Katy is The Lawyer’s Horizon editor. Returning to The Lawyer after a three-year break in 2020, Katy initially covered litigation and the Bar and was the publication’s senior writer between 2014 and 2017.
The reimagining of the office is a hallmark of the post-pandemic era. In 2022, law firms took 1.5m sq ft of space in London, a new record, according to Knight Frank. And this isn’t a phenomenon confined to the capital: from Glasgow to Plymouth, law firms are leading the climate-friendly office revolution. The upcoming The […]
A decade after its last flurry of UK office launches, TLT is set to open in Birmingham. It will be the seventh UK office for TLT, which has long maintained a UK focus while forging strategic alliances with European firms. TLT said it has plans to house around 60 people in the city, with the […]
Accessibility into the profession is a constant frustration, forward-thinking firms are making efforts to widen pathways into the law for a more diverse group. This is one area where social media is a democratising force. New research suggests that law’s most significant LinkedIn influencers outside of management are those that ditch the legal speak to […]
The big take from the last financial year, detailed in the upcoming The Lawyer UK200, is a slowdown in revenue growth and an even harder deceleration in profits. This isn’t a cause for panic, but what should ring alarm bells is inaction on investment. Firms are dilly dallying about how best to use the cash […]
Sharp strategic focus is helping Shoosmiths navigate national terrains
All hail Hill Dicks “It’s back to business as usual,” comments one managing partner on the fog that has descended on baseline profits at the latest financial year-end. Revenues may be ticking upwards, but after the boom induced by the cost-cutting pandemic comes a bottom-line lull boosted by rampant inflation. For insight on the trends […]
Eversheds’ KWM deal is a smart chess move by the legacy UK firm
The transition from UK to US-led firm is almost complete at BCLP
Firmwide revenues were up by 9.2 per cent at TLT last year, but soaring inflationary costs relating to people and property meant underlying net profit dropped for the first time since 2020. The firm broke through the £150m barrier to put revenue at £157m for 2022/23. But while revenues are up, net profit fell by […]
Middle Eastern firm Meysan Partners is to launch in London in a move that has the potential to shake up the City’s top tier disputes and corporate markets. It is the firm’s first move outside the region since being launched in 2015 by former DLA Piper Middle East managing partner Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout and Carlyle […]
After some meteoric net profit rises in 2021 and 2022, the profession is now contending with a widely anticipated slowdown. Equity partners might be able to bear the pain of the current profit squeeze, but economic volatility is pumping up the stress levels. Almost all (98 per cent) the lawyers surveyed by Axiom for its […]
Dentons is enjoying a growth spurt in Dublin