Gowling WLG has been praised for its 'Top Tier' legal advisory in the Legal 500 UK 2025 rankings.

We have secured market-topping listings in London, the West Midlands and Yorkshire & The Humber across our sector lines, including Construction, Corporate & Commercial, Energy & Natural Resources, Government & Public Sector, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Real Estate, and Technology. We have also seen marked success in a wide range of our specialist services – including Employment, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Finance, Funds, Pensions and Transport.

In recognition of our leading commercial and legal talent in the UK, Gowling WLG claims a total 65 practice area rankings, including 15 prestigious 'Tier 1' listings.

The firm's Media: Advertising & Marketing (London), Pensions: Dispute Resolution (London) and Property Litigation (West Midlands) teams have received new rankings in Tier 1 this year, alongside new listings for Aviation (London), Commercial Property (Yorkshire and The Humber), Renewables (London) and Sport (London) teams. Our Corporate M&A (London) and Property Litigation (London) professionals have also climbed the rankings following an outstanding year.

At an individual level, an even greater number of Gowling WLG lawyers are awarded rankings in recognition of their standout contributions and commitment to delivering success for clients. Overall, Gowling WLG secured a total 87 individual rankings, including 52 elite Hall of Fame (15) and Leading Partner (37) accolades, honouring the preeminent figures in each practice area.

A further 20 are named Next Generation Partners, while 15 lawyers feature in the Leading Associates list, following client and peer feedback and for having acted on a series of leading mandates over the last year.

You can access the complete overview of Gowling WLG's Legal 500 UK 2025 firm rankings on Legal 500's website. A full list of our ranked lawyers is included below (*denotes multiple rankings):

Hall of Fame

London

  • Anne Waltham: Property Litigation
  • Charles Bond*: Equity Capital Markets – Small Mid-cap and Mining & Minerals
  • Ian Gordon: Pensions – Dispute Resolution
  • Martin Thomas: Property Litigation
  • Nick Heather: Listed Funds
  • Patrick Duxbury: Life Sciences and Healthcare

West Midlands

  • Andrew Litchfield*: Health & Safety
  • Elizabeth Gane: Pensions
  • Jeremy Millington: Corporate & Commercial – Birmingham
  • John Burns: Commercial Property – Birmingham
  • Kate Swaine: Intellectual Property
  • Martin Chitty: Employment
  • Richard Black: Pensions
  • Stephen Kenny: Energy, Project Finance and PFI

Leading Partners

London

  • Andrew Newbery: Water
  • Ben Stansfield*: Environment, and Planning
  • Dan Gwilliam: Commercial Property – Investment
  • Dan Smith: Media – Advertising and Marketing
  • Gordon Bell: International Arbitration
  • Huw Evans: Intellectual Property – Patents (contentious and non-contentious)
  • James Sidwell: Commercial Litigation – Mid-market
  • Jason Coates: Pensions (non-contentious)
  • John Reed: Listed Funds
  • Jonathan Brufal: Emerging Markets
  • Kristian Rogers: Listed Funds
  • Nick Turner: Property Finance
  • Oliver Riley*: Listed Funds, and Real Estate Funds
  • Vicky Fowler: Planning

West Midlands

  • Andrew Litchfield*: Environment
  • Andrew Smith: Commercial Litigation – Birmingham
  • Chris Brierley: Banking & Finance
  • Clive Chalkley: Property Litigation
  • David Vaughan: Corporate & Commercial – Birmingham
  • Dominic Richardson*: Energy, Project Finance and PFI
  • Giles Clifford: Transport
  • Gus Wood: Energy, Project Finance & PFI
  • Helen Emmerson: Commercial Property – Birmingham
  • Jacqueline Knox: Social Housing
  • Joanne Tibbott: Pensions
  • Jocelyn Paulley: IT and Telecoms
  • Lee Nuttall: Corporate Tax
  • Michael O'Shea: Construction
  • Paul Barker: Property Litigation
  • Paul Carberry: Pensions
  • Richard Bate: Commercial Property – Birmingham
  • Richard Green: Construction
  • Toni Weston: Planning

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • Julia Dacre Field: Commercial Property: Leeds and West Yorkshire – North Yorkshire

Next Generation Partners

London

  • Catherine Naylor: Commercial Litigation – Mid-market
  • Elizabeth Williams*: Infrastructure – Project Finance and Development
  • James Stanier*: Power (including electricity and nuclear)
  • John Coldham: Intellectual Property – Trademarks, Copyright & Design
  • Loretta Pugh: Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity
  • Madhu Jain: Insurance – Corporate and Regulatory
  • Nick Mumby: Commercial Property – Development
  • Samuel Beighton: EU and Competition

West Midlands

  • Ben Goldby: Pensions
  • Christopher Stiles: Pensions
  • Dominic Richardson*: Transport
  • Elizabeth Williams*: Energy, Project Finance and PFI
  • Emma Carr: Commercial Litigation – Birmingham
  • Gemma Whittaker: Construction
  • James Stanier*: Energy, Project Finance and PFI
  • Matthew Walker: Commercial Property – Birmingham
  • Navin Prabhakar: Banking & Finance
  • Rob Bridgman: Property Litigation
  • Sarah Riding: Corporate & Commercial – Birmingham
  • Sean Adams: Commercial Litigation – Birmingham

Leading Associates

London

  • Aaron Dunning-Foreman: Pensions – Dispute Resolution
  • Alexander Davidson: Equity Capital Markets – small-mid cap
  • Emily Till: Fraud – Civil
  • Kam Dhillon: Financial Services – Non-contentious / Regulatory
  • Kate Seabourne-Pugh: Listed Funds
  • Sushil Kuner: Financial Services – Non-contentious / Regulatory
  • Verity Barker: Commercial Litigation – Mid-market

West Midlands

  • Angela Rawlins: Banking & Finance
  • Arminder Dhillon: Commercial Property – Birmingham
  • David Wigy: Property Litigation
  • Gemma Courtenay: Social Housing
  • Michael Carter: Intellectual Property
  • Michael Hafen: Health & Safety
  • Sally Farrall: Social Housing

Yorkshire and the Humber

  • James Lawson: Commercial Property: Leeds and West Yorkshire – North Yorkshire