LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 law firms in the UK, ranked by gross fee income generated over the financial year 2015/16 – usually 1 May 2015 to 30 April 2016. We call these the 2016 results. Where firms have identical fee incomes, the …
US ELITE LEAD AS VERIZON TAKES YAHOO! FOR $4.8BN Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are among a host of US firms advising on Verizon Wireless’ much-anticipated acquisition of Yahoo!. Wachtell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Covington & Burling and Winston & Strawn are acting for Verizon. Skadden, Wilson Sonsini …
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The standout performer from this year’s second 25 is once again Mishcon de Reya which, along with Macfarlanes, has been the pace setter in this peer group over the last five years. The firm has come a long way since it first made its debut into the top 50 four years ago in 2012. Over …
‘We want to be a top 50 law firm. We have the trappings, but we’re not quite there yet.’ So said TLT managing partner David Pester to Legal Business three years ago. This year that ambition has been realised, with the Bristol-based law firm entering the top 50 for the first time. TLT continued its …
National player Bond Dickinson had a disappointing year financially, with turnover down 3% to £104m, while profit per equity partner (PEP) has also dropped 3% to £275,000, a stark contrast to the firm’s performance in last year’s Legal Business 100, where PEP soared 26% to £284,000 and turnover climbed 8% to £107m. Blaming the results …
‘People want to be in a firm that is winning better work and achieving better results. There’s been a shift in expectation levels.’ Juan Picón, DLA Piper From post-Brexit investment to the threat of accountants, LB100 leaders tell us how the cards are stacked Moving quickly ‘As a firm which is investing outside the UK, …
Totum’s Deborah Gray on achieving a global presence. The vision of a truly global legal business offering a seamless service to multinational clients is an alluring one for law firm leaders. But achieving a global presence and making it work in practice is a challenge. According to PwC’s annual survey 2015, the UK continues to …
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‘The idea that regulation is all from Brussels and the UK is deregulatory is a fantasy. That is just rubbish.’ James Palmer, Herbert Smith Freehills In the wake of the shock 23 June referendum result on EU membership of the UK, we asked leading lawyers for their thoughts Relationship counselling ‘The important thing we …
Menu Global 100: Hitting the wall Global 100 2016: The Main Table Global 100: Word from the world Global 100: Branded – Inside the troubled takeover of SJ Berwin Global 100: Core Stats Global 100: The stories of the year Global 100: Kick for the finish in Asia Global 100 2016: Methodology and end notes
