At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Legal companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Legal Companies & Startups (London)
Waymark Tech
Founders | Mark Holmes |
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Waymark Tech supplies regulatory and legal intelligence to the financial services sector and uses techniques in collaboration with GCHQ.
Robin AI
Founders | Richard Robinson |
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Legal tech
Apperio
Founders | Nicholas d’Adhemar |
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Apperio’s legal spend management software helps in-house legal teams stay in control of their spend and build trust with external counsel.
ThoughtRiver
Founders | Dominic Hudson, Tim Pullan |
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ThoughtRiver reviews and rates contracts via a contract Intelligence engine.
seedata.io
Founders | Enrico Faccioli, Matt Holland |
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Seedata.io is a cybersecurity platform that helps companies mitigate data leak incidents and crime threats.
HighQ
Founders | Ajay Patel, Veenay Shah |
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HighQ empowers leading law firms and corporate legal teams to transform the way they work and deliver legal services.
Legl
Founders | Julia Salasky |
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Legl provides cloud-based solutions bringing law firms into the digital-first world.
Arachnys
Founders | David Buxton |
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Arachnys provides cloud-based solutions for assessing financial crime customer risk and CDD, KYC, and EDD compliance.
Clara
Founders | Ahmed Arif, Arthur Guest, Hannah McKinlay, Lee McMahon, Patrick Rogers |
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Your legal command centre: execute agreements, manage your stakeholders, and make more informed decisions, all from a single platform.
Orbital Witness
Founders | Edmond Boulle, Francesco Liucci, William Pearce |
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A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.
Juro
Founders | Pavel Kovalevich, Richard Mabey |
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Juro is a contract automation platform that allows legal and business teams to execute and monitor contracts from one unified workspace.
Legatics
Founders | Anthony Seale |
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Legatics is an end-to-end deal platform focused on efficiency and client experience.
Definely
Founders | Feargus MacDaeid, Nnamdi Emelifeonwu |
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Definely is a legal technology startup.
Nivaura
Founders | Avtar Sehra |
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Making issuance and administration of financial instruments cheaper and faster while ensuring compliance
Mimecast
Founders | Neil Murray, Peter Bauer |
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Mimecast is a SaaS-based email management platform enabling companies to administer business communications and data.
Farewill
Founders | Dan Garrett, Tom Rogers |
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Farewill is a provider of an all-in-one financial and legal services platform used to deal with all paperwork after death.
Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Founders | Aaron Punwani |
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LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
CourtCorrect
Founders | Ludwig Bull |
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CourtCorrect offers an AI-powered online legal system. We make it easy and affordable for people and companies to resolve legal disputes.
Genie AI
Founders | Nitish Mutha, Rafie Faruq |
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Automatic legal contract drafting platform for anyone.
Legal Utopia
Founders | Fraser Matcham |
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Making Legal Health Accessible
Legal Utopia
Founders | Fraser Matcham |
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Making Legal Health Accessible
Mattereum
Founders | Rob Knight, Vinay Gupta |
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Mattereum is a provider of legally-enforceable smart contracts.
Libryo
Founders | Garth Watson, Malcolm Gray, Peter Flynn |
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Law as data, helping organisations know what their legal obligations are with a focus on ESG obligations data
Lexoo
Founders | Chris O’Sullivan, Daniel van Binsbergen |
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Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
LawAdvisor
Founders | Brennan Ong |
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Breaking the law: because status quo no longer works.
Filament AI
Founders | Doug Ayres, Phil Westcott |
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Filament helps clients to build proprietary AI capability within their organisation, through consultancy, solutions and tooling
Workshare
Founders | Barrie Hadfield |
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Workshare’s platform empowers professionals worldwide to compare, protect, manage & share their high stakes documents.
Legal Nodes
Founders | Margarita Sivakova, Max Maliuk, Nestor Dubnevych |
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The all-in-one legal platform for global companies and freedom-seeking lawyers
Panmure Gordon
Founders | David Tabizel |
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Panmure Gordon & Co has been connecting businesses with the capital to help them grow.
Umazi
Founders | Cindy van Niekerk, Kyle Bradley |
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Automate and accelerate corporate identity verification
trama
Founders | Igor Demčák, Marian Porvažník |
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Trademark registration made simple.
amicable
Founders | Kate Daly, Pip Wilson |
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Amicable offers a divorce service that works with couples to help them reach fairer agreements.
avvoka
Founders | Adam Benzecrit, David Howorth, Eliot Benzecrit |
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Avvoka enables businesses to automatically generate, track, e-sign, and store their standard-form legal contracts online.
LawBite
Founders | Clive Rich |
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LawBite is an online law firm. They take SME’s from Idea to Ideal as they start, grow and succeed with affordable, fast access to the law.
KwikTrust
Founders | Artur Pszczolkowski, Delia Sabau, Hassam Khawaja, Nick Spiller, Nick Spiller, Simon Read, Yasir Qayam |
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Home of the SuperNFT and next generation blockchain e-validation platform.
AUTTO
Founders | Ian Gosling, Krisztián Kerék, Max Cole |
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Autto is the simplified automation provider
Legal Connection
Founders | Guy Stern |
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Communication and collaboration platform for lawyers and their clients
BitcoinPoint
Founders | Unknown |
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The BitcoinPoint App is allowing to buy and sell bitcoin easily
Keystone Law
Founders | James Knight |
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Keystone Law is a full service law firm that helps companies receive a proactive and personal legal service.
Hunit
Founders | Aaron Powers, Jan Christian Berger |
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No-code Smart Legal Contract authoring and management SaaS
HighCastle
Founders | Denys Goncharenko, Ulyana Shtybel, Ph.D. |
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One powerful platform for private companies to manage investment workflow, equity and debt securities
VISXA
Founders | Mohamed Aboshanab |
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VISXA is a platform that connects immigrants and travelers with immigration and travel experts all around the world.
Clifford Chance
Founders | David DiBari |
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Clifford Chance is a multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.
farillio
Founders | Merlie Calvert |
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Farillio is an online legal solutions platform providing quick, affordable, user-friendly solutions that speed you on your way.
GENIAC
Founders | Eduardo Martínez Garcia, Michael Galvin |
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GENIAC provides essential business services for SMEs, all in one place, and all managed on their behalf.
DLA Piper
Founders | Thomas Townend Dibb |
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DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
TRAKTI
Founders | Luigi Telesca, MD Mahfuzul Islam, Nevio Boscariol |
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Trakti is a unified platform for smart, self executing, self enforcing and compliant contract.
deephound
Founders | Alessia Gianaroli, Marco Menichelli, Rosbeh Zakikhani |
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The Augmented Intelligence Agency
Vauban
Founders | Rémy Astié, Ulric Musset |
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Vauban is the easiest way to pool & deploy capital to invest in private companies.
SeedLegals
Founders | Anthony Drogon, Anthony Rose, Laurent Laffy |
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The simple way for companies to complete the legals needed to raise investment and distribute equity
UFP Fintech
Founders | Michael Hadjedj, Stephane Mardel |
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UFP Fintech invests in early stage Fintech, Proptech & Legaltech startups
FromCounsel
Founders | Andrew Thornton |
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FromCounsel is an innovative online corporate law knowledge service.
Enoron
Founders | Alessandro Savarino Morelli, Gherardo Carullo |
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Enoron is a complete management solution from client management to accounting, tasks, deadlines, and etc to lawyers and law firms.
Qodeo
Founders | Simon Glass |
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Qodeo creates smart matches between entrepreneurs and investors for faster market and reduced risk.
SustainAbility
Founders | John Elkington |
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SustainAbility are a think tank and strategic advisory firm working to catalyze business leadership on sustainability.
Ali Rasoul LTD
Founders | Ali Rasoul |
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An independent creative marketing agency committed to uncompromising visions working in the entertainment and corporate industries.
Grandeo
Founders | Nigel Carter |
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Blockchain Applications & Cybersecurity
NEWTEAM
Founders | Mohamed Aboshanab |
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International Legal Services
LawPanel
Founders | Felix Levay, Mark Kingsley-Williams, Sebastian Guerrero, Thomas Brattli |
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LawPanel delivers a state of the art SaaS platform for digitisation of legal services
iTech Media
Founders | Harley Kisberg |
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iTech Media is a marketing firm solely focused on improving our clients business.
myBarrister
Founders | Ronald DeKoven |
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myBarrister is an online portal that provides direct access to legal advice barristers.
NewGalexy Services
Founders | Robert Glennie, Sarvarth Misra |
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NewGalexy Services is a UK-based onshore legal process outsourcing business building technology products and solutions.
Allen & Overy
Founders | George Allen, Thomas Overy |
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Allen & Overy is an international law firm providing legal services for global business and industry.
JustBeagle
Founders | Kate Briscoe, Pamela Austen, Sharon Coleman |
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JustBeagle is the UK’s first market search and comparison site.
NEXAW
Founders | Mohamed Aboshanab |
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Blockchain Made Easy
Vestd
Founders | Ifty Nasir, Naveed Akram |
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Vestd is a secure online platform that makes giving shares to your team, customers or partners simple, affordable, and fast.
Lineal
Founders | Unknown |
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Lineal leverages AI and process-driven workflows to solve data needs for law firms and corporations.
Linklaters LLP
Founders | John Linklater |
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Linklaters LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Opus 2 International
Founders | Graham Smith |
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Opus 2 provides litigation and court reporting services from locations on three continents.
Mirza
Founders | Unknown |
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Mirza specializes in family planning for individuals and employers.
Hedgewiz
Founders | Unknown |
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Hedgewiz provides financial stability to global businesses by providing a platform for currency risk management.
Della AI
Founders | Christophe Frerebeau, Hugo Seymour, Nicolas Chauville |
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Legal Tech – Question-answering artificial intelligence solution to help review contracts faster
passingboxes
Founders | Donna McLean |
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passingboxes provides services to help secure your digital legacy and pass on the things that really matter.
LawyerFair
Founders | Andrew Weaver |
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LawyerFair is a curated on-line reverse-auction platform that matches the legal needs of businesses.
Bird & Bird
Founders | Unknown |
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Bird & Bird provides legal advisory services for various industries.
Pemberton Asset Management Group
Founders | Symon Drake-Brockman |
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Pemberton is an independent asset management group, focused on capturing the opportunities created by a changing European financing market.
Block Solutions
Founders | Marc Chang |
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Block is an IT innovation business offering expert consultancy.
Wilton & Bain
Founders | Ben Latreuille, Jeremy Mobbs |
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Wilton and Bain is providing an exceptional level of service to all clients offering both pace & coherence in delivery across capabilities.
Slaughter and May
Founders | William Capel Slaughter, William May |
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Slaughter and May is an international law firm headquartered in London and a member of the Magic Circle of elite UK law firms
ICLG (International Comparative Legal Guides)
Founders | Unknown |
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ICLG series provides current and practical comparative legal information on a range of practice areas
Law Ruler
Founders | Dan Jacobs |
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Law Ruler offers legal practice management and intake software.
Tikit
Founders | Unknown |
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Tikit is a global provider of software to legal, professional services, and accountancy firms.
LawbitDocs
Founders | Unknown |
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LawbitDocs is an online service providing simple contracts and legal advice for small companies.
Hubshare
Founders | Damian Jeal, Nicholas Child |
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Hubshare is a collaborative and secure file sharing platform that allows professionals to collaborate more effectively and efficiently.
BRCO – BrainStormers Group LTD.
Founders | Roger Grekos |
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Business Development | Strategic consultation | VC
Mishcon de Reya
Founders | Unknown |
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Mishcon de Reya services an international community of clients.
RCJ Advice
Founders | Unknown |
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RCJ Advice is an advising platform.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Founders | Unknown |
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, founded in 1743 is a multinational law firm headquartered in London
SkipsoLabs
Founders | Carlo Soresina, Felipe Padilla |
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Enterprise SaaS applications for contests, open innovation, crowdsourcing and cluster innovation.
Globe Business Media Group
Founders | Mark Lamb |
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Globe is a provider of business intelligence for the international legal and intellectual property markets.
Pinsent Masons
Founders | Carolyn Saunders |
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Pinsent Masons is a leading international commerical law firm with offices across the UK, Europe, the Gulf and the Asia Pacific.
Polar Insight
Founders | Unknown |
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Global clients rely on Polar Insight’s research to develop an intimate understanding of the people who impact their organisations.
The Giving Tree
Founders | Unknown |
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Boutique Organization
Cognitiv+
Founders | Vasilis Tsolis |
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Cognitiv+ is an artificial intelligence platform that automates knowledge extraction from legal data.
Close Brothers Asset Management
Founders | Unknown |
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Close Brothers Asset Management provides financial planning and investment service to business owners,retirees,professionals.
Automation Logic
Founders | Kris Saxton, Norm Russell |
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Automation Logic’s purpose is to deliver an automated world where people are free to realise their creative potential.
Simmons & Simmons
Founders | Unknown |
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Simmons & Simmons is a world class international law firm in tune with the business world.
Flex Legal
Founders | James Moore, Mary Bonsor |
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The UK’s platform which connects you to over 5,500 on-demand lawyers and paralegals
Passle
Founders | Adam Elgar, Tom Elgar |
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#1 Marketing Platform for Professional Services Firms
UK Ministry of Justice
Founders | Unknown |
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The UK Ministry of Justice is responsible for a transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.
Ashurst
Founders | Frank Crisp, John Morris, William H. Ashurst |
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Ashurst is an multinational law firm and a trusted adviser to corporates, financial institutions and governments.