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The Legal 500 released its 2027 edition for the United Kingdom on September 30, 2026 following an extensive review that evaluated more than 12,000 submissions, contacted almost 180,000 referees and included thousands of solicitor interviews. The guide features rankings for nearly 1,200 firms across more than 600 practice areas along with recognitions for over 13,000 individual solicitors, according to the directory’s launch announcement. Baker McKenzie said in a statement on its corporate newsroom that it earned 64 practice area rankings and 102 individual rankings in the latest edition, spanning jurisdictions that include the UK and United States.
A press release distributed by the firm highlighted its placements in areas such as international litigation, mergers and acquisitions for large deals and EU as well as competition law. The Legal 500 profiles show the firm advising on major transactions including Walgreens Boots Alliance’s carve-out aspects of a $23.7 billion acquisition and Thoma Bravo’s purchase of digital aviation assets from Boeing valued at $10.55 billion. Such work underscores the cross-border capabilities that contributed to the practice area recognitions detailed in the Baker McKenzie announcement.
In the employee benefits and executive compensation sector the directory ranked the firm’s team for its global reach in cross-border transactions with mandates that included advising Cisco on its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk across 34 jurisdictions. The Legal 500 also placed Baker McKenzie in fintech and equity capital markets categories where its London and US offices handle IPOs, ABBs and buybacks particularly in the Middle East, CEE and Scandinavia. These rankings form part of the 64 practice area entries the firm reported in its September 30 statement.
The directory’s individual rankings total 102 for the firm with multiple leading partners noted across categories according to the Baker McKenzie release. Profiles from The Legal 500 identify lawyers such as Samantha Mobley in EU and competition, Adam Farlow in equity capital markets and Barbara Klementz in employee benefits as key figures driving the recognitions. The guide includes nearly 2,000 Hall of Fame members, more than 6,500 leading partners and additional next generation and associate tiers among its 13,873 ranked individuals overall.
Baker McKenzie’s statement positioned the results as validation of its strengths in complex commercial litigation, product liability matters and antitrust investigations that often involve coordinated US and international disputes. The firm’s release noted particular expertise in sectors including energy, retail, technology and healthcare where it maintains dedicated cross-jurisdictional teams. This performance aligns with the broader 2027 edition that saw more than 10,000 firm rankings issued across the UK regions, London market, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and offshore Britain.
The Legal 500 has published annual guides for decades with the 2027 version continuing to benchmark law firm performance through client feedback, peer interviews and submission analysis. Baker McKenzie described its aggregate rankings as reflective of consistent delivery in high-stakes matters ranging from merger control to class actions and asset recovery. The firm’s announcement emphasized its global platform that supports such work across more than 70 offices while the directory’s data products offer additional insights into client experience and market positioning for participating firms.
