The Global 100: Methodology and end notes Legal Business The firms that appear in the 2017 Global 100 are the largest 100 law firms in the world ranked by…
The Global 100 2017 Legal Business Menu The Global 100 overview: Atlas shrugged The European question – Have years of cuts left the Magic Circle exposed…
The Global 100 – The stories of the year Tom Baker High-stakes recruitment, financial pressures and Europe’s largest law firm collapse – here is a recap of the stories that defined…
The Iran debate – The long, long game James Wood Hopes that Iran’s economy is opening up to foreign business have been raised and dashed in recent years. Will this…
Market comment: A year of living dangerously Legal Business ‘There isn’t much to differentiate between law firms. It is predominantly relationship-based, not on massive differentials in service.’ Chris Newby,…
Reversal of fortunes – A decade-spanning view of the Global 100 Mark McAteer Back in 2007 UK-based firms were living large on a boom in the City and sterling. A global financial crisis…
The Global 100 overview: Atlas shrugged Mark McAteer Political shocks, gyrating currencies and choppy markets – it has been yet another testing year for the Global 100. Legal…
The Global 100: The Zone – The US elite turns up the pressure Madeleine Farman The gap between top US firms and the middle-tier masses continues to widen as pressure to secure top-decile talent intensifies.…
The Global 100: The European question – Have years of cuts left the Magic Circle exposed as Brexit looms? Madeleine Farman London’s top firms have been quietly retrenching for years in mainland Europe. As Brexit looms, where has that left…
Solid foundations but a struggle to build – Can BLP regain the confidence of its 2000s heyday? Multiple Authors Last year did not run smoothly for Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Merger talks with Greenberg Traurig publicly fell apart amid…
‘It’s the clothes on top that matter’: how much does structure affect the Swiss Verein firms? Kathryn McCann DLA Piper, the world’s second-largest Swiss Verein-structured law firm, saw global turnover in 2016 drop 3% to $2.47bn from $2.54bn.…
London calling: the client view Kathryn McCann ‘I prefer to use the Magic Circle rather than US firms. They are, if anything, becoming better-run businesses.’ Philip Bramwell,…
The LB100 debate – All change Mark McAteer David Patient, Travers Smith In the shadow of Brexit, a general election and an uncertain global economy, we assembled law…
Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Four? – Inside the accountants’ assault on law Madeleine Farman The Big Four accountants are pushing once again into the legal services market as they hunt beyond their audit heartlands.…
Stronger together – amid turbulent times, Europe’s top indies remain in bullish mood Dominic Carman As Brexit, China and Trump take their toll, our second Euro Elite report finds the continent’s leading independents in bullish…
The Euro Elite 2017 Legal Business Menu Stronger together The Euro Elite Top 25 Focus: Garrigues Focus: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners Focus: Gide Loyrette…
Focus: Gide Loyrette Nouel Legal Business Lawyer headcount 503 Partners 104 Revenue €190m (-1%) Offices Paris, Brussels, London, Warsaw, Moscow, Istanbul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho…
Focus: Hengeler Mueller Legal Business Lawyer headcount 264 Partners 90 Revenue €257m (+6%) Offices Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Shanghai Key clients General Electric,…
