Resistance is agile – Euro Elite firms adapt to survive amid global turbulence

Resistance is agile – Euro Elite firms adapt to survive amid global turbulence

Last year, our annual Euro Elite survey of 100 leading independent firms across more than 40 jurisdictions found partners in a positive mindset but nervous about the potentially bleak outlook for 2023. Those fears had some foundation. Key market players – both new and old – said that the continent’s law firms would be remiss …

TLT, Latham and Compass Group among the big winners at 26th Legal Business Awards

TLT, Latham and Compass Group among the big winners at 26th Legal Business Awards

TLT, Latham & Watkins and Compass Group were among the major winners at the 2023 Legal Business Awards, which welcomed more than 800 guests to the Grosvenor House hotel on 19 September. Hosted by actor, writer, and producer Sally Phillips (pictured, below), the evening saw TLT crowned Law Firm of the Year, with judges particularly …

TLT, Latham and Compass Group among the big winners at 26th Legal Business Awards

TLT, Latham and Compass Group among the big winners at 26th Legal Business Awards

TLT, Latham & Watkins and Compass Group were among the major winners at the 2023 Legal Business Awards, which welcomed more than 800 guests to the Grosvenor House hotel on Tuesday (19 September). Hosted by actor, writer, and producer Sally Phillips, the evening saw TLT crowned Law Firm of the Year, with judges particularly impressed …

Breaking: Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling announce merger

Breaking: Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling announce merger

In what the firms describe as ‘the first fully integrated global elite law firm’ Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling today (21 May) announced a planned merger to create a ‘unique global law firm’ named Allen Overy Shearman Sterling – A&O Shearman for short. In a statement, the firms said: ‘This merger will combine …

Global London: Resistance is futile – can firms keep the good times going as the market starts to cool?

Global London: Resistance is futile – can firms keep the good times going as the market starts to cool?

It had to come. Among the Global London leaders interviewed in last year’s report, there was an inevitable consensus that the frothy post-Covid conditions that created a phenomenally successful 2021 would cool noticeably through 2022 and tougher times would lie ahead. However, while the predictions have been proven correct, the mood among the leading US …

Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2023: Walking the talk

Risk management and professional indemnity survey 2023: Walking the talk

While our annual risk and professional indemnity report in conjunction with Marsh Specialty charted the movement of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) concerns up the law firm risk management agenda in 2022, this time around ESG is all-consuming. So much so that insurers and brokers are making it a key component of discussions with …

Overview – Elite Level: annual Euro Elite report finds the continent’s leading independents still in a bullish mood

Overview – Elite Level: annual Euro Elite report finds the continent’s leading independents still in a bullish mood

Our annual Euro Elite survey finds the 100 leading firms across more than 40 jurisdictions still in a strong position, despite a potentially bleak outlook for 2023. According to the European Central Bank, economic growth slowed considerably in the third quarter of 2022, as strong effects from the post-pandemic reopening and easing supply chain disruptions …