List of largest law firms by profits per partner

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This is a list of global law firms ranked by profits per equity partner (PPEP) in 2021. [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 PPEPFirmEquity partners2021/22 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 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

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.
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