LB 100 – The second quartile: Wind swept Sarah Downey Mid-pack advisers faced contrasting fortunes over the year, with many generalists seeing margins under continued pressure, while a sizeable band…
LB 100 – The second 50: Scattered in the wind Francesca Fanshawe The gulf between success and failure among the firms occupying the second half of the LB100 is as pronounced as…
LB 100 – The Five Year View: Riders on the Storm Mark McAteer A five-year view of the LB100 underlines the profound impact globalisation has had on the UK’s top firms but also…
LB 100 – Methodology Legal Business LB100 LAW FIRMS The firms that appear in the LB100 are the top 100 firms in the UK, ranked by…
LB 100 – Profitability Revealed Legal Business Which firms are the most profitable? In this table we blend together all of our profitability measures, including PEP, profit…
LB 100 – The Last Word: Eyes on the storm Legal Business From consolidation to price pressure, to market confidence, leading management figures at Legal Business 100 firms give us their views…
Global 100: Norton Rose Fulbright David Stevenson The ascent of Norton Rose up the global league has been swift in recent years, with the City-based law firm…
Global 100: The Word from the World Legal Business The dominance of US firms; the challenges in Asia; the strategic dilemmas – leaders from the world’s elite law firms…
Global 100: Scheduled departures Jaishree Kalia Asia continues to dominate when it comes to new offices opened by Global 100 firms. But despite the attraction of…
Global 100: The long haul Mark McAteer A decade of flying the Global 100 has left some legal players frazzled while others have become increasingly energised. Here…
Global 100: Latham & Watkins Mark McAteer Despite facing considerable reverses in the wake of the 2008 banking crisis – which saw a sharp fall in revenues…
Global 100: Methodology Legal Business FINANCIAL YEAR-ENDS Financial data shown is for the last financial year – either calendar year 2012 or 2012/13. Financial years…
Global 100: DLA Piper Jaishree Kalia A highly symbolic year for DLA Piper, with the rapidly-assembled business services juggernaut becoming the world’s largest law firm in…
Global 100: The client view David Stevenson FTSE 100 general counsel (GC) say global firms have finally listened to their concerns on costs and that, if anything,…
