Chambers UK Recognizes Akin Lawyers and Practices in 2026 Guide
Chambers and Partners, in the 2026 edition of Chambers UK, has ranked eight of Akin’s practice areas with a further 28 lawyer recommendations.
The firm’s shareholder activism practice enters the guide in the category’s debut year at Band 1, while sanctions rises to Band 2, marking a year of significant upwards trajectory.
London
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
U.K.-Wide
- Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
- Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Investment Funds: Private Equity
- Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries
- Sanctions
- Shareholder Activism: Activist Representation
The annual guide covers 50 cities and counties in the U.K.
- Natasha Ahmed – Information Technology & Outsourcing
- Hamish Annandale – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Tom Bannister – Restructuring/Insolvency
- Rob Butler – Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
- Daniel Cohen – Shareholder Activism: Activist Representation
- Matthew Durward-Thomas – Tax
- Simon Ellis – Investment Funds: Private Equity
- Steven Franklin – Shareholder Activism: Activist Representation
- Davina Garrod – Competition Law
- Jasper Helder – Sanctions
- Joe Hewton – Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory
- Jacqueline Ingram – Restructuring/Insolvency
- Natasha Kaye – Tax
- Chiara Klaui – Sanctions
- Kambiz Larizadeh – Commercial and Corporate Litigation
- Kambiz Larizadeh – Fraud: Civil
- Helen Marshall – Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory
- Ian Meade – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Tim Pearce – Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Daniel Quinn – Investment Funds: Private Equity
- Daniel Quinn – Investment Funds: Private Equity: Secondaries
- Barry Russell – Restructuring/Insolvency
- Emma Simmonds – Restructuring/Insolvency
- Oliver Spratt – Employment: Employer
- James Terry – Restructuring/Insolvency
- Justin Williams – Energy & Natural Resources: Disputes
- Justin Williams – International Arbitration
- Ezra Zahabi – Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory.
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