Internationally recognised London law firm with top-ranked lawyers.
Our experts advise clients on their business and private lives, when it matters most.
Many of our lawyers are leaders in their field and our practice areas are highly ranked by the
legal directories.
We are proud to have been widely recognised not only for our work and expertise, but also for our unique culture and values. Below are a selection of awards we have received.







Whatever the situation we will achieve the best possible outcome.
Department Sector Situation Specialist Group Services A-Z
Corporate, Commercial & Finance
Our corporate and commercial lawyers combine strong technical expertise with a track record in delivering flexible and creative solutions.
Costs & Litigation Management
Top-ranked in Chambers UK and Legal 500, our team offer costs litigation services to multiple practice areas. We also offer services relating to Insurance Costs Auditing & Solicitors Act Assessments.
Criminal Litigation
Our criminal lawyers are astute, supportive and highly sophisticated, particularly known for providing strategic, sensible and practical advice.
Dispute Resolution
Dealing with a dispute professionally and commercially takes skill. We assist and support our clients with both legal knowledge and strategy.
Employment
Whether you are a business or a senior employee, our employment law specialists will give pragmatic and commercial advice.
Family and Divorce
Recognised nationally and internationally as one of the best family law teams for our expertise in both finance and cases relating to children.
Immigration
Our specialist team has been advising businesses and individuals on all aspects of UK immigration and nationality law for over 20 years.
Medical Negligence & Personal Injury
Led by partners with over 25 years of experience in this area, our lawyers are recognised as specialists in clinical negligence and personal injury.
Private Client
We are an internationally recognised private client team working with entrepreneurs, business owners, investors and City professionals.
Public Law
Our 'exceptional' team has over 25 years' experience, acting in the most significant public law cases.
Real Estate & Construction
Our firm has advised in property transactions for over 75 years, acting for a variety of clients across the real estate and construction sector.
Regulatory
Our team of highly experienced lawyers provide advice on regulatory compliance, investigations, adjudication, enforcement and prosecutions.
Restructuring and Insolvency
Our highly experienced restructuring & insolvency experts have significant experience helping businesses and financially distressed clients.
Accountants
Our specialist team of solicitors provides a wide range of advice and training to accountants and accounting firms on legal and regulatory issues.
Art and Creative Media
Providing holistic legal advice for the particular needs of the art and creative media world.
Built Environment
Our dedicated team of built environment lawyers provide a full range of legal services and specialist advice to individuals and businesses with an interest in the built environment sector.
Charities
Our highly experienced team of litigation lawyers offer specialist advice covering a range of issues affecting charities.
Defence and Security
Kingsley Napley provides expert legal advice and strategic support to clients operating in the defence and security sector, both in the UK and internationally.
Financial Services
Financial services firms, professionals and clients need advice more than ever to safeguard their business interests, careers and reputations.
Law Firms
As the landscape for law firms grows ever more demanding and complex, so too has the importance of seeking reliable, bespoke and sensitive advice.
Partnerships and Professional Practices
Kingsley Napley’s Partnership & Professional Practices Group is a well-established, cross-practice team.
Private Wealth
Discreet, personalised private wealth solutions for individuals and their families.
Property & Construction
Taking on commercial space, relocating or looking to protect your property interests, we can help.
Regulated Professionals
We have a longstanding reputation for excellence in advising regulated professionals in all aspects of their business affairs.
Sport
Kingsley Napley has a long history of representing high profile individuals, teams and regulators within the sports industry.
Tax Law and HMRC
Specialist, practical, tax advice
Technology
At Kingsley Napley, we understand the unique challenges faced by startups and global tech companies in the ever-evolving business landscape. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive legal support tailored specifically to meet the needs of early stage and fast-growing companies.
Transport
Our Transport sector team has a wealth of expertise and experience in delivering practical, innovative, and commercially focused solutions to businesses operating in the UK and internationally.
Buying or Selling your Business
When you run a business, there’s never just one problem to solve. We’ll solve them with you.
Challenging Professional Conduct
Something has gone wrong, and it’s not your fault. We help to challenge others professional conduct.
Contractual Matters
Negotiation is always fraught with potential traps. We'll help you avoid the pitfalls.
Dealing with an Investigation
Our highly experienced lawyers in our investigations and crisis management team are able to quickly assess the situation and advise you.
Dealing with Disputes and Claims
Every dispute is different. We’ll help you see what "winning" looks like, and how to get there.
Defending an Allegation
Someone has made an allegation against you. What is the first thing you do?
Diplomatic and State Immunity
We have many years of experience advising individuals, embassies, states and other entities on litigation relating to state and diplomatic immunity.
Expanding your Business to the UK
Expanding an overseas operation, or setting up and investing in a new one. Our experts can help.
Fraud
When fraud occurs the first steps are critical. Our unparalleled expertise will show you how to act.
Moving to the UK
Making your home in another country can be complicated. We’ll help simplify the process.
Online Safety
We are an internationally recognised firm with the unique mix of expertise needed to advise businesses, organisations and individuals in the new era of online safety regulation.
Political Affairs
Our international work includes dealing with the suite of issues that may arise from politically motivated persecutions.
Pre and Post Nuptial Advice
Expert advice and support for anyone wishing to enter into, amend or contest a pre or postnuptial agreement.
Protecting your Assets
We can help you safeguard your future in case things don’t go to plan. Protecting your business, your estate and your relationships.
Protecting your Reputation
Your reputation is at risk. We’ll help you protect yourself while avoiding the spotlight.
Responding to a Data Leak
Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace
We advise organisations and individuals dealing with sexual misconduct in the workplace.
AI Advisory
Our taskforce of expert lawyers in all matters touching on the use of AI are extremely well placed to advise you on the complex issues that are arising in this space.
American Services
Legal advice and support for US citizens, families, entrepreneurs and businesses based in the UK and for British expats living in the US.
Anglo-French Services
As part of our international services we offer support to Anglo-French nationals and families living in the UK and British expats living in France.
Anti-Money Laundering
Our specialist AML lawyers provide expert advice to clients across all regulated sectors
Banking and Finance
We understand that the arrangements you are putting in place with regard to banking, finance and security will be inextricably linked to the completion of your corporate or real estate transaction.
Crypto, Digital Assets and NFTs
Our crypto asset team provides a full suite of commercial, regulatory and criminal legal services to individuals and companies with an interest in the UK crypto market.
Data Protection
We help negotiate this complicated area of law, ensuring personal data is protected and helping to manage the consequences when it is not.
Directors, Officers & Shareholders
In the current economic climate, directors and officers are under more scrutiny than ever before in their duties to companies, shareholders and employees.
Dubai & UAE Services
Support for British expats based in Dubai and the UAE. Services include family law, immigration advice, wills and succession planning.
Employee Incentives
Employee Incentives throw up a variety of legal and commercial issues. At Kingsley Napley our specialist teams are able to cover every aspect.
Entrepreneurs
Whether you are in the start-up phase, looking for your next acquisition or in the midst of a dispute. Our entrepreneurs team has the expertise to help.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Helping clients in ESG matters is firmly embedded at Kingsley Napley. We are passionate about enabling clients to articulate their purpose and hold themselves accountable as a responsible business.
Fire Safety Law
Breaches of Fire Safety Regulations can result in significant fines, serious damage to reputation and custodial sentences, the stakes are high.
General Counsel - Responding to a Crisis
When a corporate crisis arises, the first phone call a CEO makes will be to their GC and legal team. Kingsley Napley is here to support you in the moments of greatest need.
Impact of a Labour Government
International Families
Our expert team of lawyers can help you plan for and protect all of your interests and affairs as you are on the move.
International Protection
Our International Protection group offers comprehensive multijurisdictional advice from our specialist immigration, criminal and public law teams.
Nuptial
Pre & Post Marriage Legal Advice
Safeguarding
We have a strong track record advising organisations on safeguarding, including on the statutory regime, best practice, and in responding to specific events and crises.
Services anglo-français de Kingsley Napley
Kingsley Napley est un cabinet d’avocats renommé dans ses domaines d’expertise et le groupe anglo-français réuni les avocats francophones du cabinet pour conseiller individus, sociétés et institutions en droit anglais et sur des problématiques transfrontalières.
Separable
Separable is the new streamlined divorce product from Kingsley Napley. Through our carefully designed process, we can help you save your legal spend for the key, strategic aspects of your case without compromising on quality.
Stratify
Strategic regulatory advisory expertise.
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A-Z of Client Services
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- A-Z of Immigration Services
- Advice for Professionals
- Advice for Regulators and Public Bodies
- Advising Chambers, Barristers and Judges
- Advising Law Firms
- AI Advisory
- Alternatives to Litigation
- American Services
- AML Compliance
- Anglo-French Services
- Art and Creative Media
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- Banking and Finance
- Birth Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Paediatric Claims
- Brain Injury Claims
- Built Environment
- Business and Human Rights
- Business Immigration Services
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- Capital Markets
- Charities
- Civil Fraud and Investigations
- Commercial & Technology Contracts, Outsourcing & Data
- Commercial and Contract Disputes
- Commercial Real Estate
- Considering Divorce or Separation
- Construction Advisory and Disputes
- Construction and Engineering Projects
- Contractual Matters
- Corporate & Insurance Panel Costs Auditing
- Corporate Crime
- Corporate, Commercial & Finance
- Costs & Litigation Management
- Costs in Arbitration Proceedings
- Court of Protection and Deputyship
- Court of Protection Disputes
- Criminal Defence and Police Investigations
- Criminal Litigation
- Crypto Assets
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- Data Protection
- Dealing with an Investigation
- Death and Fatal Accident Claims
- Defence and Security
- Defending Accountants and Accountancy Firms
- Defending Actuaries
- Diplomatic and State Immunity
- Directors, Officers & Shareholders
- Disciplinary and grievance procedures, absence and performance management
- Dispute Resolution
- Dubai & UAE Services
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- Family and Divorce
- FCA Investigations
- Financial Arrangements
- Financial Services
- Financial Services Disputes
- Fire Safety Law
- Fraud
- Freedom of Information/Environmental Information
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- Immigration
- Individual Immigration Services
- Inheritance Tax, Succession and Estate Planning
- Injunctions
- Inquests
- International and Cross-Border Disputes
- International Arbitration
- International Family Law
- International Private Client Advice
- International Protection
- Investigations
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- Landed Estates and Heritage Property
- Law Firms - SRA Regulatory
- Legal Defence for Healthcare Professionals
- Legal Services for Accountants
- Legal Services Relating to the Terminally ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
- Licensing, Hospitality and Leisure
- Limb Amputation Claims
- Litigation Funding Options
- Litigation Management
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- Medical Negligence & Personal Injury
- Mergers and Acquisitions: Buying Another Business
- Mergers and Acquisitions: Selling Your Business
- Misdiagnosis Claims
- Modern Families
- Moving to the UK
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- Partnerships and LLPs
- Partnerships and Professional Practices
- Personal Injury Claims
- Post-termination restrictions and team moves
- Pre and Post Nuptial Advice
- Private Client
- Private Wealth
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Proceeds of Crime and Money Laundering
- Professional Negligence
- Protecting your Reputation
- Public Inquiries
- Public Law
- Public Policy and Governance
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- Real Estate & Construction
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Litigation
- Regulatory
- Reputation and Media
- Residential Real Estate
- Restructuring and Insolvency
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- Safeguarding
- Select Committees
- Senior executives, hires and terminations
- Separable
- Sepsis Claims
- Services anglo-français de Kingsley Napley
- Setting up a healthcare practice
- Setting up Your Business and Becoming a Director
- Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace
- Shareholder and Director Disputes
- Spinal Injury Claims
- Sport
- Startup Investments
- Stratify
- Students and Universities
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- Tax Law and HMRC
- Technology
- The Money Laundering Regulations
- Thinking About Your Children
- Transactions, redundancies, restructurings and outsourcing
- Transport
- Trust and Estate Disputes
- Trusts
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