Sydney Mitchell’s Immigration team retains its top tier ranking in this year’s edition of the Legal 500 directory together with superb editorial comment and great results across the rankings with listings in 14 practice areas. This includes tier 2 rankings for the Family, Personal Tax, Trusts, Private Client and Debt Recovery teams.
Recognised individuals
André Minnaar, partner and head of the firm’s Immigration team, remains the only leading partner in his area of expertise. “With a strong LGBTQI” following André is recognised for heading up an “extremely efficient team” which is “friendly, knowledgeable and responsive”. Colleague, Melissa Southall, is also recognised in the directory as a leading associate.
Karen Moores, senior partner is also recognised as a leading partner for the fourth year running. Co-leading Sydney Mitchell’s “professional and attentive” family team alongside Mauro Vinti with senior associate Gemma Whitchurch noted as “playing a pivotal role in the department too”.
“Organised, pays close attention to detail and is always on the ball”. Emma-Louise Hewitt who leads the firm’s Employment team continues to be ranked as a next-generation partner.
Associate Heleena Gandham has also entered the rankings for the first time this year recognised as a leading associate for her work in debt recovery, dispute resolution and professional negligence.
Sydney Mitchell’s Private Client, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Property Litigation teams also receive editorial comments. Tracy Creed, head of the firm’s Private Client team is praised for her, “genuine approach to care for clients and always going the extra mile”. Private client partner, Shelley Collingbourne, is also noted as a significant member of the practice. Real estate property litigator, Leanne Schneider-Rose, is noted for her expertise and “real understanding of the law” and commercial litigation partner Dean Parnell, receives praise as an “outstanding negotiator”.
Comment on the rankings
Karen Moores, senior partner, comments: “We are delighted to have retained our top tier ranking in the 2025 edition for our Immigration team and continued high rankings for our Family, Private Client, Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice areas. It is also rewarding to see many of our lawyers recognised as first rate and praised for their professionalism and genuine approach to care for their clients.”
Legal 500
For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing the capabilities of law firms across the world, with a comprehensive research programme revised and updated every year to bring the most up-to-date vision of the global legal market. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions and research is based on: feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market. All rankings and listings in the 2025 UK edition are available here.
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