The bar saw growth across the board but is rapidly segmenting into three distinct groupings The bar is fast splintering into three distinct groups, with the UK’s top commercial sets pulling away from their personal injury, employment and criminal counterparts. Chambers are far from immune to the changes coursing through the legal market. The Jackson […]
We examine the UK’s top 50 law firms in groups of 10 – here are some extracts from the full report Revenue trends The biggest spike in this chart by some way is that representing DWF. This graphically highlights the firm’s aggressive growth via merger strategy which it has pursued over the past two-to-three years. […]
It’s here: The Lawyer’s UK 200 is the biggest financial data exercise in the legal profession. This year we’re making it more thought-provoking than ever. We’ve also tackled a problem no other analyst has. While The Lawyer UK 200 deals with UK-heritage firms, there are now a number of largely US-owned firms with substantial practices […]
We examine the UK’s top 50 law firms in groups of 10 – here are some extracts from the full report Revenue trends The firms in this group – with revenues mostly in the £72m-£87m range – are spread fairly evenly, with the exception of Keoghs and TLT, which prop up the table on £58m. […]
Information will move 500 times faster by 2034, providing the means for cloud-based advice services to take a major slice of the legal market Richard Kemp, founder, Kemp IT Law In the IT world XaaS (pronounced Zass) is the new thing. It stands for anything as a service, whether software (SaaS), platform (PaaS) or network […]
Our new metric, including overseas-based firms, gives a very different picture of the UK legal market The UK 200 has redrawn the list of the top 100 largest firms in the UK by revenue to include the largest overseas-headquartered rivals. With this ranking, called the UK Market Register, a different picture emerges, with the battleground […]
A record-breaking year for the UK’s top law firms The last financial year was a record-breaker for the UK’s legal market. Revenue, profit and headcount numbers for the top 200 UK-headquartered firms were all at record levels in 2013/14. As the economy surges back to health, law firms are riding the wave. Revenue and profit […]
We examine the UK’s top 50 law firms in groups of 10 – here are some extracts from the full report Revenue vs RPL Size did not always equate to high RPL in 2013/14, although the general trend was still that firms with higher revenues produced more fees per lawyer. The big exceptions in the […]
The growth of the international firms in the UK is accelerating In what is still a highly unpredictable global legal market one thing is certain – next year’s International Top 30 UK will once again highlight the continuing impact of global consolidation. Thanks to the deal announced last month between Bingham McCutchen and Akin Gump […]
After a ‘baptism of fire’ in his first in-house role, Alastair Gammell would have been forgiven for bolting to private practice. Instead, he is mobilising Weight Watchers’ fightback against free weight-loss apps Weight Watchers’ UK general counsel Alastair Gammell has been there every step of the way, after joining the company back in 2002 as […]
Move of the week Bird & Bird has appointed Joanne Wheeler, formerly a commercial partner at CMS Cameron McKenna, as a partner at its London office. UK London Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hired Boris Bronfentrinker, who will join the firm as a partner based in London. Bronfentrinker arrives from Hausfeld & Co, where […]
Two oval shapes formed the subject of a heated row between Asda and Specsavers that came to an end last week. Specsavers won back its wordless trademark for two overlapping ovals this month after the Court of Appeal said it was recognisable as the company’s logo even without the brand name. As explained by Wragge […]