The U.K.’s largest law firms managed their strongest average revenue rise since before the financial crisis, according to this year’s Top 50 rankings, despite growing economic and geopolitical headwinds.

The firms grew their fee income by 10.9% on average in the last financial year, a noticeable improvement on the previous year, when the average rise was 5.9%. It was the largest average rise in revenue since the 2007-08 financial year, when turnover rose 12.5%.