Leading global law firm, Baker McKenzie has received 42 practice rankings and 91 individual rankings in the 2026 edition of Chambers UK.
In addition to two new practice rankings for UK-wide Commodities: Trade Finance and UK-wide Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory, the firm saw improved rankings in UK-wide Life Sciences: Transactional and UK-wide Real Estate Finance.
Within the lawyer rankings table, the Firm received 16 new individual rankings (listed below) and 18 promotions.
UK-wide - Artificial Intelligence
• Ben Allgrove (Spotlight Table)
UK-wide - Capital Markets: Equity
• Adam Farlow (Band 4)
UK-wide - Capital Markets: Structured Products
• Jeremy Levy (Band 3)
UK-wide - Commercial Contracts
• Sue McLean (Band 5)
UK-wide - Investment Funds: Private Equity
• Nick Benson (Band 4)
UK-wide - Life Sciences: Regulatory
• Jaspreet Takhar (Associate to Watch)
UK-wide - Life Sciences: Transactional
• Phelim O'Doherty (Up and Coming)
• Patrick Edwards (Associate to Watch)
UK-wide – Sanctions
• Ben Smith (Band 3)
UK-wide - Tax: Contentious
• Naoko Uehara (Associate to Watch)
UK-wide – Telecommunications
• Maulik Mittal (Associate to Watch)
London (Firms) - Intellectual Property
• John Groom (Band 4)
• Josh Boyden (Associate to Watch)
• Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy (Up and Coming)
London (Firms) - Real Estate: £150 million and above
• Ben Farnell (Band 6)
London (Firms) - Restructuring/Insolvency
• Priyanka Usmani (Band 6)
Chambers and Partners is a leading legal research company, which has been publishing its highly-respected law firm rankings for more than 30 years. Through extensive interviews with clients and industry peers as well as through the review of firm submissions, firms and lawyers are assessed on their technical legal ability, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, cost effectiveness, and team depth.
In addition to two new practice rankings for UK-wide Commodities: Trade Finance and UK-wide Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory, the firm saw improved rankings in UK-wide Life Sciences: Transactional and UK-wide Real Estate Finance.
Within the lawyer rankings table, the Firm received 16 new individual rankings (listed below) and 18 promotions.
UK-wide - Artificial Intelligence
• Ben Allgrove (Spotlight Table)
UK-wide - Capital Markets: Equity
• Adam Farlow (Band 4)
UK-wide - Capital Markets: Structured Products
• Jeremy Levy (Band 3)
UK-wide - Commercial Contracts
• Sue McLean (Band 5)
UK-wide - Investment Funds: Private Equity
• Nick Benson (Band 4)
UK-wide - Life Sciences: Regulatory
• Jaspreet Takhar (Associate to Watch)
UK-wide - Life Sciences: Transactional
• Phelim O'Doherty (Up and Coming)
• Patrick Edwards (Associate to Watch)
UK-wide – Sanctions
• Ben Smith (Band 3)
UK-wide - Tax: Contentious
• Naoko Uehara (Associate to Watch)
UK-wide – Telecommunications
• Maulik Mittal (Associate to Watch)
London (Firms) - Intellectual Property
• John Groom (Band 4)
• Josh Boyden (Associate to Watch)
• Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy (Up and Coming)
London (Firms) - Real Estate: £150 million and above
• Ben Farnell (Band 6)
London (Firms) - Restructuring/Insolvency
• Priyanka Usmani (Band 6)
Chambers and Partners is a leading legal research company, which has been publishing its highly-respected law firm rankings for more than 30 years. Through extensive interviews with clients and industry peers as well as through the review of firm submissions, firms and lawyers are assessed on their technical legal ability, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, cost effectiveness, and team depth.
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