Clifford Chance has achieved Tier 1 rankings in 38 categories in Legal 500 UK 2027 and 67 rankings overall. The firm was also recognised at the Legal Business Awards 2026, winning Private Equity Team of the Year. This reinforces our commitment to investing in the capabilities, expertise and collaboration that help our clients succeed.

Clifford Chance’s 38 Tier 1 rankings in Legal 500 UK 2027 include:

• Corporate and commercial: Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
• Corporate and commercial: EU and competition
• Corporate and commercial: Financial services: contentious
• Corporate and commercial: Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
• Corporate and commercial: M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
• Corporate and commercial: Private equity: transactions – High Value Deals (£500M+)
• Corporate and commercial: VAT and indirect tax
• Dispute resolution: Banking litigation: investment and retail
• Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation: Premium
• Employment: Employee share schemes
• Finance: Acquisition finance
• Finance: Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
• Finance: Corporate restructuring and insolvency
• Finance: Debt capital markets
• Finance: Derivatives and structured products
• Finance: Securitisation
• Finance: Transport Finance & Leasing
• Industry Focus: Emerging markets
• Industry Focus: TMT
• Insurance: Insurance: corporate and regulatory
• Investment fund formation and management: Fund Finance
• Investment fund formation and management: Real estate funds
• Private client: Contentious trusts and probate
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Infrastructure: M&A
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Infrastructure: Project finance
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Oil and gas
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Power (including electricity and nuclear)
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Renewables
• Real estate: Commercial property: Corporate Occupiers
• Real estate: Commercial property: development
• Real estate: Construction: non-contentious
• Real estate: Environment
• Real estate: Property finance
• Risk advisory: Corporate governance
• Risk advisory: ESG
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Artificial intelligence
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Fintech: regulatory
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms): IT and telecoms

For more information, visit Legal 500 UK.