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Over the next four years the UK legal sector is forecast to grow by some £40bn per year in revenues, and in doing so, is expected to see the UK legal industry become the worlds second largest, behind the US.

London is a major international legal centre with more international and commercial arbitrations taking place in London than in any other city in the world, thus cementing London and the UK as a world leader in legal services.

Some of the biggest law firms in the UK include Ashurst, Clifford Chance, CMS, DLA Piper, Herbert Smith Freehills, Linklaters, and Norton Rose Fulbright. However, whilst London accounts for a major share of the UK legal industry, some two-thirds of the legal sector is located outside of London.