The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2026 guide recommends Excello lawyers from across the country in multiple practice areas, with 13 lawyers listed. House of Brands firms Ionic Legal and Lowry Legal are also ranked in the guide.
As well as firmwide individual rankings, the new edition also features 16 departmental rankings for Excello Law across the East Midlands, London, North West, South East and Yorkshire in practice areas including:
- Commercial litigation
- Corporate and commercial
- Employment
- Family
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate
- Sport law
- Charities and not-for-profit
Having maintained all its listings from the 2025 edition, Excello Law also ranks for corporate and commercial work in the North West for the first time.
Ionic Legal are top ranked in the North West for intellectual property, and listed as a firm to watch for IP in the South West and South East, and IT and telecoms in the South West
Leading Partners
Excello Law has more leading partners listed in the London – Senior Executives category than any other firm:
Nelu Abeygunasekera – Employment
Hina Belitz – Employment
David Greenhalgh – Employment
Sarah King – Employment
The Legal 500 says Excello Law “has extensive experience advising senior level individuals on exits and settlement agreements, as well as High Court injunctive litigation and tribunal claims. The group is well-placed to advise on cases with neurodiversity elements, and racial and sexual harassment.”
Next Generation Partners
Barney Laurence – Commercial Litigation
Annabel Whittaker – Insolvency and Corporate Recovery
Recommended Lawyers
Sue Boyall – Charities and Not-for-Profit
Heather Summers – Charities and Not-for-Profit
Vanessa Williams – Charities and Not-for-Profit
Robin Gill – Corporate and Commercial
Swati Somaiya – Family
Anna Shaw – Insolvency and Corporate Recovery
Steve Thomas – Insolvency and Corporate Recovery
Select client testimonials
“Excello Law has supported our continued growth from a start-up business to the national organisation we have become today. As innovators in our own industry, we appreciate the value of innovation in others. Excello Law has challenged the traditional and championed a model that delivers for clients the benefits of access to senior legal expertise, and a responsive service across a breadth of legal specialisms at lower cost. We’re also delighted to be working with an organisation that shares our commitment to supporting a healthy workplace; Excello Law’s achievement of fully agile working practices, we believe, has considerable benefits for their lawyers.” – Nikki Thompson, Founder and MD, The OT Practice Limited
“The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is delighted to have partnered with Excello Law since 2019, receiving ongoing legal support and advice, through different working models. The partnership has benefited the Trust significantly, allowing us to better serve the communities we work with, our employees and the wider network of organisations we partner with. We are most grateful for their generous, professional and devoted support.” – The Suzy Lamplugh Trust
“With Excello Law, we have a responsive and efficient external legal team and know the wider capabilities of the senior lawyers within its national network.” – Terry Owen, Managing Director, Huws Gray Ltd