City 50 – City Break Legal Business With a few years of pain behind them, City 50 firms are feeling better. But is it still too early…
Wish you were here? Legal Business This year’s Legal Business 100 firms continue to grow in revenue, but how much is performance in foreign markets masking…
Mergers – Answers on a postcard Legal Business Despite much hype over mid-market consolidation recently, the number of mergers between law firms in the UK has been modest.…
Global Elite – Scaling up Legal Business With an unerring consistency, the UK Global Elite has maintained its grip on the market throughout the recession and 2010/11…
Major International – Wedding Bells Legal Business In comes a new peer group to the Legal Business 100. Thanks to a flurry of transatlantic marriages over the…
Major City – Bits and pieces Legal Business Many of the firms in the Major City group will look back on 2010/11 with mixed feelings. Some firms will…
London Midsizers – Steady As She Goes Legal Business London’s Midsizer legal landscape looks a little different this year. Field Fisher Waterhouse and Withers move into the Major City…
Insurance – Insuring the Future Legal Business This year was all about the urge to merge and this time next year the Insurance group will look very…
Major UK – Major Overhaul Legal Business In tearing up the rulebook in this year’s Legal Business 100, this peer group has changed radically to reflect the…
South – South End Legal Business The wind blowing up from the south region has the familiar whiff of stagnant revenues again this year. As was…
Central – Stuck in the Middle Legal Business The absence of this peer group’s two leading performers, Mills & Reeve and Gateley, has seen averages for the Central…
North – Northern Echo Legal Business The struggle continues. While the North peer group maintains its position and outperforms other regions, average revenue has grown marginally…
Scotland – Scots Guards Legal Business This year we’ve broken the Scottish Big Four up. Most likely to the chagrin of Maclay Murray & Spens and…
Diversity – Bridging the Gap Legal Business Scan the figures from this year’s Legal Business 100 survey and it seems that little has changed when it comes…
Methodology and notes Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the LB100 are the top 100 firms in the UK, ranked by…
Don’t know much about geography: interdicts across the border Legal Business Perhaps the most surprising thing about waking up on a Sunday morning in May to be faced with a Sunday…
Simplification and reduction of burdens for Dutch companies with share capital Legal Business In the near future some significant changes will be made to Dutch corporate law, with the chief aim of achieving…
Eastern Rivals Legal Business The financial crisis has done more than stall investment in Central and Eastern Europe. It has caused a remarkable sea…
Pole Position Legal Business Poland is rapidly emerging as the shining star of the East, but a stiflingly competitive legal market means that progress…
Global 100 – Slice by slice Legal Business The Global legal market is stratifying at a pace never seen before. From the rocketing profits on Wall Street to…
