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Simpson Thacher projects $100m growth for London in 2024

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has unveiled a new five-year plan for London that puts continued growth squarely at the centre of the US firm’s agenda. The revamped strategy coincides with the release of the US firm’s half-year financial results for 2024. These show that City revenue rose by 21.6 per cent over the past six […]

Linklaters

Linklaters breaks through £2bn turnover mark

Linklaters’ revenue has surpassed the £2bn mark for the first time, after increasing its topline by 10 per cent. The firm’s turnover rose to £2.1bn in the last financial year. Over 2022/23, turnover went up by 6.6 per cent from £1.78bn to £1.9bn. Alongside the revenue increase, pre-tax profit also grew by 10 per cent […]

Nik White

Brabners surpasses £50m revenue milestone

Revenue at Brabners reached £55.6m in the 2023/24 financial year, subject to audit, after the firm increased its top-line by 18 per cent from the previous year’s £47.1m. The firm’s newly re-elected managing partner Nik White told The Lawyer that it was a “standout year”, with just one department out of 13 across the firm’s […]

Rob Shooter, Fieldfisher

European expansion drives Fieldfisher’s 2023/24 financials

Having expanded its European presence over 2023/24, Fieldfisher has reported a strong year of financial growth with revenue up 10 per cent. The 10 per cent growth relates to an 11-month period to 31 March, after the firm decided to bring its year-end date forward ahead of HMRC basis period reform changes. The firm has […]

Jeremy Shebson

Financials 23/24: HFW’s London office passes £100m mark

HFW has posted double-digit growth firmwide in profit and revenue for a second year running, as the firm hit £251m turnover for the financial year ending 31 March. This figure is up 11 per cent from last year, while net profit has gone up 16.5 per cent, hitting £75.4m. London revenue makes up around two-fifths […]

Conrad Davies, Osborne Clarke

Osborne Clarke dishes out 5 per cent bonus in the UK

Osborne Clarke has awarded its UK staff and lawyers a 5 per cent profit share bonus following a record financial year. It has been a strong year for Osborne Clarke with UK revenue up 11 per cent from £217.3m to £240.5m. International revenue, meanwhile, was up 19 per cent from €442m to €525m. An increased […]

Weightmans hands out £3,000 staff bonus after record year

Weightmans is handing out £3,000 bonuses to all of its staff to celebrate a record year in which revenue grew by 12 per cent. The firm changed its financial year-end from 30 April to 31 March this year, posting revenue of just over £140m for the 12-month period. This equated to a 12 per cent […]

Scott Monument, Edinburgh

Financials 2023/24: Burness Paull staff rewarded with 7.5 per cent bonus

Scottish firm Burness Paull has posted a 28 per cent drop in revenue from £83.2m to £60.1m, following a change in its financial year-end that cut four months from its trading period. The year-end change at Burness Paull, prompted by HMRC’s basis period reforms, is one of the most significant among UK 200 firms. Unlike […]

100 Bishopsgate

Paul Hastings on course to hit $200m City turnover

Paul Hastings is expecting to generate over $200m (£158m) in its London office this year after investments made across its finance and litigation groups. The firm is estimated to have brought in $174m (£138m) over 2023, meaning it is looking to grow its revenue in the City by at least 15 per cent in this […]

Stephenson Harwood turnover rises 16 per cent

Stephenson Harwood’s revenue jumped by 16 per cent over 2023/24 to a record high figure of £264.2m. Alongside the revenue increase, the firm also saw a 10 per cent increase in net profit from £82.4m to more than £90m. The firm’s average profit per equity partner rose by 7 per cent from £725,000 to £775,000. […]