The secrecy that surrounds Irish law firms’ earnings, and their rankings both domestically and internationally, is lifted just once yearly by the specialist legal publication The Lawyer, which takes a forensic look at the top 100 law firms in Europe. The European top 100 report published earlier this year profiles each region and the health of its biggest law firms, ranking them by revenue. It has been a record year for legal firms across Europe. The combined turnover of the top 100 European firms rose 9.4 per cent between 2020 and 2021, from €11.2 billion to €12.2 billion.  The report noted…