Global Legal Services Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2028

Global Legal Services industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2018-23, and forecast to 2028). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights

The legal services market includes practitioners of law operating in every sector of the legal spectrum. These include but are not limited to, commercial, criminal, legal aid, insolvency, labor/industrial, family, and taxation law.
The global legal services market recorded revenues of $746 billion in 2023, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.8% between 2018 and 2023.
Market consumption volume increased with a CAGR of 3.4% between 2018 and 2023, to reach a total of 10.83 million personnel in 2023.
As per GlobalData, the US held a 48.0% stake in the global legal services market in 2023, followed by Europe at 23.8%, Asia-Pacific at 15.5% and the Middle East at 1.1%.

Scope

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1 Executive Summary

1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Geography segmentation
1.4. Market rivalry
1.5. Competitive landscape

2 Market Overview

2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis

3 Market Data

3.1. Market value

4 Market Segmentation

4.1. Geography segmentation

5 Market Outlook

5.1. Market value forecast

6 Five Forces Analysis

6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry

7 Competitive Landscape

7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What strategies do the leading players follow?
7.3. What are the recent developments in the market?

8 Company Profiles

8.1. Baker & McKenzie LLP
8.2. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
8.3. Latham & Watkins LLP
8.4. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

9 Macroeconomic Indicators

9.1. Country data

10 Appendix

10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related Research
10.4. About the Publisher

List of Tables

Table 1: Global legal services market value: $ billion, 2018-23
Table 2: Global legal services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2023
Table 3: Global legal services market value forecast: $ billion, 2023-28
Table 4: Baker & McKenzie LLP: key facts
Table 5: Baker & McKenzie LLP: Key Employees
Table 6: Baker & McKenzie LLP: Key Employees Continued
Table 7: Baker & McKenzie LLP: Key Employees Continued
Table 8: Baker & McKenzie LLP: Key Employees Continued
Table 9: Kirkland & Ellis LLP: key facts
Table 10: Kirkland & Ellis LLP: Key Employees
Table 11: Latham & Watkins LLP: key facts
Table 12: Latham & Watkins LLP: Key Employees
Table 13: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP: key facts
Table 14: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP: Key Employees
Table 15: Global exchange rate, 2019-23

List of Figures

Figure 1: Global legal services market value: $ billion, 2018-23
Figure 2: Global legal services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2023
Figure 3: Global legal services market value forecast: $ billion, 2023-28
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the global legal services market, 2023
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the global legal services market, 2023
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the global legal services market, 2023
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global legal services market, 2023
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global legal services market, 2023
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global legal services market, 2023

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

Baker & McKenzie LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

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Key Highlights

Scope

Reasons to Buy

Table of Contents

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

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