Brodies
Going above and beyond
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| Limited liability partnership | |
| Industry | Law |
| Headquarters | Edinburgh (HQ), Glasgow, Aberdeen and Brussels |
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Area served
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Scotland and UK |
| Services | Legal advice |
| Revenue | £65.1m (2016) |
| Website | www |
Brodies LLP is Scotland's largest law firm. Its lawyers support Scottish, UK and global organisations in and from Scotland.
The firm offers legal advice to private and public sector clients both in the UK and internationally in its core business areas of corporate and commercial; energy (both renewables and oil & gas); real estate; litigation and dispute resolution; banking and financial services; employment, pensions and benefits, trust and tax, and personal and family law.
Brodies' clients include multinational corporations, small and medium enterprises, entrepreneurs, business people and individuals from all backgrounds who are active in almost every sector of the Scottish economy.
In July 2016, Brodies reported that the successful completion of the second year of its 2014/17 strategic plan led to a 12.4% increase in turnover to £65.1 million in the 12 months to 30 April 2016.
Over the same period, profit before partner distributions grew 14.2% to £30.9 million and cash balances rose 7.3% to £15.9 million.
During 2015/16, the total number of lawyers and staff at Brodies grew 4.6% from 603 to 631. Over the same period, the number of partners rose from 82 to 91 (10.9%) and the number of other lawyers and professional advisers from 290 to 303, an increase of 4.5%. The firm currently has 92 partners and remains the largest law firm in Scotland.
Highlights of the year included:
• Five lateral partner hires and seven partner promotions, strengthening Brodies’ teams in corporate & commercial; real estate; public law & regulatory; business disputes & asset recovery; banking; family; and land & rural business. This included the recruitment of a three-partner family law team to expand Brodies’ nationwide private client legal services.
• 37 top tier practice area rankings in the independent legal directories, giving Brodies more practice area and ‘leading individual’ lawyer rankings than any other firm in Scotland.
• Moving into a new office at 110 Queen Street, Glasgow.
• Extending Brodies’ PRIME programme, a pioneering initiative by the UK’s leading law firms to widen access to the legal profession to young people from all backgrounds, to school pupils from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
• Celebrating a decade of support for the Scottish Schools Swimming Association and Maggie’s Centres, which provide UK-wide support for people whose lives are affected by cancer.
Brodies is home to many solicitors regarded as leaders in their field and has more lawyers ranked as leading individuals in the independent legal directories Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners than any other firm in Scotland. In total, Brodies has 37 top tier practice area rankings in the current editions of the leading independent legal directories, including:
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