Merger frenzy hikes Legal Business 100 income but growth masks another tough year Mark McAteer The latest Legal Business 100 results show the total revenue of the UK’s top 100 law firms has topped £19bn…
The guessing game is over as Vodafone’s $130bn Verizon sell off sees Slaughters acting opposite Macfarlanes and Wachtell Sarah Downey Intense speculation over Vodafone’s $130bn disposal of its US group, whose principal asset is its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless,…
Private equity: CVC gifts Clifford Chance and Cleary with two major European mandates Legal Business Followers of the tussle between UK and US private equity practices for European mandates were last month rewarded with an…
LB100 – The top 25: The age of turbulence Legal Business It’s been a bumpy ride for many of the UK’s largest firms, fighting battered profits with consolidation and increased global…
LB 100 – The second quartile: Wind swept Sarah Downey Mid-pack advisers faced contrasting fortunes over the year, with many generalists seeing margins under continued pressure, while a sizeable band…
LB 100 – The second 50: Scattered in the wind Francesca Fanshawe The gulf between success and failure among the firms occupying the second half of the LB100 is as pronounced as…
LB 100 – The Five Year View: Riders on the Storm Mark McAteer A five-year view of the LB100 underlines the profound impact globalisation has had on the UK’s top firms but also…
LB 100 – Methodology Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the LB100 are the top 100 firms in the UK, ranked by…
The thick of it – a brief history of legal PR Legal Business For 20 years now the (mainly) thankless role of the legal PR has put the comms professional between demanding and…
LB 100 – Profitability Revealed Legal Business Which firms are the most profitable? In this table we blend together all of our profitability measures, including PEP, profit…
Known unknowns – is the legal industry ready to repel the growing threat of cyberattacks? Legal Business Combating cyberattacks on law firms is complicated by the lack of hard information and the shadowy nature of perpetrators. But,…
LB 100 – The Last Word: Eyes on the storm Legal Business From consolidation to price pressure, to market confidence, leading management figures at Legal Business 100 firms give us their views…
The age of turbulence has only just begun for the UK’s top 100 firms Alex Novarese Respectable, yes, but 2012/13 was a tough year, even by the post-Lehman standards law firm leaders have become accustomed to.…
The lingering enigma of BLP’s bad year Legal Business Success is a mysterious beast. Hard to define, built up over years and often the result of a formula even…
Dissent: Why the in-house triumph over law firms may prove short-lived Legal Business Scott Gibson and Kristi Edwards argue that GCs have secured a short-term advantage over their external advisers at the risk…
LETR of the day: education review opts for mum ‘n’ apple pie over radical change Legal Business Sarah Downey assesses the much-touted review of legal education It promised so much and delivered so little. The Legal Education…
BPP awarded university status after ‘rigorous’ review Legal Business LPC provider follows arch rival to win university status It has been a long time coming, but in August BPP…
SJ Berwin’s high stakes tie-up with KWM dares to bring a new equation to global law Legal Business David Stevenson and Alex Novarese assess SJ Berwin’s audacious Asia-Pacific tie-up and ask if the union can truly propel the…
