Pirical Data Insights 2024

17 December 2024

As we near the end of a year full of major legal market stories, here’s a recap of the Pirical data insights you were most interested in 2024!


Merger stories 🤝🏢

This year saw the arrival of A&O Shearman and merger announcements from a host of major firms, including Troutman Pepper/Locke Lord and Herbert Smith Freehills/Kramer Levin.


AM Law trends 💼📈

2024 marked a year of major growth for many AM Law firms and we uncovered various trends around Partner retention, practice growth and Partner promotions.


Regional market insights 📊🗽

We looked at the data behind some interesting growth stories in New York City, Boston and the Bay Area.

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