Nice problems to have – Where now for Stephenson Harwood as veteran chief hands over? Thomas Alan With longstanding chief executive Sharon White bowing out, Stephenson Harwood can look back on a strong ten years. Thomas Alan…
LB100 2019: Methodology and notes Legal Business LB100 law firms The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 law firms in…
LB100: Partner earnings Legal Business Top 50 firms ranked by highest top of equity 1-50* Equity partners:non-equity partners % of partners that are equity partners…
LB100 Second 50 – City and Boutique: The adventurers and the settlers Muna Abdi While the UK lurches through a Brexit drama entirely of its own making, mid-market and boutique London-based firms have focused…
Case study: Ince Muna Abdi What a difference a year makes. After an initial public offering, a series of acquisitions – including City institution Ince…
LB100 Overview: Apocalypse soon? Marco Cillario As Legal Business was unpacking the 2018/19 financial results of the UK’s top 100 law firms, the Office for National…
Case study: Clyde & Co Muna Abdi A model of consistency in the Legal Business 100, 2018/19 was Clyde & Co’s 21st consecutive year of growth –…
Case study: Addleshaw Goddard Hamish McNicol Back in 2014, not many – if any – would have predicted Addleshaw Goddard would boast one of the highest…
LB100: Core stats Legal Business Ten fastest growing firms by revenue Ten slowest growing firms by revenue
LB100 Second 50 – Regional focus: Crawling on a razor Hamish McNicol Smaller regional and national firms have gained ground on their London rivals in this year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100) after…
Case study: Foot Anstey Hamish McNicol With just over 200 lawyers and only 48 partners, Foot Anstey has been among the ten fastest-growing firms in the…
New players and funding prompt evolution of disputes but City leaders adapt well Georgina Stanley ‘We’ve disrupted the market – everybody knows about us now,’ says Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan London co-managing partner Ted…
LB100: Behind the numbers – profitability revealed Legal Business In this table we blend together the three key profitability metrics – profit per equity partner, profit per lawyer and…
LB100 Second 25: A brooding gloom in sunshine Nathalie Tidman On paper, an 11% jump in average revenue to £135.5m for the second 25 looks like a great leap forward…
Case study: Kennedys Nathalie Tidman Kennedys senior partner Nick Thomas describes 2018/19 as a year of consolidation: ‘The acquisitions are up and running and, despite…
Case study: Brodies Thomas Alan With the expansion of UK and international firms north of the border, as well as the stepping down of former…
LB100: Main Table Legal Business Best viewed full screen – click full screen button on bottom right of table.. Download pdf version. Go to The…
Deal View: Five years on – How Akin Gump’s Bingham acquisition turned bust to boom in the City Nathalie Tidman ‘Our team was nearly twice the size of Akin Gump’s London team. There was potential for vulnerability on both sides.…
Letter from… Amsterdam: Dutch lawyers find a deft balance amid testing times in cross-border trade Marco Cillario The secret to making your country attractive to foreign investors at a time when populism is reshaping global politics and…
