Nikhil Raj

These US firms aren’t making enough money in London

To be in the global law market requires a strong City presence, of that there can be no doubt. The Lawyer’s US 50 report underscores just how vital London is; the multimillion-pound investments being made by US titans shows that growing in the City is not only advantageous, but essential. And yet. You might be surprised […]

The three Fs: How the City’s mid-market stack up

The makeup of the London legal market is as diverse as the clients and industries it serves, featuring an array of firms across the spectrum in terms of size, clientele and revenue. For every magic circle firm, the legal market of the City provides a rich hunting ground for smaller firms that generate a fraction […]

Customer satisfaction, efficient, rating

This is the most efficient magic circle firm

How does the magic circle compare when assessing measures of efficiency such as revenue per lawyer, revenue per partner, associate leverage and churn rate? The Lawyer’s new Practice Analysis service delves deeper. 

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Revealed: The five giants of UK real estate

In July, The Lawyer started its analysis of the third group in its Practice Analysis offering – real estate. The report for July looks at the UK real estate practices of more than 180 firms, ranks them by the size of their real estate team and provides important efficiency measures such as revenue per lawyer […]

Shadow team

A&O’s banking team casts a giant shadow

During the first quarter of 2023, The Lawyer launched Practice Analysis, providing insights into banking and finance practices at over 180 private practice law firms in the UK. Practice Analysis provides critical insights into team sizes and spread by PQE, hiring activity and profitability. With the help of the Practice Analysis service, this article identifies […]

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The five most (and the five least) efficient corporate teams are…

In the second quarter of the year, The Lawyer’s Practice Analysis service analysed the UK corporate practices of 230 US and UK firms. The first two data tools provide critical data and insight on, and analysis of, team sizes and spread, as well as hiring activity at the firms and trends in the recruitment market […]

Kwarteng tax cuts: 4,000 of the UK’s richest partners just got richer

Partners taking home at least £1m a year will receive huge tax cuts under the UK Government’s latest mini-budget – we’ve calculated how much. The Government is planning to abolish the additional 45 per cent tax rate, the top level of income tax which applied only to those earning over £150,000. The change, which will […]

Defamation and privacy: A practice divided

Defamation and privacy law looks very different now than it did ten years ago. Litigation was employed nervously following the Defamation Act’s commencement in 2014. Case law around the Defamation Act has now mostly settled, creating a more predictable landscape for litigants. This has been aided by the introduction of a Media & Communications List […]

Retail disputes: The future of a market transformed

The challenges facing the retail sector are well known. In what has been an unenviable few years for the industry, retailers have had to tackle internet competition and the decline of the high street, lockdowns and Covid-19-related rules, supply chain issues, Brexit conundrums, staffing challenges, and now inflation and a cost of living crisis. Even […]