Awards and accreditations

Many of our teams and people are leaders in their fields, winning accolades in areas as diverse as commercial property, regulation, crime and children law.

Russell-Cooke is a Lexcel accredited law firm

Lexcel is the Law Society's practice management standard. The Lexcel practice management standard is only awarded to solicitors who meet the high management and customer care standards. Lexcel accredited practices undergo rigorous independent assessment every year to ensure they meet required standards of excellence in areas such as client care, case management and risk management.

Rankings

The Times Best Law Firms 2026

Russell-Cooke was ranked for Family in the 2026 edition. This annual law firm ranking is based on research amongst solicitors in England and Wales who are asked which practice they would instruct in each area of work. The firm has been listed every year since the report was launched in 2019 and has received rankings across all of the main categories of Business Law, Public Law and Private Client.

ePrivate Client 2024

Russell-Cooke has been listed by eprivateclient for over a decade as among the best private client legal teams in the UK. We are also recognised by ePrivateClient as a Top Family Law Firm.

Directories

Chambers and Legal 500 are two of the world’s leading legal directories. Both are based on references from research with clients, referrers, co-professionals and peers as well as submissions provided by the firm itself.

Chambers UK 2026

In the latest edition 51 Russell-Cooke lawyers are ranked across 17 categories, and four departments are ranked in Band 1. Chambers recognised Russell-Cooke as in the top 10 firms with the highest proportion of women ranked.

Chambers High Net Worth 2025

20 of the firm’s experts are ranked across five categories: Family/Matrimonial: Finance: High Net Worth, Private Wealth Law, Private Wealth Disputes, Real Estate: High Value Residential and Defamation/Reputation Management: High Net Worth. The family team is ranked in Band 1 for the fourth year.

The Legal 500 2026

The directory ranked 39 lawyers in 30 categories. Four lawyers are listed in the Hall of Fame, with 14 recognised as Leading Partners, 10 as Next Generation Partners and nine as Leading Associates.