Spain, one of Europe’s most expansive legal markets in recent years, put in another 12 months of robust growth in 2005, according to new figures that show national heavyweights such as Garrigues, Uria Menendez and Cuatrecasas all posting substantial increases in revenue.

The leading firms in the annual survey from Spanish newspaper Expansion saw revenue up 13% as a whole, equivalent to a collective turnover of well over 1bn (£683m).