Skadden vs Freshfields: These are the most efficient disputes teams
Using metrics such as RPL, RPP and associate leverage, The Lawyer’s new Practice Analysis service highlights the most – and least – efficient firms across the UK’s disputes teams.
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 […]
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 […]
Banking vs corporate lawyers: who’s happier?
The Lawyer asked banking and finance lawyers and corporate lawyers for their views, with their responses highlighting stark differences in sentiment between the two groups.
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 […]
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 […]