The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused London Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater London legal market whose practice has strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Miriam Bruce, Mayer Brown
Sarah Henchoz, A&O Shearman
Toni Lorenzo, Lewis Silkin
Daniel Naftalin, Mishcon de Reya
Robbie Sinclair, Gibson Dunn
Andrew Taggart, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Leading
Mike Anderson, Lewis Silkin
Michael Burd, Littler Mendelson
Will Clayton, Constantine Law
James Davies, Lewis Silkin
Andrea Finn, Simmons & Simmons
Kathleen Healy, Freshfields
David Hunt, Farrer & Co
Monica Kurnatowska, Baker McKenzie
Jane Mann, Fox Williams
Hugh More, Withers
Nicola Rabson, Linklaters
Khurram Shamsee, DAC Beachcroft
Catherine Taylor, CMS
Catriona Watt, Fox & Partners
Recommended
Caroline Baker, Littler Mendolson
Gordon Bartlett, A&O Shearman
Anna Birtwistle, Farrer & Co
Ed Bowyer, Hogan Lovells
Jason Butwick, Dechert
Alexandra Carn, Keystone Law
Claire Christy, Withers
Alison Dixon, Bird & Bird
John Evason, Baker McKenzie
Kathryn Fielder, BP Collins
Chris Fisher, Mayer Brown
Paul Fontes, Eversheds Sutherland
Lee Harding, DLA Piper
Rachel Heenan, Capsticks
Chris Holme, Clyde & Co
Nick Hurley, Charles Russell Speechlys
Kate Kapp, Doyle Clayton
Susannah Kintish, Mishcon de Reya
Tim Leaver, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Colin Leckey, Lewis Silkin
Richard Marshall, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Tim Marshall, DLA Piper
Jennifer Millins, Mishcon de Reya
Richard Miskella, Lewis Silkin
David Murphy, Fox Williams
Kate Pumfrey, A&O Shearman
Paul Reeves, Stephenson Harwood
Nick Robertson, Keystone Law
Louise Skinner, Morgan Lewis
Sybille Steiner, Irwin Mitchell
Carla Watling, Lewis Silkin
Julia Wilson, Baker McKenzie
Dan Wise, Osborne Wise
Matthew Wood, Mishcon de Reya
Richard Yeomans, Addleshaw Goddard