The Lawyer


The Lawyer is a monthly British magazine and news website for commercial lawyers, barristers and in-house counsel. It also publishes several market reports that benchmark performance, financials, resources and strategies of law firms in the UK, Europe, Asia, offshore and US firms in London. It was first published in 1987 and is owned by Centaur Media plc.
The Lawyer has an in-house research team that provides the insight for market reports. It also offers a tailor-made research and analysis service for external clients.
In 2019 the brand launched Litigation Tracker, a database available on a subscription basis that tracks every litigation case from 15 UK High Courts since 2015.
The Lawyer also runs a portfolio of Events comprising legal conferences, summits, roundtables and awards, attracting over 2,000 senior lawyers annually from private practice, chambers and in-house teams. In June 2020 it launched its first virtual event - the In-house Financial Services virtual event.
A weekly publication for 30 years, the magazine went monthly in April 2017.
It has a spin-off brand for students and aspiring lawyers called Lawyer 2B.

The UK 200 and the Euro 100

Each year The Lawyer publishes a list of the UK's top 200 law firms, and Europe's top 100 law firms.

Editors

The Lawyer has had five editors since it was founded.
DateEditor
1987-1991Lindsey Greig
1991-1995Fennell Betson
1995-1998Mary Heaney
1998-2000Sean Brierley
2000-Catrin Griffiths

Awards

The journal runs a number of awards ceremonies for the legal profession, including The Lawyer Awards and The Lawyer European Awards.