Stewarts has received strong recognition in the 2027 Legal 500 UK Solicitors guide, with rankings across 23 practice areas and 68 individual lawyer recognitions, underscoring the firm’s position as the UK’s leading disputes-only law firm.
The results highlight the breadth of the firm’s disputes offering, from commercial litigation, international arbitration and competition disputes through to personal injury, clinical negligence, family and contentious trusts and probate. The guide also recognised the strength of the firm’s next generation of talent, with eight lawyers receiving new individual rankings and several others moving up within their categories.
This year, Stewarts achieved 11 Tier 1 rankings, including the Children’s team going up a ranking in the Family: children category.
In addition to its practice area rankings, there are 68 individual lawyer rankings in Legal 500 2027 across Hall of Fame, Leading Partner, Next Generation Partner and Leading Associate categories. The guide recognised lawyers at every stage of their careers, including eight newly ranked individuals and three lawyers who moved up a category, underscoring the depth and breadth of talent across the firm.
Commenting on the results, Managing Partner Stuart Dench said:
“Legal 500’s rankings are based on extensive feedback from clients, peers and the wider market, so we are delighted to see so many of our teams and lawyers acknowledged, including a number of new and improved individual rankings. These results reflect the depth of talent across the firm and the commitment of our people to delivering exceptional results for clients facing complex and often career or life-changing disputes.”
Stewarts is the UK’s largest disputes-only law firm, acting for businesses, organisations and individuals in complex litigation, arbitration, investigations and high-value personal matters. The firm is recognised for expertise across commercial litigation, competition disputes, international arbitration, fraud, class actions, personal injury, clinical negligence and family law.
View the complete Legal 500 2027 rankings here.
