By the end of 2022, Clarion was named the third-fastest growing law firm in Europe by The Lawyer, a leading legal publication. Revenue has risen over 85% since 2017. The team size has also increased by more than 110% in the last five years.
At the core of its success is a strong and positive culture. Clarion has consistently ranked in the prestigious ‘UK’s 100 Best Companies to Work For’ initiative, achieving top accreditation throughout 2022 for its high employee engagement. It was the best law firm to work for in the UK every quarter last year and held the number 2 spot for large corporates in the UK.
With its unique entrepreneurial spirit, Clarion has expanded its reach. The firm works with privately owned businesses, large corporates and high-net-worth individuals across the UK and internationally. Over the past five years, its overseas work has grown significantly. Clarion now offers legal support in over 75 countries and collaborates with a network of selected, independent law firms worldwide.
As the firm has evolved, it’s become increasingly important that we’re able to help clients with overseas work. We have therefore developed relationships with other independent law firms around the world, also located in major cities but not necessarily in capital cities, who are a good fit with our own values and culture, to complement the in-house skills that we have. Over the last five years, we’ve focused on strengthening these links as the volume of our inbound and outbound overseas work has continued to grow.
We can now say to clients that we can seamlessly support their legal needs globally. Our strategy has been hugely successful, and we’re also winning really interesting work from our best friend law firms worldwide. As English law is one of the country’s greatest exports, our expertise is relevant beyond our own national borders, and we’re becoming increasingly known as a strong UK legal partner for businesses and law firms globally.
Last year, we worked across over 75 countries. From our Corporate, Commercial and Banking and Finance practices, to our Intellectual Property, Commercial Dispute Resolution and Private Client practices, we have supported both inbound and outbound international work, whether on behalf of large British corporates undertaking business overseas, or for international businesses operating in the UK.
We expect international work to be hugely important to the firm going forward and the US and Europe in particular will be a key focus for us over the next five years. By successfully undertaking international work, we have proved able to compete with larger, global law firms and have helped cement Leeds as a strong legal centre on the world stage.
David Williams, Partner at Clarion
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