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Top 25 Pe law firms based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 517 pe law firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 30,725 professional contacts across them, including 16,003 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers pe 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 21, 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 HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
517Companies
30,725Contacts tracked
16,003Verified emails
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The 25 largest pe law firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 517 pe law firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to pe 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0006,487 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 21, 2026
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,951 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Slaughter and May is regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,797 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 21, 2026
4Partial evidenceLiverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,231 contacts →

Partial evidence

“An unpredictable world calls for a progressive-thinking law firm that’s aligned to your ambitions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,0001,007 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 21, 2026
6Partial evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000989 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Shakespeare Martineau is a leading law firm that brings creativity, commerciality and clarity to complex challenges.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500693 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Farrer & Co is synonymous with the highest quality legal advice and service.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000591 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re Forsters, a leading law firm renowned for our private client and real estate focus.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000560 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kingsley Napley is an independent, internationally recognised London law firm, trusted by individuals, businesses and organisations to discreetly handle complex, high-profile, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500460 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 Sep 21, 2026
11Indirect evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500436 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Clients are at the heart of everything we do.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Partial evidenceStourbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000413 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 Sep 21, 2026
13Partial evidenceBrighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500408 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 Sep 21, 2026
14Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500360 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 Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500354 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 Sep 21, 2026
16Partial evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000330 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 Sep 21, 2026
17Partial evidenceCardiff, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500302 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Geldards is one of the country’s leading law firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500283 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Leonard Curtis is a team of 300+ financial, legal and business experts, operating across the UK and offshore.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200223 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Fox Williams is a leading law firm based in the City of London, trusted by its clients to provide quality advice with a high level of partner involvement and an astute commercial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20Indirect evidencePeterborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200212 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Based in Bristol, Cambridge, London, Nottingham, Peterborough, Stamford, Paris and Milan, Buckles is a full-service regional firm with extensive expertise and an established…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500208 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Taylor Emmet, we have one simple aim, and that is to provide legal advice that supports and protects you and your business; giving you total peace of mind.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22Indirect evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000208 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our clients where they need to be.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Partial evidenceWinchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200191 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We have developed an enviable reputation as one of the south’s leading commercially orientated law firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24Indirect evidenceChester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200182 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We help businesses and those who own and run them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200179 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kuits is a leading, UK200-listed commercial law firm based in Manchester city centre.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Pe law firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
52.1%Verified-email coverage
59.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
42.6%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
224
11-50
159
51-200
97
201-500
17
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
7
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 517 companies.

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 pe 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 “pe 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 pe 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 pe 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, 16,003 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 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Pe law firms by metro

  • Pe law firms in London220

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 pe 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 pe law firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 517 pe 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?

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

Which city has the most pe law firms?

London leads with 220 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (18) and Bristol (10).

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 16,003 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 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 21, 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.