List of largest law firms by profits per partner

This is a list of global law firms ranked by profits per equity partner (PPEP) in 2021 ^[update] . ^[1] Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association.

These are estimates and equity partners can make vastly different salaries inside the same firm. ^[2]

For more up-to-date information on the US firms in this list, please refer to Largest US Law Firms Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner.

Rank by PPEP	Firm	Equity partners	2021/22 PPEP (US$)
1	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	91	$8,400,000
2	Kirkland & Ellis	490	$7,388,000
3	Davis Polk	161	$7,010,000
4	Sullivan & Cromwell	165	$6,366,000
5	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	168	$6,162,000
6	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	203	$5,980,000
7	Cravath, Swaine & Moore	97	$5,803,000
8	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan	173	$5,746,000
9	Latham & Watkins	550	$5,705,000
10	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	182	$5,181,000
11	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	321	$5,088,000
12	Milbank	163	$5,033,000
13	Debevoise & Plimpton	143	$5,011,000
14	Paul Hastings	177	$4,703,000
15	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	165	$4,700,000
16	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	351	$4,440,000
17	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft	60	$4,382,000
18	Cahill, Gordon & Reindel	53	$4,351,000
19	King & Spalding	205	$4,374,000
20	Ropes & Gray	268	$4,333,000
21	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson	122	$4,252,000
22	Dechert	141	$4,236,000
23	Cooley	238	$4,064,000
24	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	176	$3,903,000
25	Fenwick & West	95	$3,743,000
26	Sidley Austin	330	$3,718,000
27	Goodwin Procter	259	$3,690,000
28	Slaughter & May	100	$3,599,000
29	Proskauer Rose	163	$3,510,000
30	White & Case	363	$3,509,000
31	Vinson & Elkins	121	$3,508,000
32	Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati	165	$3,318,000
33	Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch	85	$3,280,000
34	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	163	$3,093,000
35	Alston & Bird	155	$3,075,000
36	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	111	$3,073,000
37	McDermott, Will & Emery	216	$3,051,000
38	Winston & Strawn	129	$3,021,000
39	Shearman & Sterling	113	$3,005,000
40	Clifford Chance	369	$2,918,000
41	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr	244	$2,808,000
42	Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy	57	$2,768,000
43	O'Melveny & Myers	169	$2,706,000
44	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	392	$2,691,000
45	Allen & Overy	464	$2,684,000
46	Linklaters	457	$2,572,000
47	DLA Piper (verein)	417	$2,496,000
48	Hogan Lovells	391	$2,482,000
49	Mayer Brown	282	$2,465,000
50	Morrison & Foerster	193	$2,463,000
51	Covington & Burling	322	$2,300,000
52	Greenberg Traurig	315	$2,276,000
53	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton	160	$2,259,000
54	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	131	$2,105,000
55	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo	96	$2,102,000
56	McGuireWoods	189	$2,053,000
57	Baker Botts	134	$2,032,000
58	Katten Muchin Rosenman	120	$2,006,000
59	Holland & Knight	233	$2,005,000
60	Baker McKenzie (verein)	676	$1,833,000
61	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	746	$1,831,000
62	Foley & Lardner	151	$1,812,000
63	Baker & Hostetler	123	$1,780,000
64	Reed Smith	274	$1,735,000
65	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough	167	$1,704,000
66	Perkins Coie	185	$1,660,000
67	Ashurst	241	$1,615,000
68	Herbert Smith Freehills	328	$1,602,000
69	Hunton Andrews Kurth	183	$1,601,000
70	Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer	292	$1,531,000
71	Squire Patton Boggs (verein)	133	$1,518,000
72	Seyfarth Shaw	201	$1,489,000
73	Jones Day	846	$1,446,000
74	Polsinelli	136	$1,406,000
75	Troutman Pepper	279	$1,386,000
76	K&L Gates	186	$1,381,000
77	Simmons & Simmons	185	$1,376,000
78	Eversheds Sutherland	242	$1,338,000
79	Duane Morris	146	$1,262,000
80	Venable	183	$1,235,000
81	Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	148	$1,226,000
82	Cozen O'Connor	196	$1,097,000
83	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	225	$1,080,000
84	CMS (EEIG)	684	$1,065,000
85	Norton Rose Fulbright (verein)	657	$1,054,000
86	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart	183	$1,051,000
87	Faegre Drinker	387	$984,000
88	Clyde & Co	225	$973,000
89	Pinsent Masons	185	$970,000
90	Fox Rothschild	239	$932,000
91	Blake, Cassels & Graydon	279	$921,000
92	Bird & Bird	153	$900,000
93	AllBright Law Offices	355	$777,000
94	Gowling WLG	386	$649,000
95	Littler Mendelson	382	$621,000
96	Zhong Lun	393	$614,000
97	Kim & Chang	210	$567,000
98	King & Wood Mallesons (verein)	689	$511,000
99	Deheng Law Offices	505	$405,000
100	Dentons (verein)	2,094	$379,000
101	Grandall Law Firm	597	$364,000

See also

• List of largest law firms by revenue
• List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner
• List of largest United Kingdom-based law firms by revenue
• List of largest Canada-based law firms by revenue
• List of largest Europe-based law firms by revenue
• List of largest Japan-based law firms by head count
• List of largest China-based law firms by revenue

References

1. "The 2022 Global 100 Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner". Law.com International. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
2. Stewart, James B. (26 April 2018). "$11 Million a Year for a Law Partner? Bidding War Grows at Top-Tier Firms". The New York Times . Retrieved 2021-04-28.