The firm celebrates strong rankings in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners this year.
Top 100 City law firm Wedlake Bell is delighted to announce its 2025 Legal rankings. The firm has once again been recognised in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for its excellence and commitment to delivering exceptional legal services to its clients.
Featuring in 19 categories this year in The Legal 500 and seven categories in Chambers & Partners , the rankings are based on sector expertise, commitment to innovation and focus on client satisfaction. These are listed below. This recognition underscores the firm’s dedication to providing high-quality legal advice and its continued success in delivering favourable outcomes for its clients.
In particular, the firm is very pleased to be newly ranked Tier 8 Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency group and promoted to Tier 1 Art and Cultural Property, Tier 3 Construction (non-contentious) and Tier 4 Pensions (non-contentious) groups in the Legal 500 respectively.
It is also fantastic to see our Art and Cultural Property and Restructuring/Insolvency: Personal Insolvency teams maintain their Band One rankings in Chambers this year, in addition to our Patent & Trade Mark team being featured in a special Spotlight!
| Submission | Team Ranking |
| Art and cultural property | Tier 1 |
| Commercial property: corporate occupiers | Tier 2 |
| Commercial property: development | Tier 4 |
| Commercial property: investment | Tier 3 |
| Construction: contentious | Tier 5 |
| Construction: non-contentious | Tier 3 |
| Contentious trusts and probate | Tier 3 |
| Corporate restructuring & insolvency | Tier 8 |
| Debt recovery | Tier 1 |
| Employers | Tier 5 |
| Family | Tier 4 |
| Fraud: civil | Tier 4 |
| Intellectual property: trademarks, copyright and design | Tier 5 |
| IT and telecoms | Firms To Watch |
| M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m | Tier 2 |
| Pensions (non-contentious) | Tier 4 |
| Personal tax, trusts and probate | Tier 2 |
| Property litigation | Tier 3 |
| Residential property | Tier 2 |
| Senior executives | Tier 4 |
2025 UK Chambers guide
| Category | Team Ranking |
| Art and Cultural Property Law | Band 1 |
| Construction: Non-contentious | Band 4 |
| Corporate/M&A: £10-100 million | Band 4 |
| Intellectual Property | Band 6 |
| Intellectual Property: Law Firms with Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys | Spotlight |
| Real Estate: £50-150 million | Band 2 |
| Restructuring/Insolvency: Personal Insolvency | Band 1 |