Waterfront’s IP Team Highly-Ranked in Prestigious Legal 500 Directory

Waterfront is delighted that our IP team’s success have been recognised in the 2025 UK rankings.

Waterfront has been ranked in band 4, alongside some of the largest international law firms in the world.

The Legal 500 reports that Waterfront provides an ‘excellent partner-led service’ and is noted for its wealth of experience on the contentious side, routinely representing its diverse roster of clients in the Chancery Division, IPEC, and UKIPO.

’Great strategist’ Matthew Harris, who has handled contentious mandates in the space for over 30 years, leads the group alongside ‘commercially minded’ Piers Strickland, who operates for a variety of clients spanning the sectors of financial services, fashion, and technology, among others.

In addition, Legal 500 report on the following testimonials from happy clients:

‘Piers Strickland is excellent. He knows the law, but it is his empathy with the client and his ability to take on board the clients’ views that makes him stand out from other litigators. I have already started to recommend him, and I would not hesitate to use him again, for any matter, large or small, complex or simple.’

‘Piers Strickland and Matthew Harris are good practitioners within a smaller niche practice giving clients access to their expertise without the additional layers of numerous associates and partners.’