Globe Law & Business

What Globe Law & Business does

Globe Law & Business Limited is a specialist legal and business publisher founded in 2005 by Sian O'Neill and headquartered in Woking, United Kingdom. The company produces practical, practitioner-focused titles for international legal and business professionals, with authors predominantly drawn from Magic Circle firms and other leading commercial practices globally. Its product portfolio spans three core formats — Books (print and eBook), Journals (Modern Lawyer quarterly; The International Family Offices Journal co-published with STEP), and Special Reports (80-120 page topical guides) — plus the Globe Law Online digital subscription platform launched in 2021, which provides firm-wide access to a catalog exceeding 300 titles and 30,000+ pages of expert commentary.

The company's underlying technology is a PDF-based online content platform (globelawonline.com) organized into two curated subscription collections: the Law Firm Management Collection (160+ titles covering strategy, talent, AI, women in law, finance, and in-house practice) and the Legal Practice Collection (130+ titles spanning banking, energy, private client, and family offices). The platform supports networked access with unlimited user licensing for firms and personal monthly subscriptions priced at $49-$70 per seat with 30-day free trials. Content is also distributed through a global bookseller network across the UK, continental Europe, and Asia.

Commercially, Globe Law & Business operates a hybrid revenue model combining one-time book sales (£35-£495 per title), recurring journal subscriptions (£375-£895 annually), monthly online subscriptions (personal and institutional), and institutional unlimited-user licensing. Its customer base spans in-house counsel at corporates, law firm partners and management, family offices, and specialized practitioners, with go-to-market executed through direct e-commerce, global distributor partnerships, and professional body alliances. The company operates as a private limited company with no disclosed institutional investment, employing approximately 11 staff and having completed one acquisition (Ark Publishing imprint) in 2021.

Name

Globe Law & Business

Legal name

Globe Law and Business Limited

Website

https://www.globelawandbusiness.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Globe Law & Business is a UK-based specialist legal and business publisher founded in 2005, producing 300+ practitioner-authored books, journals, and special reports for international law firms, in-house counsel, and family offices. Its Globe Law Online platform offers institutional subscriptions across law firm management and legal practice collections.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313), Book Publishers (513130), Periodical Publishers (513120), Other Publishers (51319)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Regulatory Publishing (Case Law, Statutes, Treatises) (MPAJACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Legal Reference (Statutes, Case Law, Practice Guides) (EDAGAGAB), Corporate Governance & Company Law Publishing (Securities, Board Governance) (MPAJACAJ)

Keywords

• Legal publishing
• Law firm management
• Professional books
• Journal subscriptions
• Online legal library

Headquarters

HQ city

Woking

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Sale of individual titles across law firm management, banking and finance, energy, private client, and other legal practice areas. Books available in print and eBook formats. Prices range from £45 to £495 per title.
2. Journal Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions to journals including Modern Lawyer (£375/year) and The International Family Offices Journal (£537/year discounted from £895).
3. Online Subscriptions - Law Firm Management: Personal subscription at $49/£39 per month with 30-day free trial, includes 160+ titles, 3 user logins, Modern Lawyer journal access. Firm-wide unlimited user licenses available.
4. Online Subscriptions - Legal Collection: Personal subscription at $70/£56 per month (launch offer), includes 130+ titles, 3 user logins, International Family Offices Journal access.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Globe Law and Business is a specialist legal and business publisher that commissions, produces and sells practitioner-authored books, quarterly journals and concise special reports covering legal practice areas (banking, finance, energy, private client, dispute resolution) and law firm management (strategy, talent, AI, women in law, in-house). Content is delivered in print, eBook and online-subscription formats, with the firm-wide Globe Law Online platform providing unlimited networked access to 300+ titles.

Product overview

Globe Law and Business is a specialist legal and business publisher founded in 2005, producing practical titles for international legal and business professionals. The company operates a dual-format model offering both print and digital (eBook/online) products. The core product portfolio consists of Books (practitioner-focused titles on legal topics and law firm management), Journals (including Modern Lawyer quarterly journal and The International Family Offices Journal co-published with STEP), and Special Reports (concise 80-120 page guides on topical subjects). These are distributed through the company's Globe Law Online subscription platform, which offers two collections: The Law Firm Management Collection (160+ titles on law firm business topics) and The Online Law Library (130+ titles on legal practice areas). The company acquired Ark Publishing in 2021, expanding its law firm management portfolio. All titles are available as eBooks and via online subscriptions with unlimited user access for firms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ark Publishing: Acquired law books imprint acquired in Spring 2021, further expanding the law firm management portfolio
• The Modern Lawyer
• The International Family Offices Journal

Products and services

• Books (legal and law firm management titles) Print and eBook publications on legal practice areas (banking, finance, energy, private client, dispute resolution) and law firm management (strategy, talent, AI, women in law, in-house), authored predominantly by practitioners from Magic Circle and other leading global commercial law firms; sold individually at £35–£495 per title.
• Journals (Modern Lawyer and The International Family Offices Journal) Periodical publications including Modern Lawyer (quarterly journal for legal leaders) and The International Family Offices Journal (co-published with STEP) on practical information for family office models, governance and asset protection; available on annual subscriptions (£375 and £895 discounted to £537 respectively).
• Special Reports Concise 80–120 page reports providing essential information on topical legal and business subjects, written by leading experts and sold individually.
• Globe Law Online digital publishing platform Digital publishing platform (globelawonline.com) providing online access to 300+ legal and business publications, with networked unlimited-user firm-wide access, regular new material additions and simple subscription pricing.
• Law Firm Management Collection subscription Online subscription collection of 160+ titles on managing and expanding a legal practice, including the Modern Lawyer journal; personal subscription at $49/£39 per month (30-day free trial, up to 3 users) with firm-wide unlimited-user licences available.
• Online Law Library (Legal Collection subscription) Online subscription providing access to 130+ titles covering banking, energy, private client and other legal practice areas; personal subscription at $70/£56 per month (30-day free trial, up to 3 users) with firm-wide unlimited-user licences available.
• Premier Customer loyalty programme Free Premier Customer loyalty status for buyers of five or more titles, providing advance notice of offers, free postage, credit account facilities and a dedicated personal contact.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 300 titles available across legal practice areas
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• STEP (Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partnership with STEP for The International Family Offices Journal. The journal features articles from leading professionals discussing family office models, governance, asset protection, charity projects, and next generation issues.
• Gardners Books LtdminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK-based bookseller distributor for Globe Law and Business titles. Located in Eastbourne, UK.
• Maruzen Yushodo Company LtdminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJapan-based bookseller distributor handling Globe Law and Business titles for Japanese market.
• Wildy & Sons LtdminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK legal bookseller based in Lincoln's Inn Archway, London, specializing in law books.
• Prenax LtdminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK-based subscription and bookseller agent for professional publishers.
• Massmann-Internationale Buchhandlung GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGermany-based international bookseller handling Globe Law and Business titles for German market.
• Librairie LGDJminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrance-based legal bookseller in Paris handling Globe Law and Business titles.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Lexology: Global legal content network aggregating practitioner-written articles across practice areas and jurisdictions. Comparable as a digital-first legal content platform serving in-house counsel and law firm professionals.

Broad incumbents

• LexisNexis: Global legal information incumbent owned by RELX, providing legal research, news, and business information. Overlaps with Globe Law & Business on practitioner reference publishing and competes in serving law firms and in-house counsel with broader content depth.
• Thomson Reuters (Westlaw): Owner of Westlaw and Practical Law, providing legal research and practitioner tools to law firms and corporate counsel. Comparable on legal content publishing with much larger platform scale and AI investments.
• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory: Major legal publisher operating under imprints such as Kluwer Law International and Sweet & Maxwell, providing legal, tax, and regulatory information. Comparable to Globe Law & Business on practitioner-focused international law publishing; the Globe Law CFO is a former Wolters Kluwer FD.

Direct peers

• Sweet & Maxwell: UK-based legal publisher (part of Wolters Kluwer) producing practitioner texts, encyclopedias, and journals for the UK and Commonwealth legal market. Directly comparable as a UK-rooted legal book and journal publisher; the Globe Law Managing Director previously worked at Sweet & Maxwell.
• Practical Law (Thomson Reuters): Practitioner-authored legal know-how service providing practice notes, standard documents, and current awareness. Directly comparable on practitioner-authored workflow content for law firms and in-house teams.
• Bloomsbury Professional: UK legal and professional publisher offering practitioner books across practice areas. Directly comparable on print and digital legal book publishing; the Globe Law Chairman previously sold Tottel Publishing to Bloomsbury.
• Kluwer Law International: International legal publisher under Wolters Kluwer producing practitioner books and journals on cross-border legal topics. Comparable on international practitioner legal publishing; the Globe Law Managing Director previously ran Kluwer's London office.
• ARK Group: Publisher of law firm management content and conferences for the legal sector. Directly comparable on law firm management publishing; the Globe Law Commissioning Editor previously worked at ARK Group and the company acquired the Ark Publishing law books imprint in 2021.

Regional players

• Law Society Publishing: UK-focused legal publisher associated with the Law Society, providing books and guidance for solicitors. Comparable on UK legal practitioner publishing but with stronger UK-focus and less international breadth than Globe Law & Business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GlobeLaw
• YouTubeglobelawandbusiness.com/clicks?type=social&id=3
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/globe-law-and-business

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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