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Streamlined firms emerge from ashes of annus horribilis

Eh? What? Since when are these firms the UK Top Ten? By your own tables (UK 200, 2009), Slaughter and May and DLA Piper would be in the Top Ten by turnover, and Simmons & Simmons would beat CMS Cameron McKenna by some margin. If you're going to pick and choose (I suspect LLP firms, from a rush-view), then at least define your parameters at the outset. And what are you comparing the H1 figures with? H1 of 2008-09? Or H2 (ie the immediately-prior period)? And why don't you correlate the figures with the number of partner departures at each firm (and PEP)? Add to this the number of 'n/a' results in the relevant table and a lack of meaningful analysis and you have a set of figures which may make a nice table but is of relatively little real value to anyone, besides a certain vicarious interest. C'mon Lawyer, you can do much better than this!

30-Nov-2009

4:55 pm