The 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom recognized 15 Arnold & Porter practices for their standout contributions to their respective practices.
The guide also included 37 Arnold & Porter lawyers in their mentions and named six lawyers as elite "Leading Partners," one lawyer as a "Next Generation Partner," two lawyers as "Leading Associates" in their guide to up-and-coming lawyers, and two lawyers to the "Hall of Fame." The Legal 500's "Hall of Fame" is a recognition that is achieved when lawyers are "widely regarded as being at the very top of the profession" and "have been consistently ranked as leading individuals by The Legal 500 for a number of years."
Arnold & Porter was recommended in the following practice areas:
- Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans
- Commercial Litigation: Premium
- Competition Litigation
- Debt Capital Markets
- Employers
- EU and Competition
- Fraud: White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals)
- Hedge Funds
- Intellectual Property: Patents (Contentious and Non-contentious)
- Intellectual Property: Trademarks, Copyright and Design
- International Arbitration
- Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Product Liability: Defendant
- Public International Law
- Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates)
The following lawyers were ranked as "Leading Partners":
- Sean Curran—Fraud: White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals); Regulatory Investigations & Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates)
- Simon Firth—Hedge Funds
- Kathleen Harris—Fraud: White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals); Regulatory Investigations & Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates)
- Patricio Grané Labat—Public International Law
- Hilton Mervis—Commercial Litigation: Premium
- Jeremy Willcocks—Debt Capital Markets
The following lawyer was ranked as a "Next Generation Partner":
- Álvaro Nistal—International Arbitration; Public International Law
The following lawyers were ranked as "Leading Associates":
- Eleri Abreo—Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Libby Amos-Stone—Life Sciences and Healthcare
The following lawyers were recognized in the "Hall of Fame":
- David Reed—International Arbitration
- Adela Williams—Life Sciences & Healthcare; Product Liability: Defendant