Revealed – The UK200: The Independents 2023
The full list of the UK firms ranked 101-200 by revenue in 2023.
A litigator is not just for London
Law folklore dictates that any indication of a transactional slowdown will see a growth in contentious business. But despite economic fragility, partner hiring has favoured corporate and finance stars rather than litigators for much of 2023. The US firms are, as always, to blame for this. Indicative data from Atlas by Codex Edge shows that […]
Private equity is coming for law firms
The East Midlands harbours few notable attractions beyond Chatsworth House’s festive allure and Nottingham’s modest shopping and nightlife scene. The legal sector here lacks a standout player, with only a faint echo of recognition for Browne Jacobson and Freeths, and the disappearance of once-independent entities like Fraser Brown into the fold of serial acquirer Knights […]
This was the year of the tadpoles
The smaller you are, the harder it is to grow – that’s a basic rule of the UK200 law firms. In most years, great hulking brutes like DLA Piper will put on millions in revenue, while tadpoles like Brachers or Morr & Co (who they?) struggle to eke out any organic growth at all. But […]
These national firms are lagging
As the largest firms in London battle each other for star hires and marquee clients, there’s another bout of fisticuffs going on in the mid-market. This month The Lawyer published its London 50 report, featuring a new ranking of the capital’s largest UK law firms by revenue. Linklaters came out on top, bringing in an […]
How to seduce a law firm
Merger negotiations between two firms of different sizes can be a tricky process. Here, a number of mid-tier managing partners give their view on how to win the hearts of potential smaller matches when on the acquisition trail.
UK 200 2023: The Independents
This report contains: the second half of the top 200 UK firms (101-200) ranked by firmwide revenue analysis of the overall health of the market in 2023 key trends that firms in this tier are facing interactive, firm specific profiles of the firms’ financial overview, business mix and operations
UK 200 2023: 51-100 profiles
This report contains the second half of the UK 200 Top 100 profiles.
UK 200 2023 – Top 50 profiles and Top 100 overview
The Top 100 of The Lawyer‘s UK 200 rankings interactive, firm-specific profiles of the top 50 firms’ financial overview, business mix and operations the UK 200 thermometer showing the shape of the market