Ranking tables
Financial Services: Payments Law | UK
UK-wide
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 2
Senior Statespeople
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
- Andrew Barber Dentons1 Years Ranked
Christian F McDermott Latham & Watkins1 Years Ranked
Etay Katz Ashurst1 Years Ranked
Gupinder Assi Alston & Bird LLP1 Years Ranked
Jonathan Garforth Alston & Bird LLP1 Years Ranked
Jonathan Rogers White & Case LLP11 Years Ranked- Mark Simpson Baker McKenzie1 Years Ranked
- Natalie Lewis Travers Smith LLP4 Years Ranked
Sam Robinson CMS1 Years Ranked
Up and Coming
Star Associates
Associates to watch
Guy Stevenson Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP1 Years Ranked
John Budd Fieldfisher2 Years Ranked- Ruth FairhurstEversheds Sutherland
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 A&O ShearmanFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 1 | 6 Years RankedA&O Shearman is highly regarded for its broad strength in the non-contentious regulatory space, offering clients the benefits of its close relationships with government, regulators and trade bodies in the shaping of regulatory reforms. The team combines this with a highly regarded payments practice, serving both infrastructure providers and tech-driven companies.
1 Hogan LovellsFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 1 | 11 Years RankedHogan Lovells has an impressive team that supports clients such as banks, asset managers and fintech startups. The team regularly works on matters such as commercial arrangements and product development. It is a go-to firm for payments law issues, including data protection and AML matters.
Band 2
2 Addleshaw Goddard LLPFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedAddleshaw Goddard is recognised for the strength of its financial services regulatory practice and for its payments expertise. The team works with well-known banks and financial institutions on everything from regulatory compliance through to the regulatory aspects of M&A.
2 Latham & WatkinsFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedLatham & Watkins has a strong practice with a notable bench of practitioners steeped in the financial services field, particularly on the non-contentious advisory side. It is keenly sought out for counsel on wholesale reviews of policy for significant organisations. It acts for an enviable client roster which includes international banks, investment managers and insurance companies. The team is also noted for its expertise in advising clients on cross-border payments issues.
2 Osborne Clarke LLPFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedOsborne Clarke is particularly noted for its work in the payments law space, with a dedicated team advising on the most cutting-edge developments. The team also advises on the regulatory aspects of major transactions.
2 Sidley Austin LLPFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedSidley Austin's powerful transatlantic capability feeds into a highly regarded payments practice acting for all categories of clients in the space, including mobile payments providers, card issuers and acquirers, and payment systems. The team is well versed in a range of regulatory matters including anti-money laundering, consumer protection and data security. Its established global reach makes it a good choice for both major international players and rapidly expanding startups.
Band 3
3 Alston & Bird LLPFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedQuite simply, they are an exceptional team of payments and financial services lawyers who internalise their subject matter to such a degree that their guidance is second nature for them.
3 AshurstFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years RankedAshurst is recognised for its strength in the non-contentious space, advising banks, insurance companies and asset managers on matters such as Consumer Duty and ESG. The team is highly experienced in technology and payments aspects of the area, advising challenger banks and cryptocurrency firms.
3 CMSFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 3 | 11 Years RankedCMS is a respected firm that works with clients on a host of issues, including product design, transactions and corporate governance. It is also noted for its presence in the payments law arena and it provides regulatory compliance advice to leading financial institutions along with professional services firms, mortgage lenders, banking groups and insurance companies.
3 Pinsent MasonsFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 3 | 6 Years RankedPinsent Masons' burgeoning payments practice draws on the firm's recognised capabilities in broader technology law. It regularly advises banks and payment services providers on the development, launch and rollout of new products and platforms.
3 Travers Smith LLPFinancial Services: Payments Law2025 | Band 3 | 11 Years RankedTravers Smith's broad team operates in all sectors of the market, with particular strength in advising asset managers and private equity groups on compliance on relevant regulatory developments. It also advises on payments law matters, in addition to other financial market infrastructure issues.