FT’s most innovative law firms: 11 Iberian ranked
Among the 50 most innovative law firms in Europe, according to the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe 2024 ranking, 11 are from Spain and Portugal. Seven are Spanish: KPMG (6th place), Garrigues (9th), Cuatrecasas (12th), Ecija (18th), Uría Menéndez (24th), Pérez-Llorca (42nd), and Gómez-Acebo & Pombo (47th). The Portuguese firms are four: Vieira de Almeida (14th), Abreu Advogados (29th), PLMJ (31st), and Morais Leitão (37th).
Globally, the top-ranked firm was the British/American A&O Shearman. According to the Financial Times, this ranking is largely due to the firm’s forward-looking approach to generative AI, the products and services they have developed, and the technologies they use.
FT Innovative Lawyers Europe
FT Innovative Lawyers Europe 2024 is a ranking, report, and awards scheme for lawyers based in the region, produced by the FT and its research partner, RSGI. According to the survey’s methodology, law firms and in-house legal teams are invited to make submissions. Each of these is researched and scored out of 10 for originality, leadership, and impact — giving a maximum score of 30 for each published entry. Top-ranked entries in the report are shortlisted for the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe 2024 Awards.
A total of 617 submissions and nominations were received from 128 law firms and 101 in-house legal teams. RSGI researchers verified and assessed them through interviews with clients, senior lawyers, executives, and experts between April and August 2024. The submissions featured in this report are those that ranked highest in each category, according to the FT.
