Aaron & Partners has been ranked in nine departments in the Chambers UK 2027 guide, with its corporate team placed in Band 1 in the North West for SME and owner-managed business work. The firm said 18 individual lawyers were also ranked, and described the result as 27 rankings in total.
What Chambers lists for the firm
The firm’s profile on Chambers and Partners is headed UK 2027 and shows nine ranked departments across two regions: seven in the North West and two in the West Midlands.
In the North West, the profile shows these bands:
– Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses, Band 1 – Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Band 2 – Real Estate: up to £10 million, Band 2 – Family/Matrimonial, Band 3 – Planning & Environment, Band 3 – Employment, Band 4 – Litigation, Band 5
In the West Midlands, Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses is in Band 2 and Employment is in Band 4.
Aaron & Partners said its corporate and commercial team had moved up to Band 2 in the West Midlands, and that the guide recognised its strength in agriculture, property, family, planning and environment, employment and litigation.
Individual rankings
The Chambers page lists 19 ranked individuals, one more than the firm’s own count of 18 lawyers. The firm’s figure of 27 rankings counts its nine departments and those 18 lawyers.
According to the firm, five lawyers are newly ranked: Emma McGlinchey in Real Estate (Band 6), David Harries in Planning (Band 3), Layla Barke-Jones in Litigation (Band 5), Phil Caton in Construction (Band 4) and Stephen Taylor in Litigation in the Midlands (Band 4). The Chambers page shows the same bands for each of them.
The firm also reported that Jenny Gibson has progressed from Associate to Watch to Up and Coming in Employment. The Chambers page lists her as Jennifer Gibson in Employment in the West Midlands, with a “U” in the band column.
Three lawyers moved up a band, according to the firm. Jamie Hawley rose from Band 3 to Band 2 in Corporate/M&A, Mark Turner from Band 3 to Band 2 in Planning and Ben Mason from Band 4 to Band 3 in Employment in the West Midlands. Chambers currently shows Hawley and Turner in Band 2 in the North West and Mason in Band 3 in the West Midlands.
Other lawyers the firm named as ranked are Stuart Scott-Goldstone, Joseph Fletcher-Hunt, Hugh Strickland, Zoe Lloyd, Lorraine Saunders, Simon Magner Mawdsley, Claire Brook, Helen Watson and Mark Davies. On the Chambers page, Scott-Goldstone is in Band 2 for Corporate/M&A in the North West and Fletcher-Hunt is in Band 2 for Agriculture & Rural Affairs. Saunders and Magner Mawdsley are in Band 3 for Family/Matrimonial, while Strickland and Lloyd are in Band 3 for Corporate/M&A in the West Midlands. Davies is listed in Band 3 for Restructuring/Insolvency, Brook in Band 4 for Employment and Watson in Band 5 for Employment.
The firm’s comment
Nick Clarke, chief executive of Aaron & Partners, said: “We’re delighted with this year’s rankings and they are testament to the high standards our people maintain.”
He said third-party rankings carry weight because they draw on research with clients, and thanked colleagues across the firm for their contribution.
About the firm and the guide
According to Companies House, Aaron & Partners LLP is an active limited liability partnership registered under number OC307122, with its registered office in Chester. Its Chambers profile covers the North West, the West Midlands and Midlands regions.
The Chambers UK guide ranks law firms and individual lawyers by practice area and region, using bands in which Band 1 is the highest. The firm announced its Chambers UK 2027 results on 15 October 2026. In August 2026 it reported rankings in a separate Chambers publication, the High Net Worth Guide, where its Private Wealth Law team kept Band 1 for Chester and Surrounds and its Private Wealth Disputes team held Band 2 in the North West.
Other firms, including Mayer Brown and TLT, have also published their own Chambers UK 2027 results this month.
