This week’s eagerly awaited financial results from Clifford Chance (CC), which you can read all about here, are the final, conclusive proof that London’s original global firm is back with a vengeance.

Revenues are up 16% to hit £1.194bn – making CC the world’s first $2bn law firm – and average partner profits have risen 25% to cross the £1m mark, a highly significant achievement for a firm that only three years ago was badly lagging its peer group.