Blazing a trail: DWF unveils 58% H1 revenue growth and increased profits David Stevenson It set the market on fire this year after picking of the lion’s share of Cobbetts at the end of…
Wragge & Co sees H1 revenues and profits up as Metcalfe to leave after end of MP term Legal Business Wragge & Co has named October 2013 as its highest billing month since the boom years as it joins the ranks…
H1 2013/14: Field Fisher reveals 7% spike in turnover Legal Business The first half (H1) of the 2013/14 year is proving to be more benign than last as Field Fisher Waterhouse joins a…
H1 2013/14: Olswang sees turnover jump by 15% Legal Business Olswang has joined the early ranks of top 50 firms to reveal their half year (H1) 2013/14 results, with turnover up 15%…
H1 2013/14: Clyde & Co, Weightmans, Trowers and Gateley reveal figures Legal Business As the first of the top 100 firms reveal their 2013/14 half-year (H1) results the early story is positive, with Gateley and Trowers…
Financial results 2013: BLP reveals PEP slump of 39% David Stevenson Following an unusual waiting game that has ensured Berwin Leighton Paisner’s profit figure has remained a topic of growing interest since…
Mergers push the top 100 firms back into double digit growth David Stevenson A wave of consolidation in the UK legal industry has sparked double digit growth among the top 100 law firms…
Comment: 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.…
Comment: If the mid-tier’s days are numbered why do they keep doing so well? Alex Novarese We’ve had five years of unforgiving conditions for law firms, everyone agrees. And in many respects that squeeze has had…
If the mid-tier’s days are numbered why do they keep doing so well? Alex Novarese We’ve had five years of unforgiving conditions for law firms, everyone agrees. And in many respects that squeeze has had…
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…
Financial results 2013: Bakers reveals double-digit profit growth against global turnover increase of 5% Caroline Hill Baker & McKenzie has revealed above average financial performance for 2012/13, with a global revenue increase of 5% to $2.419bn…
UK PI bandwagon – Slater & Gordon buys Fentons and reveals 2012/13 results Legal Business Slater & Gordon today (21 August) made further inroads into the UK personal injury (PI) market as it formally announced…
Financial results 2013: Burness Paull (minus the Williamsons) outstrips Scottish rivals with post-merger results Sarah Downey In the first few months since its eye-catching merger at the beginning of December last year, Burness Paull has climbed…
Financial results 2013: steady as she goes for Burges Salmon Francesca Fanshawe It’s been another year of solid organic growth for stalwart Burges Salmon, with revenue, profit and profit per lawyer (PPL)…
Financial results 2013: LG’s revenue falls for a third year while Irwin Mitchell posts turnover and profit growth Jaishree Kalia Top 25-firm Irwin Mitchell has today (26 July) posted strong revenue and profit growth for the last financial year, while…
Financial results 2013: the good, the bad and the ugly as Howard Kennedy FSI, Clarke Willmott and Manches reveal results Legal Business The latest results for firms in the second half of LB100 are a mixed bag, as Howard Kennedy reports inflated…
Financial results 2013: Scottish elite numbers make grim reading as Maclay reveals results Legal Business Following Dundas & Wilson’s announcement last week that its revenues and profits had tumbled dramatically for the second year running, the…
Comparing apples with, err, pears: Dentons’ financials show slight increase in revenue as Withers and Travers reveal numbers Legal Business If the financial results of 2013 are useful for one thing, it will be to remind us of the sheer…
Financial results 2013: Dundas & Wilson fails to halt the slide as profits fall 21% Francesca Fanshawe It was once Scotland’s most revered firm but Dundas & Wilson continues to experience misery heaped upon misery, rounding off…
