Legal 500 UK guide recognizes Withers as a leading firm across 31 practice areas

The experience of our teams and the high-quality service we provide to clients have once again been recognized in the latest edition of Legal 500 UK, with Withers recommended across 31 practice areas.

Among those recognized are teams advising on some of the most significant and complex matters in their fields, including:

Agriculture and estates

The firm has a great depth of knowledge and experience with excellent partner availability and engagement.

Art and cultural property

The Withers team is very efficient, extremely knowledgeable, and does an excellent job of explaining everything very clearly.  One of the best art teams out there.

Charities and not-for-profit

The team has a wealth of knowledge and makes legal advice relevant and accessible. The individuals are supportive, reliable, and understanding. 

Commercial litigation 

The Withers team is proactive and works effectively with Counsel, using both creative and pragmatic solutions to achieve client goals. Withers is also harnessing AI where appropriate to improve efficiency.

Contentious trusts and probate

Withers is at the top of the tree in trusts litigation. They have unsurpassed experience and really fight for their clients.

Corporate tax

We were given concise and useful advice at short notice.

Court of protection

Undoubtedly the market leaders. A real depth of expertise. The best firm for a firm stance.

Crime: general

Withers provides an outstanding service to their clients. The fact that the firm has expertise in multiple legal fields enables their criminal department to provide a multi-faceted approach to their defence work.

Education: institutions and schools

Withers is a very friendly and collaborative practice to work with. It's been wonderful connecting with their partners across the UK, Europe, and the US. 

Employment: employers and senior executives 

Withers combines deep legal expertise with strong commercial understanding. They feel less like an external advisor and more like a trusted partner.

Family: children

The team in London has amazing strength across the whole spectrum of private law children disputes, whether that be a complex case involving allegations of parental alienation and/or other forms of abuse, a relocation case, or a more routine contact dispute. They are and should be the go-to firm for this type of work.

Family: divorce and financial remedy

They are the "go to" family law firm. They are the leaders in their field in matrimonial finance cases and are "second to none" in dealing with cases involving complex financial arrangements and cases involving a foreign/international element.

Family: mediation

Withers has long been one of the leading names in family mediation and remains at the forefront of sophisticated non-court dispute resolution. What distinguishes the practice is the calibre of the mediators themselves.

Fraud: civil

The team combines very high competence, detailed focus, and careful strategic decisions with a client-friendly service.

Immigration: business and personal

They are extremely hands-on and take you through the process in great detail using language a "non-lawyer" can understand. The support I receive from Withers is comprehensive, and they are always available to speak to with any problem at most hours of the day.

International arbitration

Withers’ international arbitration practice stands out for the quality of its strategic leadership and its ability to coordinate complex cross-border disputes with real judgment and control.

IT and telecoms

Withers stands out for responsiveness, accessibility, and commercial focus. They are collaborative, easy to deal with, and very good at coordinating across different workstreams and stakeholders, which is particularly valuable on complex, time-sensitive mandates.

M&A: smaller deals, £10m-£100m

From the partners to the interns, they represent a cohesive, dedicated, and well-managed team from front to back.

Personal tax, trusts and probate

The Withers team is technically very able, always responsive, and very easy to deal with. They can solve problems and bring in experts to assist with a wide range of client issues.

Professional negligence 

Attention to detail, technical skill as a given, commercial aptitude, and a genuine desire to do what is right for the client.

Public international law

Withers has a high level of expertise in managing international disputes that require multi-jurisdictional coordination. They bring a perfect mix of practical approach and technical/legal expertise.

Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)

What sets the team apart is its genuinely collaborative and relationship-driven approach. From my experience, the lawyers are approachable, highly responsive, and easy to work with, fostering strong relationships not only with their clients but also with external providers and multidisciplinary teams.

Residential property 

The residential team is simply the best in class. They are particularly impressive on the more nuanced transactions and excellent in communicating with clients and the wider professional team.

Reputation management

The Withers reputation management team is now one of the leading claimant-leaning practices in the market. Quality, committed lawyers at all levels.

Sport

Friendly, personable, but expert advice...know the market, know the players, know when to escalate and when not to, which is important.

White-collar crime (advice to individuals)

Genuine depth and quality of experience from around the globe.

We are grateful to our clients and contacts for their continued trust, support and valuable feedback, which play an important role in helping us maintain the high standards of service recognised by Legal 500.