Euro Elite 2024: Germany – Navigating tumultuous waters

Euro Elite 2024: Germany – Navigating tumultuous waters

As Germany faced the prospect of its first two-year recession since the early 2000s, the legal market grappled with an intricate web of challenges and opportunities in 2023. With the country’s GDP contracting by 0.3%, the impact of increased energy costs, inflation, higher interest rates, and falling industry demand did not go unnoticed. However, despite …

Euro Elite 2023: Germany – The centre holds

Euro Elite 2023: Germany – The centre holds

The German legal market has again proven its ability to thrive in the face of challenge, as law firms continued their trajectory of growth in 2022. With the largest firms reporting a 7% increase in profit after a tumultuous year, German independents are demonstrating renewed confidence in their own resilience. After the uncertainty of Covid-19 …

Euro Elite Germany: Bouncing back

Euro Elite Germany: Bouncing back

At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, German law firms found themselves wary of what the future might hold and prepared for the worst. Two years on, most say their fears were unwarranted – several firms have reported the last financial year to be their strongest to date. ‘The pandemic has shown the enormous resilience …

Germany focus: Age of independence

Germany focus: Age of independence

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, German law firms found themselves wary of what the future might hold and prepared for the worst. However, 18 months later, most say their fears were unwarranted and several have reported 2021 to be their financially strongest to date. The success of the leading German independents amid a …