What a Cadwalader-Alston merger would look like: the key data points Alex Ryan Cadwalader has been the subject of much merger speculation in recent weeks, with Atlanta-based Alston & Bird one firm hotly…
LB100 2025 Legal Business Main table LB’s 2025 ranking of the top 100 UK-headquartered firms in the world, ranked by revenue The £40bn club:…
LB100 2025: The largest UK-headquartered firms in the world by revenue Legal Business The full table of stats and data from the 2025 LB100 report, which ranks the top 100 UK-headquartered law firms…
Osborne Clarke posts record international revenues, with Penningtons Manches Cooper and Burness Paull also notching steady growth Theresa Hargreaves Osborne Clarke has reported record international revenues of €547.5m, with UK profit per equity partner (PEP) breaking the £800k mark…
Ashurst hits £1bn milestone as firm looks to digital economy for future growth Tom Cox Ashurst has broken £1bn in revenue for the first time after posting an 8% increase to £1.034bn for 2024-25, up…
Global London 2025 Legal Business Main Table LB’s 2025 ranking of the top 50 foreign-headquartered firms in the City by headcount Global London data highlights…
Global 100 2024 Legal Business Overview: G100 defy gloom to pass $150bn While last year saw the Global 100 struggling against market headwinds, this year…
LB100 2024 Legal Business Main table LB’s 2024 ranking of the top 100 UK-headquartered firms in the world, ranked by revenue Doubling up: LB100…
Euro Elite 2024: Baltics – Baltic conditions Claudia Loy Throughout the pan-Baltic region in 2023 there was an overriding sense of instability in the legal market. Although there have…
Euro Elite 2024: Benelux – Moving with the times Tanya Drobnis For independent, full-service firms operating across the Benelux countries, the global uncertainty and turmoil of the last few years has…
Euro Elite 2024: CEE – Firm foundations Elinor Coombs The CEE markets continue to suffer from conflict-driven instabilities in the region, with sanctions still impacting most industries and European…
Euro Elite 2024: France – More of the same? Anna Huntley Described by Darrois Villey tax partner Loïc Védie as ‘better than expected’, 2023 was nonetheless a year marked by uncertainty…
Euro Elite 2024: Germany – Navigating tumultuous waters Clara Mozes As Germany faced the prospect of its first two-year recession since the early 2000s, the legal market grappled with an…
Euro Elite 2024: Iberia – Out the other side Daniela Costa It first appeared that cautious optimism would characterise the Iberian legal market in 2023 but no-one predicted quite how turbulent…
Euro Elite 2024: Ireland – Under pressure Nathalie Tidman Despite recent laments from London corporate pundits over a depressed deals market, the view of many is that the Irish…
Euro Elite 2024: Italy – Time to shine Marta Geraci The instability caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated by Russia’s war with Ukraine, with the resulting gas supply difficulties…
Euro Elite 2024: Nordics – Horizon scanning Marie Johansen Nordland With soaring interest rates, global instability, as well as political and economic insecurity both at home and abroad, the beginning…
Euro Elite 2024: Southern Europe – Treading carefully Alex Marsland The Southern European market has been largely dictated by the recent inflow of foreign investment to the region, as the…
Euro Elite 2024: Switzerland – Endurance race Georgia Tuxford Switzerland’s legal market faces similar reversals to the world at large: regulatory shifts, geopolitical flux and technological advancements are keeping…
