Private equity, public competition – how US firms reshaped the UK PE hierarchy Elisha Juttla Fifteen years of Legal 500 data offers big-picture view of Stateside elite’s relentless advance into London private equity arena Of…
Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankings Barnaby Merrill The Legal 500 United States 2024 rankings have arrived, and with it a bevy of new numbers to crunch. Leading…
Legal 500 EMEA: Which countries have seen the biggest rankings increases? Ella Marshall Last month’s launch of Legal 500 EMEA 2024 featured rankings for 15,496 firms throughout the EMEA region, alongside the individual…
Table toppers – the law firms leading the pack in the latest Legal 500 research Cameron Purse Almost 1,200 firms have secured spots in the most recent UK Legal 500 Solicitors research, which provides law firms, in-house…
The Legal 500 View – The word from Manhattan Barnaby Merrill Conversations with private equity and corporate partners in New York before March 2020 used to be predictable. ‘Busy?’ ‘Oh yeah.’…
The Legal 500 view: Employment Benjamin Gray Howard Kennedy, Dentons and Mishcon de Reya have emerged as some of the firms doing the best job at keeping…
A wholly subjective (but nonetheless definitive) guide to law firms from a $300m client on how to make a successful pitch* David Burgess David Burgess, publishing director of The Legal 500, asks David Stark, chief legal officer at Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Trevor Faure…
A not-so-equal footing: rankings data highlights Hogan-Shearman contrasts Ben Wheway An analysis of The Legal 500 rankings underlines some of the key factors driving the Hogan Lovells-Shearman merger talks From…
Success or failure? The push for gender equality is no longer a binary matter Georgina Stanley Talking about diversity in law is hard. While there has been widespread progress when it comes to driving up the…
Size matters: which Global 100 firms have the most Legal 500 rankings? Ben Wheway Legal 500 data highlights the contrast between the laser-focused firms cleaning up in core markets and the wide footprint of…
Verein check: how the big six global players have grown over ten years Ben Wheway The largest six Swiss verein firms have pursued varying expansion strategies over the past decade – Ben Wheway looks at…
Womble Bond-BDB Pitmans: The data driving the national tie-up talks Ben Wheway The Legal 500’s Ben Wheway takes a look at the rationale behind the proposed merger and what a combined firm…
Clifford Chance, HSF and A&O score most individual lawyer rankings in London as Legal 500 2023 Solicitors Guide launches Georgina Stanley More than 1,100 law firms have secured spots in the latest UK Legal 500 rankings, which rank the best law…
The Legal 500 View: Why allegations of ‘woeful mismanagement’ and a ‘chronic lack of investment’ at the SFO aren’t stopping the white-collar lateral hiring carousel Georgina Stanley Despite intense scrutiny of the SFO and a slowdown in new cases, the market for white-collar expertise is as hot…
Legal 500 data: The Legal 500 Global London rankings Georgina Stanley This issue holds our annual Legal Business Global London survey results. To view the editorial commentary of the rankings go…
Sponsored briefing: Why good directory submissions matter Guest Blog For any lawyer or law firm of note, being listed by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories is…
The Legal 500: Competition: Close competition Charles Avery ‘Brexit was a big moment,’ notes Allen & Overy (A&O) London antitrust group head Mark Friend. ‘It has big ramifications…
The Legal 500 IP: Validity in the opposition William Farrington A cursory glance at The Legal 500’s IP coverage – which was recently split into a distinct patents table alongside…
The Legal 500 View: Ranking the top firms in the new normal Georgina Stanley Legal 500 UK editor Georgina Stanley on the headline data and what’s new in this year’s guide With thousands of…
