Global 200: conquests and consolidation in the $1bn club
Armed with a 19 per cent revenue hike, Kirkland has toppled Latham to lead the 39 $1bn-plus firms in this year’s Global 200 ranking
How legal tech oils the wheels of law firm network comms
Communication between member firms is crucially important to the modern network business model. How is legal tech helping them push that to the max?
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Record profits at UK 200 firms as gap between top and bottom-paid partners widens
The law firm model may be under more pressure than ever before but for many, the all-important average profit per equity partner (PEP) metric remains as reliably high as ever. Nine firms in this year’s UK 200: the Top 100 report posted a PEP of £1m or above with 37 registering average profits of £500,000 […]
The City 50: Did you make the cut?
The rise of the American firms is made clear in the City 50 – The Lawyer’s first ever snapshot of the London-only revenues of US and UK firms.
UK top 100 crack £24bn in record year for revenue
Eversheds Sutherland is the biggest revenue riser in the UK 200 chart following last year’s merger.
The long read: How Kirkland became Big Law’s brightest star
Using Global 200 data, The Lawyer reveals which law firms have failed to keep pace with the global market, and what this group’s performance since 2008 can tell us about the future for the world’s top law firms
Exclusive: Axiom’s record UK financial results reveal contracts “gold mine”
Axiom’s UK revenue is closing in on the £50m mark, The Lawyer can exclusively reveal, with the alternative legal services provider’s (ALSP) global fee income now totalling $360m (£280m). Total UK revenue for the 2017/18 financial year at Axiom stood at £48.8m, a rise of 63 per cent since the company last revealed its UK […]
Litigation Top 50: The five firms leading the way in 2013-2018
For the past six years, the same five firms have occupied the top five positions in The Lawyer’s Litigation Top 50.
From 100 to 3,000: EY reveals its Riverview growth ambitions
The accountants are showing all the hallmarks of gearing up for a titanic legal market battle.
EY buys Riverview Law in shock New Law market consolidation bid
EY has announced an agreement to acquire Riverview Law, the New Law business launched with the backing of DLA Piper, in a bid to expand the accountancy giant’s penetration of the global legal services market. The acquisition is specifically aimed at helping EY scale its legal managed services offering and help its clients increase efficiency, […]
Litigation and the magic circle: have global ambitions plateaued?
The magic circle has reached a natural ceiling in the proportionate level of litigation revenue they generate, a trend that will make future investment in growing their disputes teams less likely, new data in The Lawyer’s Global Litigation 50 suggests. The top 10 global disputes firms of 2018 This year’s analysis of the quartet’s performance […]
Quinn Emanuel dethroned as world’s biggest litigation firm
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has lost its place as the top-ranked firm for disputes income, after another US giant posted a total litigation revenue of nearly $1.3bn. Kirkland & Ellis has secured the number one spot for the first time, after posting a total disputes revenue of $1.266bn. Rank 2018 Rank 2017 Firm Disputes […]