In our latest podcast celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer’s UK 200, editors Catrin Griffiths, Christian Smith, Matt Byrne, Katy Dowell and Richard Simmons are back to reveal the five firms they are watching in the coming years – for good or for ill. With a list of 200 law firms, it’s not difficult […]
There’s a blockage in the upper mid-market. The firms in the 11-20 ranking of The Lawyer UK200 have averaged 35 per cent growth since 2020, but none of them has broken away from the pack. Ashurst still can’t get over a billion in revenue; Clyde & Co’s takeover of distressed asset BLM solved its gap […]
Sit a group of managing partners, researchers and journalists down at a table and what do you get? A mix of perspectives, a dose of banter and a bag full of insights into what is top of mind for law firm leaders right now. The context for this September dinner was the latest Horizon Live […]
If this year’s UK200 is anything to go by, the majority of UK law firms are in robust health. Indeed, they are finally fighting back against the growth of US competitors. So why are so many upending their partnership models? In part one of our two-part podcast series celebrating the 20th edition of The Lawyer’s […]
Four of the UK Top 100 firms managed to increase their revenue over 2023/24 despite shortening their financial year for tax reasons. According to The Lawyer’s UK200 report on the top 100 firms, which is out now, there were 10 firms in total that reported truncated financial year-ends. Firms have been keen to align their reporting calendar […]
Lawyer headcount growth underscores the resilience of the profession
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
This report contains the second half of the UK 200 Top 100 profiles.
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