Cleary Gottlieb Practices and Lawyers Commended in Chambers UK 2025

October 17, 2024

Cleary Gottlieb practices and lawyers have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Chambers UK.

The firm earned seven practice rankings, and 24 Cleary lawyers were highly ranked in their respective practice areas: partners Edward Aldred, James Brady-Banzet, Paul Gilbert, Alastair Goldrein, David Gottlieb, Jim Ho, Jackie Holland, Michael James, Jonathan Kelly, Sarah Lewis, Polina Lyadnova, Nicholas Levy, Christopher P. Moore, Solomon Noh, James Norris-Jones, Nallini Puri, Nick Rumsby, Ian Shawyer, Tihir Sarkar, Sebastian Sperber, Paul Stuart, Richard Sultman, and Dan Tierney; and counsel Ferdisha Snagg.

Clients and peers provided outstanding feedback about the firm’s work to Chambers UK, including:

  • Banking & Finance: Borrowers: Big-Ticket – “Cleary is our top choice for complex transactions. With their renowned expertise in navigating complicated deals, they always deliver outstanding results.”
  • Banking Litigation – “Cleary has a clear understanding of its client’s needs and goals and how to achieve them. The firm also provides very deep and detailed analysis of the legal issues in a case.”
  • Capital Markets: Debt & Equity – “Cleary excels in managing unexpected situations, providing clear direction and exercising excellent judgement. The team provides holistic advice because of their experience in both equity and debt.”
  • Competition Law – “The Cleary Gottlieb team has an excellent ability to grasp incredible levels of detail and apply very strong legal know-how and strategic vision to deliver sharp, commercial and pragmatic advice.”
  • Corporate/M&A: £800 Million and Above – “Cleary has great experience with complex cases and relies on large and high-quality teams to handle highly complex and sophisticated cases in an extremely efficient manner.”
  • Restructuring/Insolvency – “They have great visibility of what is going on in the market and have great partners who ensure their advice and suggested solutions are always commercially oriented.”

Learn more about Cleary’s recognition on the Chambers UK website.