UK top 50 law firm Brodies LLP has recorded its sixteenth consecutive year of growth, reporting revenue of £138.8 million for the financial year ending 30 April 2026, up 11% from £125.3 million the previous year.
All the firm’s core practice areas: banking and finance, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution and risk, personal and family, and real estate made progress throughout the year, contributing to Brodies’ double-digit growth.
Operating profit increased to £54.8 million from just over £50 million, while cash balances at year end stood at £30.1 million up from £23.7 million the previous year. Profit per equity partner (PEP) was £930,000 for the year.
Brodies continued to invest in people throughout the year, with four new lateral partner appointments. Criminal defence lawyer Neil Hay, Leeds-based construction lawyer Bill Barton, oil and gas specialist Andy Russell and experienced litigator Graeme MacLeod contributed to a 7% increase in headcount, from 883 to 944 colleagues. All eligible colleagues will receive a firmwide bonus of 5%.
The firm added to its UK footprint opening an office in Leeds as well as adding further capacity to its Glasgow office. Implementation of Brodies’ AI strategy progressed, driven by a cross-discipline taskforce designed to selectively adopt the tools and increase the use cases it believes will best help clients and improve workplace efficiency.
Brodies managing partner Stephen Goldie said, “The progress we continue to make is always aligned to that of our clients who demonstrate ambition and resilience every day. We thank them for trusting us to deliver the services they need.
“Our colleagues remain at the heart of our firm, each one contributing to our progress and for which we give our thanks. In the financial year in review, we invested in people, adding four new partners whose appointments reflect our continued focus on listening to our clients and responding with a strategy that meets their expectations of the breadth and quality of specialist legal services we deliver. The calibre of senior lawyers joining us this year is a strong endorsement of the firm’s commitment to attract and retain outstanding talent.
“Investing in more space in our Glasgow office and opening in Leeds underlines our commitment to Scotland and servicing our UK clients. Technology remains high on our agenda as we continue to introduce tools and explore the benefits of AI. The firm recognises that the expertise of our people blended with AI tools is what many of our clients expect.
“As we look ahead, our priority is to stay close to our clients to help them navigate the factors that influence their lives, businesses and organisations.”
Highlights from the financial year in review include:
- Advised Accel‑KKR on its acquisitions of Eletive, 4human and tamigo ApS, supporting the growth of its Nordic HR technology platform.
- Acted for BioticNRG Ltd, funded by APG Asset Management on behalf of ABP and managed by Palisade Real Assets, on its acquisition of the entire membership interests in Langage AD (UK) LLP, which owns and operates the Langage Anaerobic Digestion Plant near Plymouth.
- Advised Ramco Pipetech Holdings Limited in relation to the sale of one of its trading group companies, Ramco Holdings Norway AS, to a group company of family-owned Norwegian investor, Øgreid.
- Advised Seafood Ecosse Limited in relation to its acquisition of Macduff Shellfish Group Limited from major Canadian seafood group, Clearwater. The target business included Macduff’s seafood processing operations in Scotland, as well as Macduff’s French subsidiary.
- Acted for Asgard Hi-Tech Solutions in respect of its bid for and negotiation of the two stage contracts for the development of the Agratas Battery Facility – Building 1 and Ancillary Buildings in Somerset.
- Named 2025 ‘out-of-London practice of the year’ at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards .
- Hosted the TerraLex conference in Edinburgh for over 200 lawyers from jurisdictions all over the world.
- Published first market insight report, ‘Evolution not revolution: investment trends in the energy transition’, offering an in‑depth analysis of how investors, developers and advisers are navigating the next phase of the global shift toward net zero.
- Hosted the firm’s first Keeping in Touch Brunch for colleagues on, or who recently returned from family leave to support them as they transition back into work.
- Colleagues from across the firm walked 67km of the Camino de Santiago raising over £69,000 for Brodies’ charity partner Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), which provides care for children who may die young and their families.