The Legal 500 UK 2026: 23 Kirkland Practice Areas and 97 Lawyers Recognized

The 2026 edition of The Legal 500 UK recommended Kirkland in 23 practice areas, as well as featured nine Kirkland lawyers in the “Hall of Fame,” 36 as “Leading Individuals” and nine as “Next Generation Partners.”

Clients praised the Firm’s “client service, commerciality and solutions-oriented approach” as well as its “client-first mindset and professionalism.”

Tier 1 rankings include:

Acquisition Finance
Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency
Fund Finance
High Yield
Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing
Intellectual Property: Patents (Contentious and Non-Contentious)
Private Equity: Transactions (High-Value Deals)
Private Funds
Real Estate Funds

The Firm is also recognized in:

Commercial Contracts
Commercial Litigation: Premium
Corporate Tax
Derivatives and Structured Products
EU and Competition
Financial Services: Contentious
Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory
International Arbitration
IT and Telecoms
Life Sciences and Healthcare
Property Finance
Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (advice to corporates)
Securitisation
Tax Litigation and Investigations