Our experience and the excellent service we consistently provide to UK client has, once again, been recognised in the latest rankings published by Legal 500 with 31 practices recommended, our highest number to date.
The guide showcases the teams delivering some of the most impactful and innovative advice, including:
Agriculture and estates
In-depth and always up-to-date knowledge of all the issues affecting Estates and Farms. They are top-flight in the rural world.
Art and cultural property
The team has a strong expertise in art matters, be it on the financing or acquisition and transfer side. They handled high-value and complex cases, also advising collectors and museums on top of investors.
Charities and not-for-profit
Their approach is collaborative, responsive, and always professional. They’re not just legal advisers; they’re problem solvers who feel fully embedded in the team.
Commercial litigation
A strong and diverse team that can handle various types of disputes effectively and successfully thanks to their dedication and business minds.
Contentious trusts and probate
If you’re about to go to war for the fight of your life you absolutely need to make sure this firm is on your side! Exceptional company and highly talented people.
Corporate tax
Each of the individual attorneys on our team had deep expertise in their particular area and shared a strong collaborative relationship with their colleagues to bring all of that expertise to bear on our issues.
Court of protection
Withers are market leaders in their cross-jurisdictional Court of Protection offering and this means they are uniquely placed to support and advise those clients who have already or are looking to relocate.
Crime: general
The team is highly motivated and energetic. Withers is an international firm and understands the needs of its clients.
Education: institutions and schools
Not only expert and professional, but a real pleasure to work with. They work as a team, adapt to moving circumstances, and work to impressive timescales.
Employment: employers and senior executives
They delivered high-quality work on a tight timeline and were always prompt, clear, and pragmatic in their communications...Their collaborative style and client orientation made the experience smooth and efficient.
Family: children
Top-tier children team used to handling the most complex cases, especially for international and UHNW families.
Family: divorce and financial remedy
The strength in depth of the Withers family law team is effectively unrivalled in England & Wales. A long-held, well-deserved reputation for quality. Sophistication and talent across the board.
Family: mediation
The team is now really stepping into creative away-from-court settlements and is building an enthusiastic movement around them through regular briefings and meetings to share best practices.
Financial services: contentious
The team is led by a lawyer who has worked for a UK regulator at a senior level, and is, therefore, very well-connected and can give meaningful advice on how to handle meetings with regulators.
Fraud: civil
The team is at the cutting edge of civil fraud issues, and is involved in some of the most complex and high value litigation in the industry.
Immigration: business and personal
Excellent team, delivering strategic and timely advice to clients. Not a bulk bracket service: it is highly personalised and tailored advice.
International arbitration
They are a truly global team with genuine experts spanning most major jurisdictions, in particular the Middle East, Far East and Russia. A firm to back to win a difficult case against the odds.
IT and telecoms
Advising on the commercialisation and procurement of new tech is at the heart of Withers' offering.
M&A: smaller deals, £10m-£100m
Withers provided outstanding support. What stood out immediately was the team’s calm clarity and deep commercial understanding—they made what could have been a complex process feel seamless.
Personal tax, trusts and probate
The technical breadth of the advice offered and the exceptional service ethos renders the firm a "go-to" for tax, trust and estate planning questions.
Professional negligence
The Withers professional negligence team has a deep understanding of the law and the tactics the other side will deploy, are very sensible and commercially minded and extremely personable, and it is a pleasure to work with them.
Public international law
Good team/firm that is quite big and punches well above its weight.
Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
An all-round excellent team and go-to in a crisis. They have the ability to manage enormous amounts of data and distil it at speed.
Residential property
Withers stands out for its client care and a practical, solutions-focused approach that delivers results...A diverse team with a wide array of skills and experience.
Reputation management
The team have a very broad reputation management practice, from straightforward media law and libel issues to broader crisis management briefs. The team cover a whole range of clients from sports stars, HNWIs, senior business execs.
Sport
Withers has a uniquely compassionate yet resolute approach. It works for individual athletes and managers and ensures that it understands their wishes and desires, and then executes them without fear or favour.
White-collar crime (advice to individuals)
Withers offers a small and cohesive team of outstanding experts in their field. They have carefully positioned themselves in the market to offer a bespoke, personal service to clients which involves the highest calibre legal advice, litigation strategy and comprehensive client care.
We are delighted that we also continue to be recognized by Legal 500 as a leading firm in client satisfaction. Thank you to all our clients and contacts for your continued support and feedback.