings

  • Acquisition finance
  • Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
  • Banking litigation: investment and retail
  • Corporate restructuring & insolvency
  • Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
  • Debt capital markets
  • Derivatives and structured products
  • Emerging markets
  • Employee share schemes
  • Employers
  • Environment
  • Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
  • ESG
  • EU and competition
  • Financial services: contentious
  • Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
  • Fintech: corporate and commercial
  • Fintech: regulatory
  • Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
  • Infrastructure: Project finance and development
  • IT and telecoms
  • Life sciences and healthcare
  • M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £750m+
  • Mining and minerals
  • Oil and gas
  • Pensions (non-contentious)
  • Pensions: dispute resolution
  • Power (including electricity and nuclear)
  • Real estate funds
  • Renewables
  • Securitisation
  • Water