Resilient Keystone sees double-digit revenue growth in financials buoyed by senior recruitment Tom Baker Keystone Law has significantly outstripped its half-year results unveiled in September, by posting a healthy 11% increase in turnover for…
Kirkland closes in on $5bn revenue as it remains world’s highest-grossing firm Nathalie Tidman Kirkland & Ellis has added $680m to its top line to trounce Latham & Watkins yet again as the world’s highest-grossing…
‘Reloaded, but not in time’: Dechert defends revenue and profit dip as Mayer Brown inches past $1.5bn turnover Nathalie Tidman As the financial reporting season for Global 100 firms gathers pace, some less eye-catching financial results have emerged, with Dechert…
‘A platform that will thrive’: Latham bullish as blistering growth sees revenue hit $4.3bn alongside 20% PEP surge Nathalie Tidman Latham & Watkins has brushed aside pandemic-linked uncertainty to report a 15% revenue hike to $4.33bn, while profit per equity…
Coronavirus measures pay off for Reed Smith as revenue tops $1.3bn while profit soars Tom Baker Despite starting the financial year by reducing partner drawings in response to the pandemic as well as other cost-cutting measures, Reed Smith…
Baptism of fire: New Hogan Lovells chiefs unveil record results as PEP nudges $2m Nathalie Tidman Taking the helm of a global law firm is no small feat at the best of times, much less so…
‘Growth in the offing’: Cooley’s City turnover hit by IP team exit as PEP tops $3m Nathalie Tidman Cooley’s London office has suffered a 4% revenue drop following the loss of its intellectual property team amid a striking 25% surge in PEP…
Rude health: White & Case City revenue soars 18% and PEP cracks $3m to defy Covid Nathalie Tidman White & Case has traversed the pandemic minefield to reveal its strongest City financial results yet, with the London office…
Reality bites as Mason Hayes posts 6% revenue drop in bellwether for Irish firms Tom Baker Legal Business’ recent analysis of Ireland’s legal market warned against underestimating the resilience of the Irish, so Mason Hayes & Curran’s less-than-catastrophic 6% dip in…
Akin Gump defies annus horribilis with 19% City revenue hike amid restructuring boom Nathalie Tidman It is often said that the legal industry excels in extreme market conditions and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s 2020…
Acquisitions mask decline in organic growth as Knights releases Covid-hit H1 financials Tom Baker Listed firm Knights may have posted a robust 45% rise in 2021 half-year revenues from £31.9m to £46.2m, but acknowledged that without…
Quinn Emanuel defies crisis with striking 27% spike in City turnover Tom Baker Showing no sign of pandemic-induced slowdown, US-bred dispute resolution specialist Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hiked London revenues by…
‘Things are looking pretty good’: DWF continues recovery with strong half-year results after tumultuous 2019/20 Thomas Alan DWF has continued its recovery in 2020/21, according to the firm’s half-year results, following a torrid year that saw debts…
LB100 Second 50 – Regional view: Make do and mend Mark McAteer While smaller regional and national firms gained significant ground on their London rivals in last year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100)…
LB100 Second 25: Once more unto the breach Nathalie Tidman A 10% jump in average revenue to £149.2m for firms ranked 26-50 in the LB100 appears to extend the robust…
LB100 overview: The end of the beginning Thomas Alan Could anyone have known what was coming? A year ago, the 2019 Legal Business 100 (LB100) report read: ‘After a…
LB100: Partner earnings Legal Business * Lists the 50 firms by highest top of equity that provided full equity spread data on their completed LB100…
LB100 Second 50 – City and Boutique: Focus for victory Mark McAteer The combined turnover for the 19 London firms that sit in the second half of this year’s Legal Business 100…
