Sullivan & Cromwell was recognized as a leading law firm in the 2026 edition of the IFLR1000 UK rankings. IFLR1000 is a leading international legal market research publication specializing in ranking financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. S&C received the following recognitions:
- Eight partners ranked as Market Leaders
- Two partners listed as Highly Regarded
- 11 lawyers ranked as Notable Practitioners and Expert Consultants across nine practice areas: Capital Markets, Energy & Natural Resources, Financial Services, Bank Regulatory, Credit & Leveraged Finance, M&A, Private Equity, Project Development & Finance and Restructuring & Special Situations
Market Leaders:
- Restructuring and Insolvency: Kon Asimacopoulos
- Capital Markets – Debt and High Yield: Patrick Bright
- Private Equity and M&A: Large Cap: Karan Dinamani and Ben Perry
- Private Equity and M&A: Michael Francies and Jeremy Kutner
- Banking and Bank Lending – Sponsor side: Chris McLaughlin
- Financial Services Regulatory: Barnabas Reynolds
Highly Regarded:
- Debt and Equity Capital Markets, Financial Restructuring and M&A: Vanessa Blackmore
- Project Development, Banking, Project Finance and Capital Markets High Yield: Stewart Robertson
Notable Practitioners
- Financial Services Regulatory: Azad Ali
- Capital Markets Equity, M&A and Projects Development: Nikolaos Andronikos
- Bank Lending – Borrower side: Anna Delaud
- Capital Markets Debt and Equity, M&A: Oderisio de Vito Piscicelli
- Private Equity and M&A: Aprajita Dhundia
- Capital Markets Debt, Equity and M&A: John Horsfield-Bradbury
- Energy: Craig Jones
- Banking: Alastair McVeigh
- Restructuring and Insolvency: William Needham
- Restructuring and Insolvency and M&A: Evan Simpson
Expert Consultants
- Capital Markets – Structured Finance and Securitisation and Derivatives: Patrick Clancy