BienenstockUS firms have shrugged off last year’s tough corporate market to post healthy revenue rises, with New York restructuring specialists Weil Gotshal & Manges and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft emerging as early leaders.

Research by Legal Week Global shows a sample of 10 top 50 US firms averaged a 10% increase in revenue last year, with Weil Gotshal and Cadwaladers both posting 18% growth in revenue.