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Top 25 Commercial lending law firms based in the United Kingdom

Name: Commercial lending law firms based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Aug 31, 2026 1,256 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,256 commercial lending law firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of August 2026 and tracks 54,139 professional contacts across them, including 30,476 with verified work emails and 5,628 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers commercial lending 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 August 31, 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.

How to read this list RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Aug 31, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,256Companies

54,139Contacts tracked

30,476Verified emails

5,628Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest commercial lending law firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,256 commercial lending law firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Aug 31, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to commercial lending law firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Freshfields	Partial evidence	London, United Kingdom	5,001-10,000	6,494 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 Aug 31, 2026
2	Holland & Knight LLP	Partial evidence	London, United Kingdom	1,001-5,000	4,289 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Holland & Knight is a global law firm with more than 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 35 offices throughout the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
3	Slaughter And MAY	Partial evidence	London, United Kingdom	1,001-5,000	1,955 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Slaughter and May is regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
4	Shoosmiths	Partial evidence	Manchester, United Kingdom	1,001-5,000	1,449 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 Aug 31, 2026
5	Mishcon DE Reya LLP	Indirect evidence	London, United Kingdom	1,001-5,000	1,371 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 Aug 31, 2026
6	Hill Dickinson LLP	Partial evidence	Leeds, United Kingdom	1,001-5,000	1,246 contacts →
	Partial evidence “An unpredictable world calls for a progressive-thinking law firm that’s aligned to your ambitions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
7	Trowers & Hamlins	Indirect evidence	London, United Kingdom	1,001-5,000	1,112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Trowers & Hamlins is well known for its eclectic mix of specialisations combining sector leadership in the UK and across the Middle East and Asia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
8	Shakespeare Martineau	Strong evidence	United Kingdom	1,001-5,000	986 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Shakespeare Martineau is a leading law firm that brings creativity, commerciality and clarity to complex challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
9	Bevan Brittan LLP	Strong evidence	Birmingham, United Kingdom	501-1,000	772 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a leading commercial law firm where what matters to you, matters to us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
10	JMW Solicitors LLP	Indirect evidence	London, United Kingdom	501-1,000	727 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At JMW Solicitors LLP we strive to offer the very best in professional legal services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
11	Farrer & CO	Indirect evidence	London, United Kingdom	201-500	693 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Farrer & Co is synonymous with the highest quality legal advice and service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
12	Mccann Fitzgerald LLP	Partial evidence	London, United Kingdom	501-1,000	628 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With over 600 people, including 400 lawyers and professional staff, McCann FitzGerald LLP is one of Ireland’s premier law firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
13	Foot Anstey	Indirect evidence	United Kingdom	501-1,000	622 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 Aug 31, 2026
14	Cripps	Indirect evidence	Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom	501-1,000	482 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Cripps, we’re lawyers for business and life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
15	Howard Kennedy LLP	Partial evidence	London, United Kingdom	201-500	460 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to ambitious clients ranging from entrepreneurial businesses, family offices and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
16	VWV	Indirect evidence	Bristol, United Kingdom	201-500	434 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Clients are at the heart of everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
17	Talbots LAW	Partial evidence	Stourbridge, United Kingdom	501-1,000	414 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Talbots Law can offer your business a wide range of legal services - no matter what business you are in.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
18	DMH Stallard LLP	Partial evidence	Guildford, United Kingdom	201-500	413 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DMH Stallard is an award-winning full service South East law firm with offices in London, Brighton, Gatwick, Guildford and Horsham and a 50 year pedigree based on building long…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
19	Russell-Cooke	Strong evidence	London, United Kingdom	201-500	399 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Russell-Cooke is a top 100 law firm advising a mix of commercial, regulatory, not-for-profit and private clients across a broad range of services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
20	Winckworth Sherwood LLP	Partial evidence	Oxford, United Kingdom	201-500	358 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A full service law firm with a diverse client base, Winckworth Sherwood prides itself on providing market leading advice across a broad range of sectors and markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
21	Bristows	Indirect evidence	London, United Kingdom	201-500	354 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a European headquartered hub for litigation, transactions and advice throughout the world and have remained fiercely independent since we first began in 1837.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
22	Lyons Davidson Limited	Partial evidence	Bristol, United Kingdom	501-1,000	339 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lyons Davidson is a national law practice operating from principal offices in Bristol and offices in Solihull, Leeds and Cardiff, with our associated practice in Edinburgh, Lyons…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
23	Forbes Solicitors	Partial evidence	Bamber Bridge, United Kingdom	201-500	337 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Forbes Solicitors is an award winning law firm with 9 offices in Lancashire, Manchester and Leeds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
24	Geldards LLP	Partial evidence	Derby, United Kingdom	201-500	305 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Geldards is one of the country’s leading law firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026
25	Ison Harrison Solicitors	Indirect evidence	Leeds, United Kingdom	201-500	281 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our specialist teams of solicitors and lawyers offer a full range of legal services - both for you and your business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 31, 2026

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: commercial lending 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 commercial lending law firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of commercial lending law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name commercial lending 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.

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Commercial lending law firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Aug 31, 2026

56.3%Verified-email coverage

10.4%Mobile-number coverage

43.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

28.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Aug 31, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

444

11-50

485

51-200

232

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

How 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 commercial lending 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 “commercial lending 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 commercial lending 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 commercial lending 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, 30,476 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 August 31, 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.

Commercial lending law firms by metro

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 commercial lending 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 commercial lending law firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 1,256 commercial lending law firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of August 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?

Freshfields, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most commercial lending law firms?

London leads with 354 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (41) and Liverpool (21).

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 30,476 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,256 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on August 31, 2026.

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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.