Gunnercooke LLP

gunnercooke is a high-growth, high-performance professional services firm with a rapidly expanding team of experts across legal and other disciplines. The firm is committed to delivering positive impact for clients, enhancing the professional lives of its people, and contributing to broader societal improvement.

The firm is the fastest-growing corporate law firm in the UK and is establishing a significant global presence. Its team comprises over 500 professionals with deep expertise across nearly every corporate discipline and sector. gunnercooke provides legal, commercial, and strategic advice to a diverse client base, ranging from multinational enterprises to unicorns and not-for-profit organisations. Its client roster of 40,000 includes organisations such as BAE Systems, Jet2, Santander, ASOS, Nike, Mercedes, DHL, and Johnson Matthey.

Operating under a fee share model, gunnercooke professionals join as self-employed advisors, with the autonomy to develop their own practices. The firm emphasises dynamic, cross-disciplinary team collaboration, drawing on expertise across multiple jurisdictions to meet clients’ specific needs. Clients benefit from flexible fee options, access to senior experts throughout engagements, and legal advice informed by commercial understanding. Complementary services include an Operating Partner practice offering senior management consultancy and a legal technology division driving process innovation and efficiency.

gunnercooke’s professionals are recognised for their high calibre, with 57% having experience at Top 50 law firms and 21% ranked in legal directories. The firm holds a market-leading Net Promoter Score of +91 and has received awards including The Lexis Nexis Law Firm of the Year 2023 and The Times Best Law Firms 2024.

Global Presence: Over the past decade, gunnercooke has expanded internationally, with 15 offices across the UK, US, Germany, Austria, Central and Eastern Europe, and Scotland. Its international teams include dual-qualified experts covering China, Hong Kong, Spain, France, Italy, Brazil, and Portugal. The firm’s professionals have experience in 101 countries, speak 30 languages, and are dual-qualified in 15 jurisdictions, regularly handling complex cross-border matters for major international clients.

Corporate Responsibility: gunnercooke is committed to social impact through its charitable arm, the gunnercooke foundation, which supports more than 100 small charities with mentoring, connections, and resources. In December 2022, the firm launched House of Books & Friends, a community interest bookshop in Manchester addressing social isolation and loneliness, with all profits directed toward related community projects.

Practice Areas: gunnercooke offers expertise across corporate, M&A, and private equity; employment and pensions; dispute resolution; competition and antitrust; family law; business crime; restructuring, insolvency, and business growth; private client; tax; FinTech and financial services; banking and finance; commodities; real estate finance; property litigation; and commercial property. The firm also advises on emerging areas such as ESG, charity law, and blockchain. Sector specialisations include football, construction, aviation, hospitality, fashion, equestrian, and charity.

Offices: London, Manchester, New York, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds, Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Budapest, Vienna, Tirol

Languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin), German, Portuguese

Staffing Figures: 337 Partners, 80 gcTrust (Support Team), 39 Operating Partners