Legal 500 EMEA: Which countries have seen the biggest rankings increases?

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Legal 500 EMEA: Which countries have seen the biggest rankings increases?

Last month’s launch of Legal 500 EMEA 2024 featured rankings for 15,496 firms throughout the EMEA region, alongside the individual rankings of thousands of lawyers across multiple business practice areas. After crunching the numbers, our analysis revealed that the growth in both firm and individual rankings was consistent across all regions with countries from Africa, Europe, the CIS and Middle East all well represented. We’ve compiled our findings into various top ten charts focusing on firms and individuals.

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Table toppers – the law firms leading the pack in the latest Legal 500 research

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Table toppers – the law firms leading the pack in the latest Legal 500 research

Almost 1,200 firms have secured spots in the most recent UK Legal 500 Solicitors research, which provides law firms, in-house counsel and individuals with accurate and in-depth analysis of the best firms and lawyers working across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Between them the firms, roughly half of which are in London, share almost 10,000 practice rankings, around 4,500 of which are in the capital. In addition to the practice area rankings, there are also more than 12,300 individual lawyer rankings – almost half of which have been awarded to London-based lawyers. Continue reading “Table toppers – the law firms leading the pack in the latest Legal 500 research”

A not-so-equal footing: rankings data highlights Hogan-Shearman contrasts

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A not-so-equal footing: rankings data highlights Hogan-Shearman contrasts

An analysis of The Legal 500 rankings underlines some of the key factors driving the Hogan Lovells-Shearman merger talks

From a Legal 500 perspective, Hogan Lovells dwarfs Shearman & Sterling in terms of total rankings, with three times as many spots across the UK, US, EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Latin America – 343 to 113. Continue reading “A not-so-equal footing: rankings data highlights Hogan-Shearman contrasts”

Verein check: how the big six global players have grown over ten years

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Verein check: how the big six global players have grown over ten years

The largest six Swiss verein firms have pursued varying expansion strategies over the past decade – Ben Wheway looks at what The Legal 500 data reveals

The six biggest international verein firms have transformed their global footprint over the past decade, stepping into new markets around the world via mergers, alliances and targeted expansion. Rankings data drawn from The Legal 500’s global guides provides useful insight into the scale of this change, as well as the relative rates of growth among the group. Continue reading “Verein check: how the big six global players have grown over ten years”

Size matters: which Global 100 firms have the most Legal 500 rankings?

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Size matters: which Global 100 firms have the most Legal 500 rankings?

Legal 500 data highlights the contrast between the laser-focused firms cleaning up in core markets and the wide footprint of the global giants

While the upper echelons of the Global 100 are inevitably dominated by US heritage firms with a global footprint, a re-ordering of the group by Legal 500 rankings presents a notably different hierarchy. Continue reading “Size matters: which Global 100 firms have the most Legal 500 rankings?”

Womble Bond-BDB Pitmans: The data driving the national tie-up talks

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Womble Bond-BDB Pitmans: The data driving the national tie-up talks

The Legal 500’s Ben Wheway takes a look at the rationale behind the proposed merger and what a combined firm could look like

The latest merger news to hit the headlines involves two firms which have been down this road before – Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans.

On the Womble Bond side, the 2013 union of Newcastle’s Dickinson Dees and Bristol’s Bond Pearce created Bond Dickinson, which then combined with US firm Womble Carlyle in 2016. Meanwhile, BDB Pitmans was formed by the 2018 merger of London’s Bircham Dyson Bell and South-East firm Pitmans. Continue reading “Womble Bond-BDB Pitmans: The data driving the national tie-up talks”