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gunnercooke grows Chambers and Legal 500 rankings in 2025 release
gunnercooke is celebrating success in The Legal 500 and Chambers directories, with a record number of rankings for the firm in the 2025 guides.
Chambers UK 2025 sees six of gunnercooke’s practice areas ranked, alongside 30 individuals (an increase of 16% on the previous year).
Chambers UK is one of the world’s leading independent legal directories. Its rankings are based on extensive research which assesses quality of work, market standing and feedback from clients. This year, feedback from clients about our lawyers includes comments that they are “commercially astute”, “pragmatic” and “strategic.” The firm is praised for being “exceptionally commercial in their approach. They always think business-first.”
The firm’s recognised departments are Real Estate (East Midlands), Employment (North West), Employment (Yorkshire: South and West), Employment (Scotland), Sport: Horse Racing & Equestrian, Commodities: Trade Finance (UK-wide).
The ranked individuals are: Clive Smith, Rob Fawke, Nick Ducker, Katy Wedderburn, Rebecca Ireland, Ed Jenneson, Jo Tindall, Mini Setty, Richard Linskell, Paul Calladine, Roland Humphreys, Kirpal Bidmead, Siddique Patel, Joe Bartlett, Vitoria Nabas, Anthony Lee, David Breslin, Rosie Burbidge, Chloe Carswell, Harvey Stringfellow, Sydney Fulda, James Pheasant, Brendan Walsh, Matthew Grocock, Simon Etchells, Jen Morris, Tom Seabrook, Jahid Ali, Denise Laverty and Emma Bowens.
gunnercooke lawyers were ranked in: Rail Finance, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A (£5 million and above), Employment, Energy & Natural Resources (Mining: Domestic), Family, Immigration: Business, Information Technology & Outsourcing, Insurance (Contentious Claims & Reinsurance), Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, Litigation, Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, Sport (Horse Racing & Equestrian), Health & Safety, and Transport: Rail.
The Legal 500 also saw success this year with 42 lawyers recognised within the rankings, which highlighted 28 of gunnercooke’s practice areas including Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Insurance, Transport, Property Finance, Intellectual Property, Fintech and Employment.
Illustrating the strength of the firm across the country, gunnercooke lawyers have been ranked in both London and UK-wide tables, as well as in tables for the North West, Scotland, East Midlands, South West, Chester, Derby, Leeds, Sheffield, Thames Valley and Yorkshire.
This is the highest number of directory rankings for gunnercooke since our launch in 2010.
The full Chambers UK rankings are available online here.
The Legal 500 can be viewed here.
