Leeds’ legal market famously prides itself on the strength of its financial services capabilities. With many of the country’s top national law firms tracing their roots back to Leeds, there is high-quality work aplenty for City lawyers wanting to relocate to Yorkshire.
Leeds is the largest UK centre outside London for financial and business services, with 119,000 employees in the sector – beating Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester. The city is home to approximately 150 law firms. Leeds is also recognised as the UK’s leading financial services centre outside London, according to a Cushman & Wakefield survey carried out in 2006.
