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Bar associations and law societies of the UK and Ireland

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A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman (Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP) is a global law firm created May 1, 2024 by merging Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling: nearly 4,000 lawyers, 47 offices in 29 countries, about $3.5 billion revenue, led by Khalid Garousha, Adam Hakki, and Hervé Ekué.

Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn, formally the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, is the smallest of the four London Inns of Court, which alone may call barristers to the Bar of England and Wales.

Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court of England and Wales, on the eastern half of the London Temple site, first named in 1388, governing barrister training and sharing the Temple Church with Middle Temple.

Inns of Court

The Inns of Court are four London legal societies: Lincoln's Inn, Gray's Inn, Inner Temple, and Middle Temple. Unincorporated since the 14th century, they alone call barristers to the Bar of England and Wales and run qualifying sessions, dining, libraries, and scholarships.

Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn (Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn), one of the four Inns of Court in London with the exclusive right to call barristers; records from 1422, site granted 1228, largest of the Inns.

Linklaters

Linklaters is a global law firm founded in London in 1838, now a limited liability partnership with 30 offices in 20 countries, about 550 partners, £2.5 billion fiscal 2026 revenue, and leadership under Aedamar Comiskey and Paul Lewis.

Middle Temple

Middle Temple, formally the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, is one of the four London Inns of Court with the exclusive right to Call barristers. Traced to the mid-14th century, it holds a 1608 royal land grant, a Grade I Tudor Hall, and trains students through Qualifying Sessions, Call, and pupillage support.