LG asked partners to put in an average of £20,000 each to strengthen the firm’s balance sheet, according to the firm’s latest limited liability partnership (LLP) filings.

The top 50 firm asked its fixed-share and equity partners to contribute £1.2m into the firm – increasing partners’ capital in the business from £9.3m as of 30 April 2008 to £10.5m over the current financial year.