A top tier Band 1 ranking has been awarded for Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth, together with a new entry for the firm for Family/Children Law plus firm rankings in Defamation/Reputation Management, Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Real Estate Litigation. In addition, 25 lawyers have been individually recognised and ranked in their specialist practice areas within the guide.
Chambers UK 2025 is one of the UK’s leading legal directories and this year’s results are an affirmation of the quality of our work, client service and the firm’s strength and breadth of expertise, incorporating the experience of our highly skilled lawyers and specialist teams. We are proud that our unparalleled expertise, as well as our emerging talent, is acknowledged in one of the legal sector’s key benchmarks. The law directory’s findings reflect the firm’s commitment to a personalised, client-centric and expert-led approach.
Chambers UK 2025 follows on from The Legal 500 UK 2025 guide launched earlier this month, in which we were awarded top rankings and Chambers HNW 2024, published in the summer, when again we secured top rankings. All guides have seen a record number of lawyers recommended.
Chambers UK 2025 ranks our firm and lawyers top in the following practice areas:
Firm and Lawyer rankings:
Family Finance: Ultra High Net Worth – Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia, Nick Manners, Ben Parry-Smith, Harriet Errington, Philip McGuirk, Camellia Buckmaster, Isabella Savill and Alex Curran
Defamation/Reputation Management – Dominic Crossley, Hanna Basha, Andrew Willan and Nick Grant
Agriculture & Rural Affairs – Simon Blackburn
Family/Children Law – Sarah Williams and Harriet Errington
Real Estate Litigation – Matthew Spring and Scott Goldstein
Lawyer rankings for our Partners:
Kathryn Bradbury for Immigration: Business and Immigration: Personal
Matt Ingham for Immigration: Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation
Neasa Coen for Charities
Peter McRoberts for Employment: Senior Executive
Till Vere-Hodge for Art and Cultural Property Law
Lawyer rankings for our Senior Associates:
Domonique McRae for Employment: Employer
Sheroy Zaq for Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant
Editorial quotes include:
“Payne Hicks Beach is a quality outfit with a reputation that speaks for itself.”
“Payne Hicks Beach have a well-deserved reputation for handling complex and sophisticated matters, and have an exceedingly strong team who go above and beyond for their clients.”
“Payne Hicks Beach take hugely complicated situations and resolve them. They fight them but resolve them in a very elegant and proportionate fashion.”
“They bring dedication and interest to their cases and understand that each one is foremost a client’s story, not just another case.”
“It offers a very personable yet highly professional and knowledgeable service.”
