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Meet the Fifty Most Influential Lawyers in Europe

FN’s pick of top lawyers returns for 2025

Top left: Jayanthi Sadanandan. Bottom left to right: Jannan Crozier, Jonathan Wood, David Avery-Gee, Natasha Harrison. Middle top to bottom: Sam Hamilton, Penny Miller, David Johnson. Right: Fabrice Cohen, Monica Gogna.
Top left: Jayanthi Sadanandan. Bottom left to right: Jannan Crozier, Jonathan Wood, David Avery-Gee, Natasha Harrison. Middle top to bottom: Sam Hamilton, Penny Miller, David Johnson. Right: Fabrice Cohen, Monica Gogna.

Financial News’s list of the top legal professionals working in Europe is back for 2025.

We last published the Fifty Most Influential Lawyers in 2023 and there has been a fair amount of churn in firms’ top ranks since then, which is evident in the list – more than half the lawyers featured are new entrants.

There are also more London heads or leaders of UK businesses on the list than previously. This reflects its importance as a top legal market, with US firms building teams in the City and an ongoing war for talent between law firms in London.

See the full list.

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