Kingsley Napley receives 10 Tier 1 rankings in the Legal 500 UK 2026

Kingsley Napley has once again enjoyed an outstanding performance in the annual Legal 500 UK directory, reaffirming our position as one of the UK’s foremost experts in a wide range of legal disciplines.

The firm has increased its total number rankings to 120, including 33 UK practice areas, (almost a third of which are Tier 1), and 87 individual lawyer rankings.

Kingsley Napley’s ten Tier 1 rankings include:

• Administrative and Public Law
• Commercial Litigation: Mid-Market
• Crime: General
• Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy
• Family: Mediation
• Fraud: White Collar Crime
• Immigration: Business
• Immigration: Human Rights
• Immigration Personal
• Professional Discipline

Particular congratulations to our two newly ranked lawyers Krishna Mahajan, as a ‘Leading Associate’ for Tax Litigation and Investigations, and Ed Smyth, as a ‘Next Generation Partner in Fraud: White Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals).

The Legal 500 rankings assess the strengths of law firms in the UK based on a series of research criteria, including client feedback, submissions and interviews with peers and colleagues, by a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.

View Kingsley Napley’s full rankings here.