Legal Services: Global Industry Guide

Datamonitor's Legal Services: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the legal services industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.



Report Highlights
The global legal services market has experienced consistent annual growth.

The leading law firms are international, and are influenced heavily by the business climate and legislation.

In the mature markets in this region, such as Australia, profit has been increased in the larger firms by reducing the number of employees and increasing the workload of the remaining employees.
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction 13
What is this report about? 13
Who is the target reader? 13
How to use this report 14
Definitions 14
CHAPTER 2 Global Legal Services 15
Market Overview 15
Market Value 17
Market Volume 18
Market Segmentation 19
Competitive Landscape 20
Market Forecasts 21
CHAPTER 3 Legal Services in Asia-Pacific 23
Market Overview 23
Market Value 25
Market Volume 26
Market Segmentation 27
Competitive Landscape 28
Market Forecasts 29
CHAPTER 4 Legal Services in Europe 31
Market Overview 31
Market Value 32
Market Volume 33
Competitive Landscape 34
Market Forecasts 35
Macroeconomic Indicators 37
CHAPTER 5 Legal Services in France 38
Market Overview 38
Market Value 39
Market Volume 40
Market Segmentation 41
Competitive Landscape 42
Market Forecasts 43
Macroeconomic Indicators 45
CHAPTER 6 Legal Services in Germany 47
Market Overview 47
Market Value 49
Market Volume 50
Market Segmentation 51
Competitive Landscape 52
Market Forecasts 53
Macroeconomic Indicators 55
CHAPTER 7 Legal Services in Japan 57
Market Overview 57
Market Value 58
Market Volume 59
Market Segmentation 60
Competitive Landscape 61
Market Forecasts 62
Macroeconomic Indicators 64
CHAPTER 8 Legal Services in the United Kingdom 65
Market Overview 65
Market Value 66
Market Volume 67
Market Segmentation 68
Competitive Landscape 69
Market Forecasts 71
Macroeconomic Indicators 73
CHAPTER 9 Legal Services in the United States 75
Market Overview 75
Market Value 76
Market Volume 77
Market Segmentation 78
Competitive Landscape 79
Market Forecasts 80
Macroeconomic Indicators 82
CHAPTER 10 Company Profiles 83
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 83
Baker & McKenzie 90
Jones Day 97
Latham & Watkins 100
CHAPTER 11 Appendix 104
Research methodology 104
Report writing team 105
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Table 1: Global Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 17
Table 2: Global Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 18
Table 3: Global Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 19
Table 4: Global Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 21
Table 5: Global Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 22
Table 6: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 25
Table 7: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professional thousand, 2001-2005 26
Table 8: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 27
Table 9: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 29
Table 10: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professional thousand, 2005-2010 30
Table 11: Europe Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 32
Table 12: Europe Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 33
Table 13: Europe Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 35
Table 14: Europe Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 36
Table 15: Europe Exchange Rate, 2001 37
Table 16: France Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 39
Table 17: France Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 40
Table 18: France Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 41
Table 19: France Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 43
Table 20: France Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 44
Table 21: France Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 45
Table 22: France GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 45
Table 23: France Inflation, 2001-2005 46
Table 24: France Exchange Rate, 2001 46
Table 25: Germany Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 49
Table 26: Germany Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 50
Table 27: Germany Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 51
Table 28: Germany Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 53
Table 29: Germany Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 54
Table 30: Germany Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 55
Table 31: Germany GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 55
Table 32: Germany Inflation, 2001-2005 56
Table 33: Germany Exchange Rate, 2001 56
Table 34: Japan Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 58
Table 35: Japan Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professional thousand, 2001-2005 59
Table 36: Japan Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 60
Table 37: Japan Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 62
Table 38: Japan Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professional thousand, 2005-2010 63
Table 39: Japan Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 64
Table 40: Japan GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 64
Table 41: Japan Exchange Rate, 2001 64
Table 42: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 66
Table 43: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 67
Table 44: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 68
Table 45: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 71
Table 46: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 72
Table 47: United Kingdom Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 73
Table 48: United Kingdom GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 73
Table 49: United Kingdom Inflation, 2001-2005 74
Table 50: United Kingdom Exchange Rate, 2001 74
Table 51: United States Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 76
Table 52: United States Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 77
Table 53: United States Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 78
Table 54: United States Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 80
Table 55: United States Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 81
Table 56: United States Size of Population (million) , 2001-2005 82
Table 57: United States GDP (1995=100), 2001-2005 82
Table 58: United States Inflation, 2001-2005 82
Table 59: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Key Facts 83
Table 60: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom SWOT Analysis 86
Table 61: Baker & McKenzie 90
Table 62: Baker & McKenzie SWOT Analysis 93
Table 63: Jones Day Key Facts 97
Table 64: Latham & Watkins Key Facts 100



Figure 1: Global Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 17
Figure 2: Global Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 18
Figure 3: Global Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 19
Figure 4: Global Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 21
Figure 5: Global Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 22
Figure 6: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 25
Figure 7: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professional thousand, 2001-2005 26
Figure 8: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 27
Figure 9: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 29
Figure 10: Asia-Pacific Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professional thousand, 2005-2010 30
Figure 11: Europe Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 32
Figure 12: Europe Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 33
Figure 13: Europe Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 35
Figure 14: Europe Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 36
Figure 15: France Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 39
Figure 16: France Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 40
Figure 17: France Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 41
Figure 18: France Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 43
Figure 19: France Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 44
Figure 20: Germany Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 49
Figure 21: Germany Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 50
Figure 22: Germany Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 51
Figure 23: Germany Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 53
Figure 24: Germany Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 54
Figure 25: Japan Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 58
Figure 26: Japan Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professional thousand, 2001-2005 59
Figure 27: Japan Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 60
Figure 28: Japan Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 62
Figure 29: Japan Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professional thousand, 2005-2010 63
Figure 30: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 66
Figure 31: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 67
Figure 32: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 68
Figure 33: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 71
Figure 34: United Kingdom Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 72
Figure 35: United States Legal Services Market Value: $ billion, 2001-2005 76
Figure 36: United States Legal Services Market Volume: Legal professionals thousand, 2001-2005 77
Figure 37: United States Legal Services Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2005 78
Figure 38: United States Legal Services Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2005-2010 80
Figure 39: United States Legal Services Market Volume Forecast: Legal professionals thousand, 2005-2010 81
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