Comment: LB100 firms forced to make own luck as tough times continue
The headline isn’t great, but it’s not bad either. Judging our annual Legal Business 100 (LB100) results, the industry has…
Legal Business 100 2016
The Last Word – Place your bets
‘People want to be in a firm that is winning better work and achieving better results. There’s been a shift…
Case study: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
By some margin the strongest-performing Magic Circle firm for the 2015/16 year, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer posted 7% revenue growth from…
Case study: Berwin Leighton Paisner
Had merger talks earlier this year with Miami-based Global 100 firm, Greenberg Traurig, been successful, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) would…
Case study: Mishcon de Reya
The standout performer from this year’s second 25 is once again Mishcon de Reya which, along with Macfarlanes, has been…
Case study: TLT
‘We want to be a top 50 law firm. We have the trappings, but we’re not quite there yet.’ So…
Case study: Bond Dickinson
National player Bond Dickinson had a disappointing year financially, with turnover down 3% to £104m, while profit per equity partner…