Legal news worldwide

An overview of news, trends and research in the Legal industry in all countries:

United Kingdom

Professional and business services defy summer slowdown with 6% annual turnover growth While the professional services sector has been said to be in a long-term slump, new data suggests that audit and advisory firms are still outperforming the wider services space.
29 October 2025
United Kingdom

Breathe Services winding up shows gravity of data privacy breaches Despite the repeated warnings from regulators and experts, many companies still struggle to see data privacy beyond abstract terms.
15 October 2025
United Kingdom

UK economy risks missing out on skilled labour amid immigration crackdown As the government continues to appease the demands of the far-right, its hardening line on immigration is making it harder than ever for skilled labour to settle in the UK.
02 September 2025
United Kingdom

M&A advisors support August Equity with acquisition of Higgs As August Equity continues to expand its professional services portfolio, it has secured a deal to purchase Higgs. The acquisition was supported by PwC, Travers Smith, RSM, Equator & Lockton.
01 September 2025
Middle East

BDO adds legal practice to UAE business through deal Global accounting and advisory firm BDO has boosted its legal capabilities in the UAE with the addition of Baker Tilly JFC Law, which has now rebranded as BDO Legal.
21 August 2025
United States

Jonathan Sachs joins DOAR as chief revenue officer Jonathan Sachs has joined DOAR, a New York-based trial consulting firm, as chief revenue officer.
08 August 2025
Middle East

PwC Legal celebrates recognition at Middle East Legal Awards 2025 At the LexisNexis Middle East Legal Awards 2025, law firms of all shapes and sizes were lauded for their excellence in the legal domain, with PwC among the list of winners.
16 June 2025
$Why businesses are embracing fractional models for legal advisory and support$
United Arab Emirates

Why businesses are embracing fractional models for legal advisory and support Across the UAE, companies are changing the way they structure legal teams.
13 June 2025
United Kingdom

Arma Partners advises Wolters Kluwer on €425 million Brightflag acquisition Global information services company Wolters Kluwer has acquired Brightflag, an Irish provider of legal spend and matter management software for in-house legal departments.
30 May 2025
United Kingdom

BIP lauded at 2025 Change Awards for law enforcement transformation BIP has been awarded a silver medal at the prestigious 2025 Change Awards. The annual global platform celebrates best practices in change and business transformation.
19 May 2025
United States

Big Four accounting firms looking to grab a bigger slice of the legal services pie Clients will increasingly turn to the Big Four for legal work because of their superior technology capabilities, KPMG’s Stuart Bedford told Bloomberg Law last week.
26 February 2025
Middle East

Oryx and co-founder Vanessa Abernethy enjoy double win at Women in Law Awards UAE-based Oryx has been honoured with two awards at the LexisNexis Women in Law Awards 2025.
25 February 2025
Australia

Preparing for Australia’s new mandatory climate disclosure laws New climate disclosure laws, which came into effect on 1 January 2025, is forcing large corporations and financial institutions to comply with new mandatory reporting requirements and have robust gre
14 January 2025
United Kingdom

Armstrong Teasdale selects Quantuma for administration Quantuma experts have been named as joint administrators of Armstrong Teasdale. The US wing of the American law giant is unaffected.
18 October 2024
Middle East

PwC launches Generative AI tool for legal businesses PwC has launched a new Generative AI offering for legal businesses across the Middle East, enabling them to tap into the power of generative artificial intelligence to boost their productivity and lo
26 September 2024
United States

RSM US appoints Dean Sengstock as head of new Professional Services+ practice RSM US has appointed Dean Sengstock as head of its new Professional Services+ (PS+) practice.
06 June 2024
Oman

Oman's Supreme Judicial Council selects Elm as consulting partner The Supreme Judicial Council of Oman has selected Elm as its lead partner for digital strategy and consulting work.
05 June 2024
United Kingdom

The UK legal industry needs to evolve to survive Faced by challenges from technology-savvy new firms and the moving of the Big Four audit and advisory firms into the sector, the legal profession has been slow to adapt to the rapid transformations i
19 April 2024
United Kingdom

UK legal market adopting 'consulting' model to boost growth The last decade has seen consulting firms pushing into the legal market, to eat into the market share of traditional competitors.
15 April 2024
Canada

KPMG buys Montreal law firm Sweibel Novek Rabbat KPMG Canada has acquired Sweibel Novek Rabbat LLP (SNR), a Montreal-based boutique law firm.
09 February 2024

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