Data Insights

The Strait of Hormuz handles about a fifth of the world's oil supply. Right now it's generating something else at scale: legal work. Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM, and MSC have all suspended transits. Tankers have been struck by drone fire. QatarEnergy has paused LNG production. Over 400 vessels are anchored outside the strait waiting to find out what happens next. Every one of those vessels represents charter party clauses, war risk premiums, force majeure notices, and cargo claims. The dispute pipeline heading toward London arbitration panels and P&I desks is enormous. The question is which law firms get the call. We ranked 20 firms using Pirical Legal Professionals data across three dimensions. Here's what the numbers say.

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Which law firms had already positioned themselves years earlier to capture what may become the largest energy legal market since post-invasion Iraq?

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