Euro Elite: Baltics – Small yet spirited
Often overlooked, the Baltics is fast becoming one of the most exciting tech startup hubs in Europe. Home to only…
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Euro Elite: Benelux – Reasons to be cheerful
Notwithstanding the macro-level impact of Covid-19 globally, independent firms in the Benelux region have adapted to evolving conditions with remarkable…
Euro Elite: Germany – Flight to quality
Past experience, such as the financial crisis in 2008/09, has shown that the German legal market is robust. Today, in…
LB100 Second 50 – Regional view: Make do and mend
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
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
Could anyone have known what was coming? A year ago, the 2019 Legal Business 100 (LB100) report read: ‘After a…
LB100 Second 50 – City and Boutique: Focus for victory
The combined turnover for the 19 London firms that sit in the second half of this year’s Legal Business 100…
LB100 Second 25: A brooding gloom in sunshine
On paper, an 11% jump in average revenue to £135.5m for the second 25 looks like a great leap forward…
Case study: Kennedys
Kennedys senior partner Nick Thomas describes 2018/19 as a year of consolidation: ‘The acquisitions are up and running and, despite…
Case study: Brodies
With the expansion of UK and international firms north of the border, as well as the stepping down of former…
LB100 2019: Methodology and notes
LB100 law firms The firms that appear in the Legal Business 100 (LB100) are the top 100 law firms in…
LB100: Partner earnings
Top 50 firms ranked by highest top of equity 1-50* Equity partners:non-equity partners % of partners that are equity partners…
LB100 Second 50 – City and Boutique: The adventurers and the settlers
While the UK lurches through a Brexit drama entirely of its own making, mid-market and boutique London-based firms have focused…
Case study: Ince
What a difference a year makes. After an initial public offering, a series of acquisitions – including City institution Ince…
LB100 Overview: Apocalypse soon?
As Legal Business was unpacking the 2018/19 financial results of the UK’s top 100 law firms, the Office for National…
Case study: Clyde & Co
A model of consistency in the Legal Business 100, 2018/19 was Clyde & Co’s 21st consecutive year of growth –…
LB100 Second 50 – Regional focus: Crawling on a razor
Smaller regional and national firms have gained ground on their London rivals in this year’s Legal Business 100 (LB100) after…