Latham surges to become world’s first $3bn law firm… but can Kirkland take its crown?
Latham & Watkins has become the first law firm ever to report revenues over $3bn with the Los Angeles-bred firm adding…
Financial results
Slashing to victory – the most dangerous myth
‘Turnover for vanity, profit for sanity.’ How many times have you heard that phrase or variations of the theme espoused…
Reversal of fortunes – how three mid-tiers outgunned the City elite for a decade
It is dominated by mid-sized firms while global players and City leaders lag far behind. Watson Farley & Williams (WFW)…
Investing in London: Cooley sets City agenda with turnover targets and committee appointments
Having made its audacious entrance into London’s legal market in January, US tech giant Cooley has begun rolling out the…
Evasive Action – Can Olswang live up to its own ambitions?
TMT leader Olswang is hard to pin down these days as profits ebb, reports of discord emerge and a leader…
‘We won’t break lockstep, we see it as a strength’: Clifford Chance US chiefs talk growing revenues and love of the lockstep
As fellow Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer targets the US market, Clifford Chance’s US leadership is seeking to upscale…
Comment: Converging on boom-time profits without a boom – the big four now and then
They say averages lie, though in my experience not as much as people, but producing an annual report with 2,000…
Latest US profits show positive early signs
The initial numbers to emerge from the US reporting season indicate a relatively resilient performance in 2012 for the world’s…
Legal Business 100 2012: Interactive main table
From merger mania to profit manipulation – the LB100 in 2012 draws on familiar themes from 20 years of law…
Clarke Willmott: running to stand still
Stephen Rosser became Clarke Willmott’s chief executive two years ago as the firm really started to suffer a post-boom hangover.…
Twenty years on and the numbers still add up
In 1992, Bill Clinton was elected US president; the Maastricht Treaty was signed and Legal Business published the financial data…
LB100 2012 – Future Proof
From merger mania to profit manipulation – the LB100 in 2012 draws on familiar themes from 20 years of law…
LB100 2012 – Behind the Numbers: Profitability Revealed
Which firms are the most profitable? In this table we blend together all of our profitability measures, including PEP, profit…
Global 100 2012: Interactive main table
THE GLOBAL 100: Legal Business examines the key financial data from the world’s top 100 law firms.
Global 100 – Podium Standings
The world’s 100 largest law firms have faced another challenging year of depressed economic markets and little to no transactional…
Gold Standard
Mishcon de Reya was a standout performer in the 2011 LB100, jumping 11 places on the back of a 37%…
Wish you were here?
This year’s Legal Business 100 firms continue to grow in revenue, but how much is performance in foreign markets masking…
Major International – Wedding Bells
In comes a new peer group to the Legal Business 100. Thanks to a flurry of transatlantic marriages over the…
Major City – Bits and pieces
Many of the firms in the Major City group will look back on 2010/11 with mixed feelings. Some firms will…