Linklaters strengthens its Legal 500 UK standing with growth across both tier 1 practices and individual rankings

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Linklaters has increased both its practice and individual lawyer rankings in the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK 2027, underlining the strength of its market-leading practices in the UK. 

The firm achieved 60 practice rankings, up from 59 in the previous edition, while increasing its number of Tier 1 rankings from 33 to 34. Individual recognition also continued to grow, with the number of ranked lawyers rising from 168 to 177. 

Legal 500 UK: Tier 1 rankings 

• Competition litigation
• Acquisition finance
• Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Commercial contracts
• 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
• Infrastructure: Project finance
• 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