Clifford Chance has achieved Band 1 rankings in 20 categories in Chambers UK 2026, reinforcing the firm’s longstanding market leading offering and commitment to delivering excellence for clients.

This follows the recent publication of the Legal 500 UK 2026, where Clifford Chance ranked Band 1 in 40 different categories – more than any other firm.

Chinwe Odimba-Chapman, Managing Partner for London and Co-Regional Managing Partner for One Europe comments:

“Our strength lies in creating advantage for our clients by providing world-leading legal and commercial insight across practice areas and key sectors. Our strong performance in the Chambers UK 2026 and Legal 500 UK 2026 rankings underscores the calibre of our talent, our collaborative approach and our unwavering commitment to our clients' success."

The firm also secured 16 Band 1 rankings, more than any other firm, in the Global Market Leaders and Global Multi-Jurisdictional tables in Chambers Global 2025 (published earlier this year), which tracks the most notable cross-border and international instructions.

Clifford Chance's 20 Band 1 rankings in Chambers UK 2026 include:

• Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
• Banking Litigation
• Capital Markets: Debt
• Capital Markets: Equity
• Capital Markets: Securitisation
• Commercial and Corporate Litigation
• Competition Law
• Construction: Non-contentious
• Corporate Finance: Borrowers: Big Ticket
• Corporate/M&A: £800 million and above
• Employee Share Schemes & Incentives
• Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Corporates)
• Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
• Insurance: Non-contentious
• Investment Funds: Real Estate
• Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above
• Projects: Mainly Domestic
• Projects: Mainly International
• Real Estate Finance
• Restructuring/Insolvency

For more information, visit Chambers UK.