Recognition
Latham Stands Out as London Powerhouse in Legal 500 UK 2026
October 1, 2025
Legal 500
The firm stands apart in London for its breadth of Tier 1 practices across categories.
Latham & Watkins maintained a dominant position in the Legal 500 UK 2026 rankings, which highlight the market’s leading lawyers and law firms by leveraging a comprehensive research process.
Latham earned 44 UK practice rankings, with Tier 1 recognition across key transactional, disputes, and regulatory practices, including:
- Acquisition Finance
- Banking Litigation: Investment & Retail
- Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
- Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Environment
- Equity Capital Markets: Mid–Large Cap
- ESG
- Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory
- Fintech: Corporate & Commercial
- Fintech: Regulatory
- High Yield
- Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing
- Infrastructure: Project Finance & Development
- IT & Telecoms
- Oil & Gas
- Private Equity Transactions: High-Value Deals
- Securitisation
- TMT
Notably, this year’s guide elevated Latham to Tier 1 in Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory, and Securitisation.