Simkins highly ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2025

Many of our partners and associates have also been individually ranked and commended.

The Firm has been ranked in the following practice areas:

• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Music (Tier 1)
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Digital Content & Social (Tier 2)
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Film & TV (Tier 2)
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Media Finance (Tier 2)
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Theatre, Publishing & Other Media (Tier 2)
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Reputation Management (Tier 2)
• Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m (Tier 4)
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Advertising & Marketing (Tier 4)
• Private Client: Family (Tier 6)
• TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Intellectual Property: Trade Marks, Copyright & Design (Tier 6)
• Employment: Employers (Tier 7)

We are also pleased to share that individuals within the Firm have been recognised in The Legal 500, as follows:

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Music

• Paddy Gardiner (Leading Partner)
• Euan Lawson (Leading Partner)
• Ed Baden Powell (Leading Partner)
• Ed Weidman (Next Generation Partner)
• Tom Iverson (Next Generation Partner)
• Nick Eziefula (Recommended Lawyer)
• James Harman (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ben Gisbey (Recommended Lawyer)
• Stuart Smith (Recommended Lawyer)
• Giao Pacey (Recommended Lawyer)
• Rachael Heeley (Recommended Lawyer)
• Naoise Tan (Recommended Lawyer)
• Andrew Wilson-Bushell (Recommended Lawyer)
• Jessica Welch (Recommended Lawyer)
• Dionne Clark (Recommended Lawyer)
• Hugo Mason (Recommended Lawyer)

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Digital Content & Social

• Ed Baden Powell (Leading Partner)
• Nick Eziefula (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ed Weidman (Recommended Lawyer)
• Andrew Wilson-Bushell (Recommended Lawyer)
• Stephen Cartwright (Recommended Lawyer)

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Film & TV

• Jonathan Blair (Leading Partner)
• Juliane Althoff (Leading Associate)
• Giao Pacey (Recommended Lawyer)

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Media Finance

• Jonathan Blair (Recommended Lawyer)
• Euan Lawson (Recommended Lawyer)
• Giao Pacey (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ben Gisbey (Recommended Lawyer)
• Juliane Althoff (Recommended Lawyer)

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Theatre, Publishing & Other Media

• James Harman (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ed Weidman (Recommended Lawyer)
• Euan Lawson (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ben Gisbey (Recommended Lawyer)

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Reputation Management

• Gideon Benaim (Hall of Fame)
• Tom Iverson (Leading Partner)
• Jessica Welch (Leading Associate)
• Jon Oakley (Recommended Lawyer)

Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m - £100m

• Giao Pacey (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ben Gisbey (Recommended Lawyer)
• Stuart Smith (Recommended Lawyer)
• Louise Jordan (Recommended Lawyer)

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Media: Advertising & Marketing

• Euan Lawson (Recommended Lawyer)
• Caroline Copeland (Recommended Lawyer)
• Nick Eziefula (Recommended Lawyer)
• Stuart Smith (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ed Baden-Powell (Recommended Lawyer)
• Ed Weidman (Recommended Lawyer)
• Helena Franklin (Recommended Lawyer)

Private Client: Family

• Deborah Jeff (Recommended Lawyer)
• Flora Grossman (Recommended Lawyer)
• Jessica Keal (Recommended Lawyer)

TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Intellectual Property: Trade Marks, Copyright and Design

• Paddy Gardiner (Recommended Lawyer)
• Jim Dennis (Recommended Lawyer)
• Tom Iverson (Recommended Lawyer)

Employment: Employers

• Susan Thompson (Recommended Lawyer)
• Victoria Willson (Recommended Lawyer)
• Andrew Czechowski (Recommended Lawyer)
• Andrew Lloyd (Recommended Lawyer)

Simkins' full profile on the Legal 500 website can be found here.

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