Latham Expands Band 1 Standing in Chambers UK 2027

Latham & Watkins continues to stand out among London law firms in Chambers UK 2027, which spotlights the country’s leading business lawyers and firms.

This year’s guide expanded Latham’s Band 1 standing, with Capital Markets: Equity, Capital Markets: Securitisation, Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors (Big Ticket), Projects (Mainly International), and Tax joining the firm’s top-ranked practices. The results add to Latham’s Band 1 strength across capital markets, M&A, private equity, finance, restructuring, projects, energy, disputes, and regulatory practices. 

Highlights across our practice areas include: 

• Latham now stands as the only firm ranked Band 1 in Chambers UK for Equity Capital Markets, High-Yield Products, CLOs, and Securitisation.
• Latham is now the only firm ranked Band 1 on both the lender and borrower/sponsor sides of big-ticket leveraged finance.
• Latham is now the only firm top-ranked for Securitisation by Chambers and Legal 500 in both the US and UK.
• Latham remains the only firm ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Tier 1 by Legal 500 in the highest-value Corporate/M&A categories in both the US and UK.

Clients told Chambers UK that Latham “is always my first port of call” and delivers “exceptional outcomes for its clients, always providing clear, concise and proactive advice.” They also commended the firm’s “responsiveness, precision and commercial awareness,” and said the firm “includes some of the most commercial, creative and hard-working lawyers in the industry.”

Latham earned 36 UK practice rankings, with 14 Band 1 recognitions across key transactional, finance, disputes, regulatory, and industry practices, including:

• Banking Litigation
• Capital Markets: CLOs
• Capital Markets: Equity
• Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
• Capital Markets: Securitisation
• Corporate/M&A: £800 Million and Above
• Environment & Climate Change
• Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
• Leveraged Finance: Borrowers/Sponsors (Big Ticket)   
• Leveraged Finance: Lenders, Big Ticket
• Private Equity: Buyouts, £500 Million and Above
• Projects: Mainly International
• Restructuring/Insolvency
• Tax

The results recognize the breadth of Latham’s London platform and its ability to connect market-leading transactional, disputes, regulatory, and industry capabilities around clients’ most consequential matters.