Professional Indemnity – There may be trouble ahead Legal Business It feels like 2014 again as the SRA pushes for an upheaval to the PII market amid benign conditions for…
Small gestures – can a new wave of social inclusion schemes deliver? Kathryn McCann Despite much debate in recent years, social inclusion in the legal profession remains woeful. Are a new range of initiatives…
The Global London debate – Tipping points Alex Novarese To mark our annual Global London report, Legal Business teamed up with Venturis Consulting to assess the dramatic progress made…
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…
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…
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…
The LB 100 2015 – Through the looking glass Legal Business Menu The Top 25 – The world turned upside down Case study: Allen & Overy Case Study: Simmons & Simmons…
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…
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…
Trust and estates litigation – The great leap forward Legal Business With Asia overtaking Europe as the second-most wealthy region in the world, the pressure is on global private client practices…
The Commercial Litigation Summit 2015 Legal Business More than 160 senior litigators and GCs came together for Legal Business’ first Commercial Litigation Summit on 13 May in…
