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Tracxn UK Legal Advisors League Table (H1 2026)

League table ranks UK legal advisors based on the number of transactions they advised on during the first half of 2026. It showcases UK M&A and funding transactions advised by leading legal firms, ranked by total deal count, with deal values converted to USD.

Ranking

Company Name

# of Deals

Amount (USD)

1

Squire Patton Boggs

83

$7.1B

7061650000

2

Eversheds Sutherland

66

$2.3B

2254123150

3

Osborne Clarke

38

$2.1B

2059520000

3

Hill Dickinson

38

$578.0M

577980000

5

Latham & Watkins LLP

35

$30.3B

30270440000

6

Freeths

28

$3.9B

3923700000

7

Pinsent Masons LLP

27

$7.5B

7549900000

8

Walker Morris LLP

26

$68.3M

68280000

8

Slaughter and May

26

$94.9B

94927480000

8

Addleshaw Goddard

26

$1.7B

1708570000

11

Freshfields

25

$41.7B

41734600000

12

Taylor Wessing

24

$1.7B

1678520000

13

CMS

23

$3.9B

3898200000

14

Browne Jacobson LLP

22

$132.2M

132170000

15

Travers Smith

21

$1.8B

1797000000

15

Shoosmiths LLP

21

$1.1B

1130930000

15

Clifford Chance LLP

21

$19.2B

19164900000

18

Linklaters

20

$56.8B

56751500000

19

Stephenson Harwood LLP

18

$701.3M

701330000

19

Cooley LLP

18

$5.5B

5483650000

21

Gateley

17

$2.9M

2920000

21

DLA Piper

17

$11.9B

11884300000

21

Burges Salmon

17

$40.0M

40000000

21

A&O Shearman

17

$29.3B

29267000000

25

Goodwin Procter

15

$10.8B

10823090000

26

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

14

$41.3B

41330000000

26

Mishcon de Reya

14

$1.6B

1623730000

26

Macfarlanes

14

$10.0B

10016720000

29

HCR Legal LLP

13

$32.4M

32360000

30

Broadfield

11

$10.1M

10100000

31

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

8

$2.7B

2730030000

31

Proskauer Rose LLP

8

$3.7B

3745000000

31

K3 Law

8

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

31

Ashurst

8

$1.3B

1270370000

35

Penningtons Manches Cooper

7

$51.0M

50950000

35

Mills & Reeve LLP

7

$238.6M

238590000

35

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

7

$530.5M

530500000

35

Foot Anstey

7

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

35

DWF

7

$136.7M

136730000

40

Wiggin LLP

6

$51.2M

51240000

40

TLT

6

$185.1M

185120000

40

Reed Smith

6

$230.5M

230500000

40

Quastels

6

$75.2M

75200000

40

Marriott Harrison

6

$174.6M

174620000

40

Jones Day

6

$1.1B

1094760000

40

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

6

$20.9B

20865500000

40

Greenberg Traurig LLP

6

$158.2M

158200000

40

Clarion

6

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

40

Burness Paull LLP

6

$5.7M

5720000

50

White & Case LLP

5

$6.9B

6858670000

50

Wallace LLP

5

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

50

Roxburgh Milkins

5

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

50

Michelmores

5

$29.3M

29300000

50

Hugh James LLP

5

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

50

Hogan Lovells

5

$23.5M

23500000

50

Gowling WLG

5

$1.9B

1878500000

50

Geldards

5

$17.5M

17500000

50

DMH Stallard

5

$5.1M

5080000

50

Blake Morgan

5

$4.1M

4140000

50

Akin Gump

5

$643.4M

643430000

61

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

4

$2.3B

2340000000

61

Shakespeare Martineau

4

$6.6M

6570000

61

Norton Rose Fulbright

4

$2.4B

2380370000

61

Milbank

4

$3.9B

3850000000

61

McDermott

4

$41.8M

41800000

61

Knights

4

$1.4B

1404140000

61

JMW

4

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

61

JCP Solicitors

4

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

61

Higgs LLP

4

$4.0M

4000000

61

Herrington Carmichael

4

$28.9M

28900000

61

Gosschalks LLP

4

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

61

Gibson Dunn

4

$1.1B

1144600000

61

Fladgate

4

$151.2M

151180000

61

Field Seymour Parkes

4

$1.7M

1690000

61

FieldFisher

4

$29.6M

29550000

61

Cripps

4

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

61

Birketts

4

$12.5M

12520000

61

BCLP (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner)

4

$586.9M

586920000

79

WSP Solicitors

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall (WHN)

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Womble Bond Dickinson

3

$9.4M

9440000

79

Winston Taylor

1

$13.0M

13000000

79

Winckworth Sherwood

1

$1.4B

1400000000

79

Wilsons Solicitors LLP

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Willans

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Wilkes

2

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Weightmans

2

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Watson Farley & Williams (WFW)

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Ward Hadaway

3

$4.6M

4570000

79

Walkers

1

$30.0M

30000000

79

VWV

1

$6.8M

6800000

79

Turley Legal

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Tughans LLP

2

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Trowers & Hamlins

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Trethowans

2

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Travlaw

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Swinburne Maddison LLP

2

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

SteelRose Legal

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Steele Raymond LLP

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

79

Square One Law

1

Undisclosed

Undisclosed

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