The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused London Employment Law Firms details firms 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.
First Tier
A&O Shearman
Lewis Silkin
Second Tier
Freshfields
Littler Mendolson
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Mayer Brown
Mishcon de Reya
Linklaters
Third Tier
Baker McKenzie
DAC Beachcroft
Kingsley Napley
Simmons & Simmons
Withers
Recommended
Addleshaw Goddard
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
BP Collins
Clifford Chance
Clyde & Co
CMS
Constantine Law
Dechert
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland
Fox Williams
Gibson Dunn
Hogan Lovells
Irwin Mitchell
Keystone Law
McDermott Will & Emery
Morgan Lewis
Norton Rose Fulbright
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Reed Smith
Travers Smith
Previous editions
2025 edition published May 2025
First Tier
A&O Shearman
Lewis Silkin
Second Tier
Freshfields
GQ Littler
Herbert Smith Freehills
Mishcon de Reya
Linklaters
Third Tier
Baker McKenzie
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Clifford Chance
DAC Beachcroft
Fox Williams
Kingsley Napley
Simmons & Simmons
Withers
Recommended
Addleshaw Goddard
Clyde & Co
CMS
Constantine Law
Dechert
DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutehrland
Fox & Partners
Freeths
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Morgan Lewis
Northridge Law
Norton Rose Fulbright
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Reed Smith
Travers Smith
Weightmans
2024 edition published June 2024
First Tier
A&O Shearman
Lewis Silkin
Mishcon de Reya
Second Tier
Fox Williams
GQ Littler
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Third Tier
Baker McKenzie
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Clifford Chance
DAC Beachcroft
Freshfields
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Simmons & Simmons
Withers
Recommended
Addleshaw Goddard
Clyde & Co
Constantine Law
Dechert
Eversheds Sutehrland
Fladgate LLP
Freeths
Harbotte & Lewis
Hogan Lovells
Kingsley Napley
Mayer Brown
Reed Smith
Shoosmiths
Travers Smith
Wedlake Bell
Weightmans