Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Business transactional law firms based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 2,517 business transactional law firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 141,336 professional contacts across them, including 72,090 with verified work emails and 13,046 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.
This list covers business transactional law firms headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest business transactional law firms based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,673 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a global law firm dedicated to creating advantage for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 6,805 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Linklaters is a leading global law firm, supporting and investing in the future of our clients wherever they do business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 6,487 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Freshfields is a global firm with over 280 years’ experience of anticipating change, setting new standards and shaping the future of law.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 6,284 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 4,611 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ashurst has combined with Perkins Coie to form Ashurst Perkins Coie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,981 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A pioneering global law practice, we provide high quality legal advice and innovation worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 3,097 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Addleshaw Goddard (AG).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 2,738 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “On May 1, 2024, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling merged to become A&O Shearman.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 2,498 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “An international law firm that acts like your business partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,170 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “McGuireWoods, one of the world’s leading law firms, has earned the loyalty of its many longstanding clients with deep and broad legal experience; a passion for understanding their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,951 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Slaughter and May is regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,797 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re your business advisers as well as your lawyers, working in step with you to protect your interests today and progress your ambitions for tomorrow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,444 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re the law firm clients choose for excellent service, incisive thinking and above all for our ability to focus on what matters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,376 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in London, Mishcon de Reya services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,353 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Mills & Reeve, our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieve more together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,231 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “An unpredictable world calls for a progressive-thinking law firm that’s aligned to your ambitions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,216 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RPC is a law firm invested in you, your ambitions and your commercial success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1,155 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Taylor Rose is a top 60 independent law firm with 1,700 experts operating nationwide and is recommended by the Legal 500 UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,007 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Macfarlanes is a pre-eminent law firm that serves a global client base in Private Capital, Private Wealth, M&A and Disputes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 989 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Shakespeare Martineau is a leading law firm that brings creativity, commerciality and clarity to complex challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 818 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “It is not just law at Travers Smith.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At JMW Solicitors LLP we strive to offer the very best in professional legal services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 693 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Farrer & Co is synonymous with the highest quality legal advice and service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 691 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Clarke Willmott LLP is a national law firm with over 600 lawyers and support staff (including over 100 partners) working from offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 615 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Through our network of eleven offices, we work together as one national team offering specialist legal advice and services to regional, national and international clients, both…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: business transactional law firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names business transactional law firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of business transactional law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name business transactional law firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
Showing 25 of 2,517 business transactional law firms based in the United Kingdom
See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 72,090 reachable decision-makers.
Free signup · no credit card
Business transactional law firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 28, 2026Companies by employee count
Freshness & accuracy
How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked
Email last verified
Median 31.0dCompany record updated
Median 80.0dHow this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among business transactional law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “business transactional law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names business transactional law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among business transactional law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 72,090 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Business transactional law firms by metro
- Business transactional law firms in London788
- Business transactional law firms in Manchester75
- Business transactional law firms in Birmingham52
- Business transactional law firms in Bristol31
- Business transactional law firms in Leeds30
- Business transactional law firms in Liverpool29
- Business transactional law firms in Glasgow28
- Business transactional law firms in Belfast25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names business transactional law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many business transactional law firms are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 2,517 business transactional law firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Clifford Chance, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most business transactional law firms?
London leads with 788 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (75) and Birmingham (52).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 72,090 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,517 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.
Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 2,517 business transactional law firms based in the United Kingdom. Start with a free account, no credit card.
Download this list →Related lists
Business transactional law firms by geography
- Business transactional law firms based in the United States
- Business transactional law firms based in Brazil
- Business transactional law firms based in Spain
- Business transactional law firms based in France
- Business transactional law firms based in Italy
- Business transactional law firms based in Germany
- Business transactional law firms based in Canada
- Business transactional law firms based in Australia
- Business transactional law firms based in Mexico
- Business transactional law firms based in Poland
- Business transactional law firms based in the Netherlands
- Business transactional law firms based in South Africa
About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
More company lists
- All company lists
- Lists by location
- Lists A-Z
- New lists
- Business transactional law firms based in the United States
- Business transactional law firms based in Brazil
- Business transactional law firms based in Spain
- Business transactional law firms based in France
- Business transactional law firms based in Italy
- Business transactional law firms based in Germany