Press Release
Best Lawyers Announces 2024 United Kingdom Recognitons
AUGUSTA, Ga., 6 June 2023 — Best Lawyers® recognizes an elite group of the United Kingdom’s lawyers, fewer than 7,000, in the newly released 12th edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom™ and second edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the United Kingdom™. These individuals were nominated for consideration, voted on by their peers, identified as the most qualified lawyers in the country and then presented with recognition by Best Lawyers.
“The rigorous and transparent methodology of Best Lawyers, founded purely on the peer review of other elite lawyers, establishes these recognitions as the most reputable and definitive guide to the legal profession,” said CEO of Best Lawyers Phillip Greer. “It is an honor to provide this resource for the United Kingdom and to elevate the work of these exceptional and deserving lawyers.”
The 12th edition of The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom recognizes 6,344 lawyers across 35 metropolitan areas and 137 practice areas. 248 lawyers were bestowed a “Lawyer of the Year” award. This distinction is only given to the one lawyer with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.
The Best Lawyers Purely Peer Review™ methodology, used for more than 40 years, is applied to both traditional lists and “Ones to Watch” honors. Best Lawyers believes that lawyers are the best resource to provide feedback on the caliber of work performed by their peers. For research purposes, smaller and more rural cities located within a reasonable distance to larger cities are combined into single geographical regions called “metropolitan areas” to help collect as much feedback and data as possible.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the United Kingdom recognitions are given to lawyers who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice. “Ones to Watch” honorees typically have been in practice for three to 12 years. The second edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the United Kingdom recognizes 487 lawyers across 10 metropolitan areas, 52 practice areas and 151 firms.
Search United Kingdom honorees by lawyer name, firm, region and/or practice area by visiting www.bestlawyers.com.About Best Lawyers
For more than four decades, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the lawyers best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Candidates can only be considered for one recognition at a time, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch is not a seed list to The Best Lawyers and all hopeful candidates must be nominated and vetted by their peers before being recognized Best Lawyers. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular distinction.