LB100 City Domestic – A Tale of Two Cities

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. In a year where eurozone turbulence rocked the continental market and wider global growth failed to meet forecasts, being a solely UK-based firm seemed like a good bet. Well, for some at least. Variability has always been a feature of the London peer …

LB100 City International – New Frontiers

For this year’s LB100, we have a new peer group: City International. This group comprises firms that have leading practices in the City but also have a strong international practice, deriving a healthy proportion of their income from offices outside the UK. All the firms in the peer group have posted increases in turnover and, …

Global 100 – Global Elite – Hollow victory

The Global Elite continues to dominate the international legal market. But with ailing global markets and little to no M&A, not every firm has much to celebrate Europe is in crisis, the UK has hit a double dip recession and US markets continue to fluctuate. Likewise the debt markets are closed, M&A sits on ice …

Wealth management – Filling big shoes

The global diversification of wealth continues to drive the efforts of law firms’ private client teams as the world’s population of affluent individuals continues to climb. LB tracks the latest developments. The international private client teams at major law firms are thriving. The practice area, for decades regarded as the black sheep of the family, …

Chindia – Centre of the universe

Singapore has emerged as the location of choice to serve the legal markets in China and India and is attracting waves of international firms. LB looks at the reasons why the jurisdiction is king of the so-called Chindia market With the European Union in its spiralling debt mess and the US hugely overdrawn, global businesses …