LB100 2015: Methodology and notes
LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 firms in the…
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Case study: Allen & Overy
Amid a challenging year for London’s top firms, Allen & Overy (A&O) managed to hit its stride with revenue growth…
Case Study: Simmons & Simmons
Life for a financial services-heavy law firm competing with larger rivals was always going to be challenging after the banking…
Case study: Osborne Clarke
It was another strong performance from Legal Business’ 2015 Law Firm of the Year, Osborne Clarke (OC), which saw revenues…
Case study: Charles Russell Speechlys
‘We have worked very hard since the outset to demonstrate that we are not simply a private client firm,’ says…
Deal machines – the resilience of Macfarlanes, Travers Smith and the mid-tier deal team
The forced obsolescence of Macfarlanes and Travers Smith as City-focused M&A teams has been as long predicted as it has…
LB100: The Top 25 – The world turned upside down
The predicted comeback year for the UK legal elite instead turned industry trends and conventional wisdom on their head. Legal…
Global 100 Overview – Heavyweights
A busy US deal market saw rainmakers pack a bigger punch than ever at the world’s largest law firms but…
Global 100 – Market Comment 2015: Word from the World
From an intensely competitive market in Asia to renewed fears of states breaking from the EU, law firm leaders give…
Global 100: New York report – City heat
Legal Business took a tour of New York for our Global 100 special and found Wall Street’s elite in a…
Global 100: Clifford Chance – The shoulders of giants
The trailblazing global law firm has had more than its share of knocks since the banking crisis. Will a popular…
Global 100: The regional view – Stick and move
2014 saw US firms continue to build on a solid home base but extend their reach in Europe, Asia and…
Methodology and end notes
The firms that appear in the 2015 Global 100 are the largest 100 law firms in the world ranked by…
Global 100: Clifford Chance – The shoulders of giants
The trailblazing global law firm has had more than its share of knocks since the banking crisis. Will a popular…
The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics
With Akin Gump and Cooley securing multimillion-pound teams, a wave of new entrants to the City are re-writing the playbook…
Game theories – many approaches as European firms tackle the City
Rising transactional activity has given European firms in the City renewed confidence but playing in London remains a tricky game.…