Honouring Two Decades of Legal Impact
Join us in celebrating those who have made the greatest impact on business, society, and the legal profession.
TOP 20 LAW FIRMS*
*Research methodology:
The top 20 law firms list is based on the total number of top 10 most innovative law firm rankings the firms received in the FT Innovative Lawyers reports. These include reports published in Europe from 2006 to 2024, in the US and North America from 2010 to 2024, and in Asia-Pacific from 2014 to 2025.
Where law firms have merged, the successor firm receives the ranking for the best performing legacy firm in each report.
The top 10 list for Europe includes law firms headquartered outside the UK, The top 10 list for Asia-Pacific includes law firms headquartered in the Asia-Pacific region. The ranking is based on the total number of most innovative law firm rankings of any position the firms received in the FT Innovative Lawyers reports for Europe and Asia-Pacific respectively.
1. A&O Shearman
2. Hogan Lovells
3. White & Case
4. Freshfields
5. Linklaters
6. Latham & Watkins
7. DLA Piper
8. Ashurst
9. Paul Hastings
10. Baker McKenzie
11. Orrick
12. Gilbert + Tobin
13. Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
14. King & Wood Mallesons
15. Pinsent Masons
16. Addleshaw Goddard
17. Eversheds Sutherland
18. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
19. Dechert
20. Kirkland & Ellis
TOP 20 IN-HOUSE LEGAL TEAMS*
*Research methodology:
The top 20 in-house legal teams list is based on the total number of most innovative in-house legal team rankings the teams received in the FT Innovative Lawyers reports. These include reports published in Europe from 2007 to 2024, in the US and North America from 2010 to 2024, and in Asia-Pacific from 2014 to 2025.
BT
HSBC
Vodafone
Westpac
Accenture
AB InBev
DBS Bank
GSK
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Honeywell
Telstra
Asian Development Bank
GE
ING Bank
Lazada
Microsoft
Novartis
3M
Aviva
Citi
Flex
Nokia
PayPal
TOP 20 LAW FIRM LEADERS
Joe Andrew
Jon Ballis
Wim Dejonghe
Stuart Fuller
Danny Gilbert
Stephen Immelt
Brad Karp
David Kerr
Nigel Knowles
Seng Kok Chew
Jami McKeon
David Morley
Yvette Ostolaza
Stephen Poor
James Thornton
Hugh Verrier
Joao Vieira de Almeida
Junfeng Wang
Duncan Weston
Mitchell Zuklie
Partner
Chair
Principal
Chair
Chair
Adjunct professor
Chair
Partner
Chief executive officer
Executive director
Partner and chair
Principal
Chair
Chair emeritus
Founder
Partner
Senior partner
Global chair
Executive partner
Chair
Dentons
Kirkland & Ellis
Dejonghe & Morley
Asia Society Australia
Gilbert + Tobin
Howard University School of Law
Paul, Weiss
Bird & Bird
DWF
Zico Law
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Dejonghe & Morley
Sidley Austin
Seyfarth Shaw
ClientEarth
White & Case
Vieira de Almeida
King & Wood Mallesons
CMS
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
TOP 20 PRACTITIONERS
Pravin Anand
Scott Barshay
Nigel Boardman
Mike Cowie
Luis de Carlos
Scott Farrell
Michael Hausfeld
Neal Katyal
Susan Mac Cormac
Vivian Maese
Sophie Mathur
Gary Miller
Jamie Ng
John O'Neil
Harriet Pearson
Amanda Raad
Michelle Rhyu
Rajesh Sreenivasan
Danny Tobey
Benedikt Wolfers
Managing partner, head of litigation
Chair of corporate department
Former non-executive board member, chair of audit & risk assurance committee
Co-chair of global antitrust/competition group
Managing partner
Senior partner, strategic counsel
Chair emeritus, founder
Partner
Partner, co-chair of ESG, sustainability & social enterprise, and impact investing practices
Partner, co-chair of financial institutions industry group and fintech group
Corporate partner
Partner
Global clients & markets partner, co-head of Ashurst Advance & Consulting
Partner, head of investment funds
Founder, managing principal
Partner
Senior counsel
Partner, head of TMT law practice
Partner, chair of AI & data analytics practice
Partner
Anand and Anand
Paul, Weiss
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Dechert
Uría Menéndez
King & Wood Mallesons
Hausfeld
Milbank
Morrison Foerster
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mishcon de Reya
Ashurst
Kirkland & Ellis
Axia Advisory
Ropes & Gray
Cooley
Rajah & Tann Singapore
DLA Piper
Posser Spieth Wolfers & Partners
TOP 20 INTRAPRENEURS
Sandeep Agrawal
Ben Allgrove
Charlotte Baldwin
Rose Battaglia
LeeAnn Black
Wendy Butler Curtis
Christina Demetriades
Craig Emery
Matt Galvin
Christopher Georgiou
Michael Hertz
Aine Lyons
Ben McGuire
Alastair Morrison
Elliot Moss
Mary O'Carroll
Scott Rechtschaffen
Caryn Sandler
David Wakeling
Kerry Westland
Partner
Chief innovation officer
Chief innovation officer
Managing director, co-head of regulatory & exam management
Chief operating officer
Chief innovation officer
General counsel, Europe
Group company secretary, head of legal chapter
Co-founder
Head of Ashurst Advance EMEA/US
Senior adviser
Senior vice-president, deputy general counsel, chief strategy officer
Currently on a break
Senior consultant
Partner, chief brand officer
Chief operating officer
Chief knowledge officer
Partner, chief knowledge and innovation officer
Partner, global head of markets innovation group and AI advisory practice
Partner, head of innovation group
PwC NewLaw
Baker McKenzie
Burberry
Deutsche Bank
Latham & Watkins
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Accenture
Telstra
Gentic Global Advisors
Ashurst
White & Case
WorkDay
Currently on a break
Pinsent Masons
Mishcon de Reya
Goodwin
Littler
Gilbert + Tobin
A&O Shearman
Addleshaw Goddard
TOP 20 MARKET SHAPERS
Ajay Agrawal
Neil Araujo
Connie Brenton
Liam Brown
Tim Cummins
Jim Delkousis
Dana Denis-Smith
Michele DeStefano
Heidi Gardner
Simon Harper
Mark Harris
Daniel Katz
Ajay Patel
Richard Punt
Dan Reed
Andrew Sieja
Richard Susskind
Noah Waisberg
Winston Weinberg
David Wilkins
Co-founder, chief executive
Co-founder, chief executive
Founder, chief executive
Founder, chairman, chief executive
President / executive director
Founder, chief executive
Founder, chief executive
Founder / professor of law
Distinguished fellow at Center on the Legal Profession / co-founder, chief executive
Founder, director
Chief executive
Co-founder
Founder, chief executive
Global legal leader
Founder, chairman
Founder, executive chairman
President
Co-founder, chief executive
Co-founder, chief executive
Professor of law, vice-dean for global initiatives on the legal profession, director of Center on the Legal Profession
SirionLabs
iManage
LegalOps
Elevate
World Commerce & Contracting / Commerce & Contract Management Institute
Persuit
Obelisk Legal Support
LawWithoutWalls, MoveLaw / University of Miami
Harvard Law School / Gardner & Co
LoD (Lawyers on Demand)
Axiom
273 Ventures
HighQ
Deloitte
UnitedLex
Relativity
Society for Computers & Law
Zuva
Harvey
Harvard Law School
TOP 20 GENERAL COUNSELS
Sabine Chalmers
William Deckelman
Santiago Martínez Garrido
Craig Glidden
Brent Irvin
Brian Israel
Shannon Klinger
Chee Kin Lam
Rebecca Lim
Anne Madden
Rosemary Martin
Scott Offer
Louise Pentland
Ulrike Schwarz-Runer
Brad Smith
John Zecca
Dan Troy
Maria Varsellona
Kent Walker
Amy Weaver
Group general counsel, director of regulatory affairs, company secretary
Chief legal officer
General secretary, secretary of board of directors
President, chief administrative officer
Vice-president, general counsel, head of global corporate affairs
General counsel
Chief legal officer, president
Legal and compliance managing director and head
Group general counsel
Senior vice-president for portfolio transformation, senior adviser
Chair of council
Executive vice-president, general counsel
Chief legal officer
Managing director and senior partner, global general counsel and chief legal officer
Vice-chair and president
Executive vice-president, global chief legal, risk and regulatory officer
Managing director
Chief legal officer and company secretary
President, global affairs
Chief executive
BT
Andersen
Iberdrola
Cruise
Tencent
Anthropic
Moderna
DBS Bank
Transurban
Honeywell
University of Sussex
Flex
Adobe
Boston Consulting Group
Microsoft
Nasdaq
Berkeley Research Group
Unilever
Direct Relief
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