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Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 7 April 2020 09:30am6 April 2020 16:26pm | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

The Legal 500 : Latham & Watkins focus The success of Latham & Watkins’ expansion globally in recent years is backed up by Legal 500 data. Fifty-seven of its practices have achieved top-tier rankings globally across The Legal 500 in 2019/20, compared to 40 in 2014-15. While only one of these 17 new top-tier rankings …

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Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 11 February 2020 09:30am10 February 2020 15:26pm | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

The Legal 500 UK 2020 : UK and London changes As the submissions deadline for the next Legal 500 UK guide fast approaches, an analysis of last year’s data has identified Shoosmiths as the top firm for both new rankings and moves up, outpacing its competitors across the UK market.

Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 10 December 2019 09:30am5 December 2019 11:50am | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

The Legal 500 UK 2020: Breakdown of Pinsent Masons’ top-tier rankings Pinsent Masons has topped the list of firms with the largest number of top-tier rankings in the 2020 Legal 500 UK Solicitors Guide.

Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 29 October 2019 09:30am21 October 2019 13:08pm | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

The Legal 500 UK 2020 : Who tops the new rankings? Pinsent Masons is once again the firm with the most top-tier rankings in the newly released Legal 500 UK Solicitors 2020 guide. The national leader has achieved 69 top-tier rankings across the UK and 163 rankings overall.

Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 16 September 2019 09:30am9 September 2019 12:54pm | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

The Legal 500 2019 : how do the LB100 firms rank? This year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100) presents a clear picture of the firms continuing to dominate the UK legal market by turnover and profitability – but who comes out top in terms of The Legal 500 rankings?

Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 29 July 2019 09:30am24 July 2019 11:13am | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

This issue holds our annual Global 100 survey results, but which Global 100 firms top The Legal 500 for number of top-tier recommendations? To view the editorial commentary of the rankings go to: legal500.com

Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 15 May 2019 09:30am7 May 2019 17:01pm | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

The Legal 500 2019 London rankings Ashurst and Hogan Lovells are the subject of this month’s cover feature – both firms that underwent large mergers in the last few years. Here we look at the firms’ London rankings in The Legal 500. For further information see ‘Inflection point’.

Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Posted on 8 April 2019 09:30am3 April 2019 17:34pm | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story

Baker McKenzie tops this year’s Global London rankings by headcount. Here we look at the firm’s London rankings in The Legal 500. For further information see ‘Sharks in the fish pond’.

Legal 500 data: behind the story

Posted on 12 February 2019 09:30am6 February 2019 10:48am | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 data: behind the story

The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2019 rankings Our cover feature this month looks at London-centric peer firms Macfarlanes and Travers Smith. Here we look at the two firms’ UK rankings in The Legal 500. For further information see ‘Defying gravity’.

Legal 500 data: behind the story

Posted on 11 December 2018 09:30am10 December 2018 17:12pm | News review | David Burgess
Legal 500 data: behind the story

Simmons & Simmons : The Legal 500 Rankings Simmons & Simmons have been going through a period of growth. For coverage of the firm’s ‘threatened revival’, see LB’s interview with the Simmons’ leadership.

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