Peters May ranked among country’s best family law firms in Legal 500 guide

Peters May is delighted to be ranked among the UK’s best family law firms in the 2026 addition of the Legal 500 directory.

Included in the ‘family: divorce and financial remedy’ category of Legal 500’s private client guide, Peters May is recommended for its ‘integrity, compassion and brilliance with financial remedies’.

Co-founding partners Jessica May and Juliette Peters win widespread praise, with Jessica described as a ‘wise, constructive and firm litigator’ and Juliette as ‘a fabulous lawyer with immense experience [....] hard-working and highly driven’.

‘Jess and Juliette are the perfect combination of empathy and legal expertise’, the guide states. ‘They care deeply about their clients and deliver a top-notch, holistic service to those who instruct them’.

The guide describes Peters May as ‘a boutique firm that has the skill and ability of a magic circle enterprise.

‘Although this is a small firm, if you look under the bonnet, you will find a Formula One legal engine’.

The latest edition of the guide also recognises as a ‘Key Lawyer’ Emily Brown, who joined the firm in August 2024.

See here for the full listing.