Global law firm Baker McKenzie has received 68 practice area and 101 lawyer rankings in the recently published 2025 edition of The Legal 500 UK.
Practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are:
• Corporate and Commercial: Commercial Contracts
• Corporate and Commercial: Customs and Excise
• Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition: Trade, WTO Anti-dumping and Customs
• Corporate and Commercial: International Business Reorganisations
• Corporate and Commercial: VAT and Indirect Tax
• Crime, Fraud and Licensing: Fraud: Civil
• Employment: Employers
• Industry Focus: Emerging Markets
• Industry Focus: TMT
• Insurance: Product Liability: Defendant
• Private Client: Contentious Trusts and Probate
• Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining and Minerals
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): IT and Telecoms
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Digital Content & Social
The Firm also achieved rankings in new categories including: TMT: Artificial Intelligence, Projects: Renewables, Risk Advisory: ESG, Fintech: Regulatory and Commercial, as well as a new ranking in Real Estate Commercial Property: Development.
Among the Firm’s 101 individual rankings, it had new rankings for the following lawyers:
Corporate and Commercial: EU and Competition
• Sam Mobley – Leading Partner
Corporate and Commercial: International Business Reorganisations
• Richard Needham – Leading Partner
• Emma Smith – Leading Associate
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
• Andy Moody – Leading Partner
• Judith Mulholland – Next Generation Partner
• Anjuli Patel – Leading Associate
Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas
• Philip Thompson – Leading Partner
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Artificial Intelligence
• Ben Allgrove – Leading Partner
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Fintech: Corporate and Commercial
• Sue McLean – Leading Partner
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): IT and Telecoms: Telecoms
• Robbie Downing – Leading Individual
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Digital Content & Social
• Ben Allgrove – Leading Partner
TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): PATMA: Trade Mark Attorneys
• Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy – Leading Partner
The Legal 500 rankings are based on a series of criteria, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months, experience and depth of teams and areas of specialization.