Bangs and whimpers – LB100 performance is a lot weaker than it looks Alex Novarese In the wake of the banking crisis, some commentators claimed the legal industry was set for a bloodbath that would…
The cutting edge Tom Baker During Apple’s earnings conference call in May, chief executive Tim Cook discussed the company’s long-running and bitter dispute with Qualcomm,…
What ails Freshfields? Time is running out for ‘The Last Champions’ Madeleine Farman The headline of the last lengthy piece Legal Business carried on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer said it all: The Last Champions.…
Legal Business 100: Methodology and notes Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 law firms in…
Banking on change Alex Speirs When the global financial crisis struck in 2008, the impact reverberated far beyond the traditional financial centres of the West.…
‘Collateral damage’: Profession gets a stark wake-up call on tech security in wake of crippling DLA cyber assault Kathryn McCann Kathryn McCann assesses the impact of the cyber attack on DLA and the wider legal market For years, the possibility…
The Legal Business 100 2017 Legal Business Menu Overview: Your story The second 25: Faster, pussycat The second 50: Boutique and City – Eyes on the prize…
Life during law: Patrick Sarch, White & Case Madeleine Farman I started at Paisner and then on qualification went off to Norton Rose. I joined Clifford Chance in 2000, which…
Client Intelligence Report: Data view James Wood Q: For a routine instruction, how important are the following criteria when selecting a firm? (1 = not at all…
Legal Business 100: Core stats Legal Business LB100 revenue averages: £220.6m Average revenue 9% Average revenue growth Ten fastest growing firms by revenue: Ten fastest growing firms…
Beware the Black Swan Catherine McGregor Imagine the worst: within the last 72 hours, your company has been hit by a major crisis. There may have…
Ashurst pulls the plug on ill-fated 2009 move into US finance law with NY restructuring Madeleine Farman Five New York-based partners left Ashurst in July for US finance firm Chapman and Cutler, with a sixth partner departing…
Legal Business 100: Partner earnings Legal Business Top 50 firms ranked by highest top of equity (1-50*) Equity partners: non-equity partners & of partners that are equity…
Emerald Ambitions Kathryn McCann Barry Devereux, managing partner of Irish leader McCann FitzGerald, is not letting the bad Irish weather dampen his spirits. ‘The…
Who Represents Who: The data behind the story David Burgess Behind the scenes of recent panel decisions Pinsent Masons, DLA Piper, Ashurst and Bird & Bird have all missed…
Behind the numbers: profitability revealed Legal Business In this table we blend together the three key profitability metrics, profit per equity partner, profit per lawyer and profit…
A long time in politics Alex Novarese Oh for the days when politics was the last thing on the minds of City advisers. For years, British politics…
Expansive Pinsents ships in four Norton Rose Fulbright partners for third Oz office launch Marco Cillario Pinsent Masons is continuing its sustained international expansion drive with a new Australian arm in Perth and the hire of…
Legal Business 100: The second 50 – Eyes on the prize Tom Baker As the debate over the future of London as a legal hub in a post-Brexit world rages on, London boutique…
