
Jones Day lawyers and practices earn top rankings in Legal 500 United Kingdom
The 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom honored 79 lawyers who earned 102 rankings across 20 practice areas, recognizing Jones Day's deep experience across disputes, transactional, and industry practices and the leading skills of the Firm's lawyers. The number of ranked lawyers marks an all-time high for Jones Day in this directory.
Clients praise Jones Day for being a "truly forward-thinking firm - always ready with a new perspective or an innovative new approach." The Firm is also lauded for offering a "diverse and global team, which enables great innovative and creative solutions with speed and efficiency," and that Jones Day lawyers are "highly skilled at making themselves feel like an extension of our internal team, rather than a faceless external entity."
Additional comments include:
- "The team at Jones Day is exceptionally well organized, very focused on the key issues, and provides solid advice in a calm and comprehendible manner."
- "Its members consistently display all, rather than some, of the key attributes one seeks in a solicitor team: intelligence, diligence, capability, judgement, high-quality correspondence, and fun and engaging to work with."
- "Their senior team's depth of experience seamlessly filters through to more junior team members; there is always someone available to talk through queries. They are always willing to explore scenarios and solutions with us."
- [Jones Day offers a] "Highly skilled team that consistently delivers, genuinely cares and performs at the highest levels. Commercial, pragmatic and down to earth."
The Firm maintained its Tier 1 and 2 rankings in key areas including Corporate, Financial Markets, Global Disputes, and Real Estate. Those practices include:
- Commercial property: development
- Commercial property: investment
- Fraud: civil
- Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500M)
- Property finance
- Real estate funds
Legal 500 selected three Jones Day lawyers as members of its "Hall of Fame," 11 lawyers were ranked as "Leading Partners," an additional 11 lawyers were listed as "Next Generation Partners," and three were named "Leading Associates."
View Jones Day's full Legal 500 United Kingdom rankings and profile here.
For 38 years, The Legal 500 United Kingdom has analyzed the capabilities of law firms across the world. The rankings are based on thousands of interviews with lawyers and clients, and provide a detailed qualitative assessment of various factors, including work conducted by law firms over the past 12 months and historically, experience and depth of teams, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, and commitment to the client.