Linklaters global managing partner Paul Lewis is among a number of senior legal names to have been recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours list, alongside former Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce and a pair of former Freshfields corporate partners.
Lewis, who has been managing partner at Linklaters since 2021, was awarded an OBE for his charitable work for the ‘Seeing is Believing’ programme in Newport, South Wales.










