In the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 UK, WilmerHale is named a top-tier firm for international arbitration and is recommended in five other practice areas. The guide names three lawyers to its "Leading Lawyers" list, three partners to its “Hall of Fame” and one partner to its “Next Generation Partners” list, recognizing seven of the firm's London-based lawyers overall. This year’s edition has selected the following WilmerHale lawyers:
Hall of Fame
Gary Born (Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution: Public International Law)
Steven Finizio (Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration)
Stephen Pollard ((Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services: Contentious, Crime, Fraud and Licensing: Fraud: White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals) and Risk Advisory: Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates))
Leading Lawyers
Christina Guazzi ((TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Intellectual Property: Patents (Contentious and Non-Contentious))
Franz Schwarz (Dispute resolution: International arbitration)
Justin Watts ((TMT (Technology, Media and Telecoms): Intellectual Property: Patents (Contentious and Non-Contentious))
Next Generation Partners
Jonathan Lim (Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution: Public International Law)
In addition to the top-tier ranking in International Arbitration, WilmerHale was recognized for:
- Fraud: White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals)
- Financial Services: Contentious
- Intellectual Property: Patents (Contentious and Non-Contentious)
- Public International Law
- Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates)
To read more, visit The Legal 500 website.