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Stronger than expected recruitment track adds 35% to Keystone’s top line

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Hamish McNicol
8 May 2019
Financial results

Revenue at Keystone Law rose by more than a third to £42.7m as the listed legal platform’s principal lawyer headcount rose 14%.

The firm’s financial results for the year to 31 January 2019 – its first full set since becoming the third UK law firm to float in late 2017  – also show a strong 57% increase in net profit before tax to £5.1m.

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