Business confidence began bouncing back in the final quarter of 2003. Now, with the optimism of a new year, many of the world’s business lawyers are sticking with their predictions for strong growth in 2004.

According to research by Legal Week Global‘s sister title, Legal Week, more than half (54%) of the 100 UK-based senior business lawyers questioned are predicting double-digit fee growth in 2004. This contrasts sharply with last year’s figure of just 22%.