Top 12 law firms have €400m turnover

IRELAND’S top 12 commercial law firms have a combined annual turnover estimated at over €400 million, it has emerged.

The top earning law firm, Arthur Cox, whose clients include Bank of Ireland and CRH, had a turnover of €66m, according to a survey carried out by British legal journal, The Lawyer.

These figures cannot be confirmed as legal firms in Ireland, unlike their counterparts in Britain, refuse to disclose turnover, profits or the average earnings of their partners.