Camerons posted a 5.5% rise in PEP to £502,000, up from £476,000 last year. Turnover stands at £197.4m, up 6.5% from last year’s revised value of £185.3m.
Simmons posted a 13% PEP increase to £530,000, while revenue is up 10% to £250.6m against £227m last year.
The results, first reported on legalweek.com, make the firms the latest in a line of major
At Camerons, overall profits now stand at £64.4m, an increase of 3.5% from £62.2m the previous year. The results will trigger a firmwide bonus payment of 3.2% of salary to all Camerons’ staff.
Camerons managing partner Dick Tyler commented: “These results are slightly better than we anticipated immediately after our year-end. Over the last two years, our PEP figure has risen by 35%.”
Meanwhile, Simmons cited its energy and infrastructure, financial institutions, life sciences and technology, media and telecoms sector groups as particularly strong performers. Combined, the four practices account for 80% of the firm’s revenue.
Simmons managing partner Mark Dawkins said: “This is now the third year of strong growth in our profitability, building on the foundations laid by my predecessor, David Dickinson.
“Our sector focus is also producing good results, illustrating that focusing upon key parts of the market and being the best in those areas is the right strategy for the firm.”
During the last financial year Simmons opened its second outpost in the
Senior partner David Dickinson added: “We are making progress against other firms with which we would expect to be compared.”