Osborne Clarke posts record international revenues at EUR 547.5m

UK Income grows to £256.6m

International highlights:

• Five-year growth at 72%
• 17 partner promotions
• 10 strategic lateral partner hires

UK highlights:

• Five-year growth at 166%
• PEP breaks the £800k threshold for the first time
• 10 partner promotions, only one fewer than last year's record promotion round
• 6 strategic lateral partner hires

International

During the 2024 calendar year, Osborne Clarke's international revenues grew by 11%, creating five-year growth of 72%. Income during the UK reporting period of May 2024 – April 2025 grew 4% to EUR 547.5m growth.

"Growing our international revenue to EUR 547.5m is a great achievement and a testament to the hard work of our teams around the world.

This year we're investing heavily in creating a seamless client experience by implementing a new international practice management and finance system. This sets us up brilliantly to support planned significant growth over the coming five-year strategic period."

Omar Al-Nuaimi, International CEO, Osborne Clarke 

UK

Osborne Clarke saw continued strong growth in the UK, with revenues increasing by 7% and breaking through the £250m threshold for the first time.

• The firm continues to see strong growth across all its areas of regulatory expertise as clients continue to face challenges with increased complexity in global regulation. This is evident in strong performances from the Technology, Media and Comms; Financial Services; and Retail and Consumer teams.
• Osborne Clarke's transactional practice has stood up very well in a challenging market, particularly in PE, M&A and Funds. 
• The firm's IP group is growing rapidly, fuelled by Patent Litigation and an increased focus on Life Sciences and Technology. This is complementing Osborne Clarke's well-known digital expertise which continues to be in strong demand. 

"Our investments in strengthening our team and futureproofing our business are really starting to pay off. That means better outcomes for our clients and our people, and I'm particularly pleased that we've been able to reward our entire UK team with a 5% profit share.

We've maintained our sharp focus on our client strategy to ensure we remain trusted partners, combining legal expertise with deep sector insight to help our clients navigate change and seize opportunities in a rapidly changing environment. We also boosted our OC Solutions offer, with a range of client-friendly innovations coming onstream that are transforming how we work with our clients.

I'm grateful to our entire team for pulling together and making this such a great year for Osborne Clarke."

Conrad Davies, UK Managing Partner, Osborne Clarke

Client highlights

• High profile panel appointments included an appointment to National Grid's main panel and a reappointment to Taylor Wimpey's panel.
• Successfully represented (alongside EIP) Texas-based Optis Cellular Technology in a USD 502m IP case against Apple at the UK Court of Appeal. The decision was hailed as an important victory for SEP (Standard Essential Patent) holders.
• Successfully represented Amgen Limited against a case brought by Alexion which found that Amgen's product did not infringe Alexion’s patent. The Osborne Clarke team won "Europe Impact Case of the Year" at the Managing IP EMEA awards as a result of their work on the case.
• Advised Warner Brothers Discovery in a cross-border contractual dispute with Econet, relating to the recovery of payment obligations amounting to USD 31.9m.
• Advised Ecotricity on the Development Consent Order for the Heckington Fen Energy Park – a 500MW solar farm with battery storage
• Advised iconic British brand Mulberry on a £21.2m fundraising and retail offer
• Advised consumer loans specialist Abound on an up-to-£800m financing round.
• Advised global challenger consultancy Elixirr on its admission to the main market with a c.£325m capitalisation.
• Advised Imperial College spinout Sitfr Bio on its spinout and investment process, which will help improve the precision of ADC cancer therapies.
• Advised the UK's North Sea Transition Authority in connection with the development of the UK's carbon capture and storage clusters.
• Advised HSBC on its investment in FINBOURNE Technology as part of one of the UK's largest series B fundraisings.

Responsible Business highlights

• Net Zero: five-year reduction of 42% in scope 1 & 2 emissions. 16% of partners and 50% of Executive Board members certified carbon literate. Significant improvements in supply chain engagement around net zero.
• Awarded the Mindful Business Charter Wellbeing Award
• The OC Pride network was named Network Group of the Year at the British LGBT awards

For full details of our responsible business highlights over the past year please see our 2024 Responsible Business Report.