The last nine days have been what you might call a busy period for news. This is true even in the legal sector, where we unveiled the latest U.K. Top 50 law firm rankings.

The latest iteration of Law.com International's long-running U.K. rankings—again brought to you ahead of any others—found the U.K.'s largest law firms managed their strongest average revenue rise since before the financial crisis: a pretty incredible feat given the uncertainty of the past 18 months. 

Hannah Walker spoke to several of the U.K.'s forefront legal leaders, including management at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Eversheds Sutherland, for their take on the numbers.