Draining the swamp – Do NDAs represent a #MeToo problem for the profession? Nathalie Tidman A light has lately shone on a legal document which, by definition, should never bask in the sunshine. The saga,…
LB100 Second 25: The ex-pistols Tom Baker The story of last year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100) was the emergence of a group of mobile mid-tier outfits that…
LB100 case study: Travers Smith Legal Business You can always rely on Travers Smith for revenue growth; the City independent has posted its ninth consecutive year of…
LB100 case study: Hill Dickinson Legal Business Things have gone from bad to worse at insurance and shipping specialist Hill Dickinson, as the firm recorded a second…
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…
Legal Business 100 2018: Main table Legal Business View the table as a pdf. Click to return to the Legal Business 100 menu
Legal Business 100 2018: Partner earnings Legal Business Top 50 firms ranked by highest top of equity
LB100 Second 50: London stalling? Thomas Alan With initial post-referendum Brexit shock giving way to pre-breakaway uncertainty, the boutique and mid-market London firms in the second half…
LB100 Second 50: Regional view – Comfortably numb Hamish McNicol Consolidation, planning, investment and ‘cautious optimism’ proved dominant themes for the smaller regional and national firms in this year’s Legal…
LB100 case study: Harbottle & Lewis Legal Business Harbottle & Lewis maintained its status as one of London’s fastest growing law firms last year, with the West End…
LB100 case study: Shepherd and Wedderburn Legal Business Scotland’s third-largest firm by revenue, Shepherd and Wedderburn, had largely been thought to have fallen behind Brodies and Burness Paull…
The one true law – in conversation with Lord Neuberger Legal Business Richard Lissack QC: David, why a career in the law? Lord Neuberger: It was after cancelling out other possibilities. I…
Legal Business 100 2018: Core stats Legal Business LB100 averages Average revenue £242.3m Average revenue growth 10% Revenue per lawyer £355,000 Profit per lawyer £112,000 Profit per equity…
Letter from… Moscow: Apocalypse now beckons as sanctions and turmoil batter foreign lawyers in Russia Marco Cillario Remember the days when Russia was the El Dorado of the Western legal elite? Potent New York outfits like Cleary…
LB100: Smoke, turmoil and a tonne of cash Alex Novarese The latest financial year has not been a vintage period for those wishing the legal industry would fall into concise patterns.…
A decade since Lehman the profession still mired in the New Normal Alex Novarese Within days of this issue hitting desks, it will be ten years since Lehman Brothers’ collapse marked what swiftly became…
For good or ill, Kirkland is now redefining high-end law Alex Novarese Though I’ve always known that soul-of-a-law-firm cover features are the biggest draw for our readers, the response to our Kirkland…
The Last Word: One way or another Legal Business From retaining talent to going public, LB100 leaders give their take on how to survive in an age of disruption…
