The Lawyer has been sold to Legal Benchmarking Group (LBG) by its current owner Centaur Media, for £43m. This is the first deal struck by LBG since it was acquired by Triple Private Equity in June 2025. It provides practice-area research and rankings insights and awards for global law, tax, and advisory firms, through a group of market-leading brands including IFLR, Managing IP, International Tax Review and Benchmark Litigation. The deal with LBG and Triple gives us a bigger global platform while maintaining our distinctive brand and our voice. We’re particularly excited to expand internationally and build on our groundbreaking Global Elite strand that covers the transatlantic legal market.”Tom St Denis, CEO at Legal Benchmarking Group, added: “We are really excited to have The Lawyer join LBG.