Legal 500 UK Ranks Shook Among Top London Firms for Product Liability

The Legal 500 UK 2024 has ranked Shook’s London office a Tier 2 in the Product Liability: Defendant category for the second year in a row. 

The London office is led by Managing Partner Simon Castley who was named in the The Legal 500 Hall of Fame. Sarah Croft was ranked for the first time and Vitor Castro and Sam Sebree were named Key Lawyers.

Clients shared testimonials for the London team and office throughout the ranking process.

  • “Expert product liability practitioners, master strategists and trusted advisors to some of the world’s biggest companies.”
  • “Shook, Hardy and Bacon LLP has an in-depth knowledge of product liability issues including international ones. They have developed a great expertise on how the various regulators (UK, EU, US and Canadian to name a few) interact with each other’s and what they will be looking at. They notably rely on a pool of scientists which help them understand the latest developments and technology aspects of the matters.”
  • “Simon Castley is outstanding for product work and its overlap with health and safety.”

Shook London works primarily international, due to the knowledge in the defense and coordination of global product litigation, international recall procedures and processes, and its global network and language capabilities.