liability partnership industry law headquarters edinburgh hq glasgow aberdeen and brussels area served scotland and uk services legal advice revenue 65.1 m 2016 number of employees 92 partners website www.brodies.com brodies llp is scotland s largest law firm . 1 its lawyers support scottish uk and global organisations in and from scotland . the firm offers legal advice to private and public sector clients both in the uk and internationally in its core business areas of corporate and commercial ; energy both renewables and oil & gas ; real estate ; litigation and dispute resolution ; banking and financial services ; employment pensions and benefits trust and tax and personal and family . 2 brodies clients include multinational corporations small and medium enterprises entrepreneurs business people and individuals from all backgrounds who are active in almost every sector of the scottish economy . contents 1 financial performance 2 legal rankings 3 awards 4 offices 5 information security 6 services 7 prime initiative 8 external links 9 references financial performance edit in july 2016 brodies reported that the successful completion of the second year of its 2014 17 strategic plan led to a 12.4 % increase in turnover to 65.1 million in the 12 months to 30 april 2016 . 3 over the same period profit before partner distributions grew 14.2 % to 30.9 million and cash balances rose 7.3 % to 15.9 million . during 2015 16 the total number of lawyers and staff at brodies grew 4.6 % from 603 to 631 . over the same period the number of partners rose from 82 to 91 10.9 % and the number of other lawyers and professional advisers from 290 to 303 an increase of 4.5 % . the firm currently has 92 partners and remains the largest law firm in scotland . highlights of the year included five lateral partner hires and seven partner promotions strengthening brodies teams in corporate & commercial ; real estate ; public law & regulatory ; business disputes & asset recovery ; banking ; family ; and land & rural business . this included the recruitment of a three partner family law team to expand brodies nationwide private client legal services . 32 top tier practice area rankings in the independent legal directories giving brodies more practice area and leading individual lawyer rankings than any other firm in scotland . moving into a new office at 110 queen street glasgow . extending brodies prime programme a pioneering initiative by the uk s leading law firms to widen access to the legal profession to young people from all backgrounds to school pupils from edinburgh glasgow and aberdeen . celebrating a decade of support for the scottish schools swimming association and maggie s centres which provide uk wide support for people whose lives are affected by cancer . legal rankings edit brodies is home to many solicitors regarded as leaders in their field and has more lawyers ranked as leading individuals in the independent legal directories legal 500 and chambers & partners than any other firm in scotland . in total brodies has 36 top tier practice area rankings in the current editions of the leading independent legal directories including legal 500 4 chambers 5 agriculture & estates administrative & public law banking & finance banking litigation charities corporate m & a commercial litigation education institutions commercial property employment commercial property leisure & hospitality energy & natural resources renewables commercial property retail environment corporate & commercial family matrimonial corporate tax franchising crime fraud healthcare debt recovery intellectual property education litigation employment local government environment planning eu & competition private client family professional negligence health real estate insolvency real estate litigation intellectual property retail general it & telecoms shipping local government tax oil & gas transport rail parliamentary & public affairs transport road projects & infrastructure personal injury defender restructuring insolvency planning professional negligence property litigation transport unit trusts oeics & investment trusts awards edit the achievements of brodies and its partners have been recognised with numerous independent awards in recent years . these include uk regional law firm of the year 2016 the lawyer awards 6 uk national regional law firm of the year 2015 legal business awards 7 uk law firm of the year 2014 british legal awards 8 scottish law firm of the year 2014 legal 500 awards 9 legal advisor of the year 2014 business insider deals & dealmakers awards 10 scotland law firm of the year 2016 who s who legal awards 11 the fifth consecutive time the firm has gained this recognition . partner of the year business stream annual awards 12 in recognition of its lawyers hands on support enthusiasm and willingness to go the extra mile . bill drummond managing partner of brodies was named managing partner of the year at the scottish legal awards 2014 . 13 bill drummond was also named an ey scotland entrepreneur of the year 2014 and uk management partner of the year at the legal business awards 2013 . brodies intellectual property team was named scotland ip firm of the year at the managing intellectual property global awards in 2014 14 2015 15 and 2016 . 16 in 2015 and 2016 the team also achieved a gold ranking in world trademark review s global list of the 1 000 leading trademark professionals for the second consecutive year . offices edit brodies has offices in edinburgh glasgow aberdeen and brussels . brodies is the only scottish law firm to have an office in brussels . 17 information security edit brodies became one of the first uk law firms to achieve certification to the 2013 version of iso 27001 for its information security management system implementing global best practice to safeguard information throughout the firm . 18 iso 27001 is regarded as the benchmark for information security management . the latest version of the standard has been updated to take account of changes in technology and risks in recent years . brodies sought iso certification in response to growing demand among businesses for professional advisers to put in place robust information security regimes to safeguard commercially sensitive data in all forms and protect them from the financial and reputational damage that a data breach can cause . in 2015 brodies also achieved the cyber essentials plus accreditation a new government backed and industry supported scheme to guide businesses in protecting themselves against cyber threats . 19 services edit brodies has practice areas in 20 alternative dispute resolution ; banking finance & contentious banking ; construction & engineering ; corporate ; dispute resolution & litigation ; employment pensions & benefits ; energy & infrastructure ; health & safety ; insurance & risk ; ip technology & outsourcing ; personal & family ; personal injury ; planning & environment ; public law regulatory and competition ; real estate ; restructuring & insolvency and tax . brodies runs the largest free seminar programme of any scottish law firm and provides regular legal updates to its clients via email and social media . 21 prime initiative edit brodies is a founding member of prime 22 a pioneering initiative by the uk s leading law firms to encourage greater diversity in the legal profession by offering quality work experience and continuing support to young people from less privileged backgrounds . brodies is committed each year to offering students aged 13 17 the opportunity to take part in a structured work experience programme that is coordinated and delivered by brodies staff representing departments across their business . brodies target is to offer places to 30 students each year across its offices in edinburgh glasgow and aberdeen . the programme delivers a minimum of 30 35 hours of work experience and is designed to give the young people involved an insight into all aspects of the business not just law but also professional support services such as it finance hr and marketing . 23 brodies continues to develop its relationship with wester hailes education centre edinburgh and drumchapel high school glasgow and is expanding its prime programme to aberdeen . brodies target is to offer places to 30 students each year across its offices in edinburgh glasgow and aberdeen external links edit brodies website brodies twitter page brodies llp legal 500 profile brodies llp chambers profile bfamily brodies family law website references edit scottish business insider law review june 2014 company overview of brodies llp . retrieved 18 may 2016 . http www.brodies.com news brodies news brodies reports 124 revenue growth to % c2 % a3651 million through sustained investment in http www.legal500.com firms 471 brodies llp offices 4520 edinburgh profile http www.chambersandpartners.com uk firm 51 brodies http www.thelawyerawards.com botn results category the lawyer awards botn 2016 05 20 regional firm of the year http www.brodies.com news brodies news brodies named uk nationalregional law firm of the year http www.bbc.co.uk news uk scotland scotland business 30251021 http www.legal500.com assets pages awards uk 2014 2014 winners law writeup.html http www.7daysscotland.co.uk sites events deals and dealmakers previous winners.html http whoswholegal.com awards http www.dailyrecord.co.uk business professionals second time firm taken top 3588217 http kdmedia.co.uk legalawards winners winners 2014 http www.managingip.com article 3321434 managing ip global awards 2014 the winners.html http www.brodies.com news brodies news brodies named scotlands top ip firm for second year running http brodies.com news brodies news brodies scoops scotland ip firm of the year award for the third consecutive time http www.brodies.com contact http www.brodies.com news brodies news brodies achieves iso 270012013 information security certification to safeguard cli https 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