LB100: The Second 50 – More or less Jaishree Kalia Specialist practices and focused City firms in the second 50 thrived in what remained an uncertain market. The second 50…
LB100: The Second 50 – The Lion & the Unicorn Mark McAteer Regional firms are experiencing mixed fortunes. Can they take advantage of a less London-focused client base? Regional and national firms…
LB100 2015: Methodology and notes Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 firms in the…
Case study: Allen & Overy Legal Business Amid a challenging year for London’s top firms, Allen & Overy (A&O) managed to hit its stride with revenue growth…
Case Study: Simmons & Simmons Legal Business Life for a financial services-heavy law firm competing with larger rivals was always going to be challenging after the banking…
LB100: The Top 25 – The world turned upside down Tom Moore The predicted comeback year for the UK legal elite instead turned industry trends and conventional wisdom on their head. Legal…
Case study: Osborne Clarke Legal Business It was another strong performance from Legal Business’ 2015 Law Firm of the Year, Osborne Clarke (OC), which saw revenues…
Case study: Charles Russell Speechlys Legal Business ‘We have worked very hard since the outset to demonstrate that we are not simply a private client firm,’ says…
Deal machines – the resilience of Macfarlanes, Travers Smith and the mid-tier deal team Legal Business The forced obsolescence of Macfarlanes and Travers Smith as City-focused M&A teams has been as long predicted as it has…
LB100: The Second Quartile – The first shall be last… Jaishree Kalia The City’s mid-tiers defied the critics to achieve market-leading pace through 2015, cementing the gains of recent years. How big…