Law firm income and profits soar - benchmarking survey In 2025 the sector experienced its highest growth in over 15 years, according to a respected annual bellwether.

Law Society Financial Benchmarking Survey: Law firm income and profits soar
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Ashurst, Perkins Coie Partners Vote Through Merger | Law.com Partners at Ashurst and Perkins Coie have "overwhelmingly" voted in favour of the trans-Atlantic tie-up to create a $2.8 billion firm with around 3,000 lawyers.

Waking up to the news that: Ashurst, Perkins Coie Partners have "overwhelmingly" vote through the trans-Atlantic tie-up to create a $2.8 billion firm with around 3,000 lawyers.

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#auslaw #legalnews

Big news in the Thai legal market overnight:

'Clyde & Co hires 12-strong team in Bangkok from DLA Piper'
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Having spent more than a decade enjoying this time of year in Thailand: Wishing all of our Thai friends and contacts a Happy and Safe Songkran (Thai New Year) Festival

#Songkran

That is very sad.

For those who thought AI was primarily going to impact low level roles/jobs...

"BDO has launched a cull of dozens of UK partners as it seeks to open up senior roles for younger staff at the country’s fifth-largest accounting firm."

www.ft.com/content/ccf7...

#AI #PSF

AI is mainstream in law - but clients are not told Despite the pace of adoption, only 27% of firms have fully embedded the technology, survey shows.

"𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 7% 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳"

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#LegalNews #AI

If you are interested in the effect private equity is having on the legal industry, article in the latest Law Society Gazette is worth a read

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#LegalNews #privateequity

Case Study: NRMA’s In-House Legal Team Embraces AI NRMA embeds Thomson Reuters AI to scale legal operations, improve efficiency, and shift lawyers toward higher-value advisory work.

This article on the Legal Practice Intelligence site wis worth a #ReadFirstLegal plug

𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 𝗡𝗥𝗠𝗔’𝘀 𝗜𝗻-𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗜

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#AI #LegalNews

The City law firm that found wealth in private capital Macfarlanes has transcended its roots to become one of London’s most profitable legal partnerships

The City law firm that found wealth in private capital

Macfarlanes has transcended its roots to become one of London’s most profitable legal partnerships

www.ft.com/content/f0d1...

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Sports law firm behind Chelsea sale sells stake to private equity group Deal will give San Francisco’s Cordillera a board seat at UK-based Northridge

Sports law firm behind Chelsea sale sells stake to private equity group

www.ft.com/content/ab27...

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Court of Appeal rules non-lawyers can work on litigation cases Judgment reversing earlier High Court decision is welcomed by law firms

Court of Appeal rules non-lawyers can work on litigation cases

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#LegalNews

This is an excellent read:

'𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀 – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺' by Neil Cameron

legaltechnology.com/2026/03/19/v...

#vereins #LegalStrategy #ReadFirstLegal

'Trans-Atlantic Law Mergers Are Impacting the Legal Hiring Market' via Bloomberg Law

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'White & Case Posts $3.6 Billion Revenue as Profits Also Tick Up'

Interestingly,

"Half of White & Case’s revenue was generated from cross-border work, an area of focus as the firm aims to surpass the $5 billion revenue mark by 2028."

news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

#LegalNews

'The Growth Ceiling Hiding Inside Large Law Firms' by Ben Nicholson, General Manager, Enterprise UK at Clio on Artificial Lawyer
www.artificiallawyer.com/2026/03/17/t...

'The Law Firm Disappearing Act' by Heather Suttie in Slaw
www.slaw.ca/2026/03/09/t...
#ReadFirstLegal #LegalNews

'Pinsent Masons allies with China Commercial Law Firm in Qianhai' in the Global Legal Post
www.globallegalpost.com/news/pinsent...
#LegalNews #ReadFirstLegal

'Kirkland Tops $10 Billion Revenue Mark as Profits Spike' by Roy Strom in Bloomberg
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and... #LegalNews #ReadFirstLegal

'DLA Tackles Partner Credit for Sharing Work as It Sheds Verein' by Meghan Tribe and Roy Strom in Bloomberg
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and... #legal

'OpenAI sued for practicing law without a license' by Amanda Robert in ABA Journal
www.abajournal.com/news/article... #legaltech

Bloomberg's take on this: 'DLA Piper to Ax Verein Structure in Play to Boost Profits (1)'

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𝗗𝗟𝗔 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗹

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#auslaw #swissverin

Trademark: 'Sydney designer Katie Perry wins against Katy Perry' www.afr.com/companies/pr...

The [Australian] Government has ordered non-essential Australian officials posted to the United Arab Emirates and Israel to leave “due to the deteriorating security situation.”

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'Jones Day appoints new partners-in-charge to see off US rivals'
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'Legal Tech Raised $6Bn in 2025 as AI Boom Shows Divisions'
www.artificiallawyer.com/2026/01/06/l...
#legaltech #AI #auslaw

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗞-𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮?
Is the Australian legal market heading toward a stark K-shaped recovery and growth pattern in 2026?
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#auslaw #LegalMarket #LawFirmStrategy #KShaped

Sad to see SXSW Sydney is closing...

'SXSW Sydney axed two years before taxpayer-funded, multimillion-dollar deal expires'
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'UK branch of leading Chinese firm closes and files for administration'
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#legalstrategy #asialaw