Europe’s law firms are pretty upbeat about their prospects for 2009, despite the dark clouds looming over the economy. Alex Aldridge analyses the results of this year’s Independent Law Firms in Europe survey

Last year, the responses to Legal Week‘s Independent Law Firms in Europe survey radiated optimism, with firms outlining ambitious individual growth plans, while predicting that their collective market share would continue to increase at the expense of the European offices of UK and US firms.