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Published: 20/03/2007 11:35

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Legal Week's annual Top 50 table ranks the leading 50
UK firms by total turnover - get the lowdown on PEP and
partner numbers at the finest firms in the country.
(Published on 19 July 2007)

 

 

Firm

Turnover (£m)

% change in turnover

Average PEP (£k)

% change in PEP

Partners (av. for year)

Fees per fee earner (£k)

1

Clifford Chance (News) (Wiki)

1,194

16.0%

1,015

24.7%

608

310

2

Linklaters
(News) (Wiki)

1,121

19.9%

1,294

21.8%

509

405

3

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
(News) (Wiki)

986

11.8%

1,034

23.7%

474

364

4

Allen & Overy
(News) (Wiki)

887

20.5%

1,025

31.1%

449

357

5

DLA Piper
(News) (Wiki)

446.4

21.7%

715

18.4%

522.5

224

6

Lovells
(News) (Wiki)

425

7.3%

599

4.7%

313

286

7

Slaughter
and May
*
(News) (Wiki)

367.5

14.8%

1,353

23.0%

131

500

8

Eversheds
(News) (Wiki)

356

10.6%

502

19.0%

333

263

9

Herbert Smith (News) (Wiki)

334

12.8%

820

-2.3%

211.5

259

10

Ashurst
(News) (Wiki)

275

28.5%

956

36.4%

170

322

11

Simmons
& Simmons
(News) (Wiki)

250.4

10.3%

532

13.2%

224

236

12

Norton Rose
(News) (Wiki)

233

11.0%

512

15.1%

219

204

13

CMS Cameron McKenna
(News) (Wiki)

197.4

8.9%

502

5.5%

127

259

14

Pinsent Masons (News) (Wiki)

192.4

11.7%

471

17.8%

246

198

15

SJ Berwin
(News) (Wiki)

189

21.9%

782

10.0%

155

355

16

Addleshaw Goddard
(News) (Wiki)

176.7

13.2%

542

14.8%

176

227

17

Berwin Leighton Paisner
(News) (Wiki)

169

16.6%

660

4.8%

169.2

296

18

Denton Wilde Sapte
(News) (Wiki)

155.7

5.6%

411

9.6%

157

274

19

Clyde & Co
(News) (Wiki)

135

8.0%

500

0.0%

141

315

20

Hammonds
(News) (Wiki)

127.6

2.5%

404

23.2%

185

225

21

Irwin Mitchell
(News) (Wiki)

127

13.4%

500

-4.8%

97

131

22

Nabarro
(News) (Wiki)

123

14.6%

567

25.7%

117

267

23

Bird & Bird
(News) (Wiki)

115.6

19.5%

458

10.9%

139.2

220

24

Wragge & Co
(News) (Wiki)

112.6

11.2%

420

6.6%

109.3

190

25

Beachcroft
(News) (Wiki)

112.4

13.8%

320

21.7%

145

196

26

Macfarlanes*
(News) (Wiki)

105

14.1%

1,125

19.7%

72

357

27

Shoosmiths
(News) (Wiki)

95

27.2%

407

2.8%

91

141

28

Taylor Wessing UK
(News) (Wiki)

90.7

14.7%

583.4

12.8%

100.3

313

29

Halliwells
(News) (Wiki)

86.2

37.5%

550

29.4%

159

145

30

Olswang
(News) (Wiki)

83.1

6.9%

561

5.6%

77

268

31

Osborne Clarke (News) (Wiki)

82.8

11.7%

511

20.2%

102

234

32

Travers Smith (News) (Wiki)

78.3

15.0%

810

14.9%

57

320

33

Withers
(News) (Wiki)

78.2

16.4%

355.2

14.1%

93.8

247

34

Barlow Lyde
& Gilbert
*
(News) (Wiki)

76.2

1.3%

399

5.0%

79

233

35

Stephenson Harwood
(News) (Wiki)

71.7

17.3%

530

30.2%

72

256

36

Hill Dickinson
(News) (Wiki)

68.5

30.7%

310

4.7%

140

166

37

Holman Fenwick
& Willan
(News) (Wiki)

68.3

10.9%

436

6.6%

97

255

38

Trowers
& Hamlins
(News) (Wiki)

68.1

20.7%

559

18.4%

87

253

39

Field Fisher Waterhouse
(News) (Wiki)

67.7

12.8%

545

12.4%

88

216

40

LG
(News) (Wiki)

66

0.0%

445

-4.3%

85

249

41

Charles Russell (News) (Wiki)

63.5

9.1%

358

8.5%

91

202

42

Burges Salmon (News) (Wiki)

61.4

13.3%

470

14.6%

63.1

214

43

Dundas & Wilson (News) (Wiki)

60.8

14.7%

308

0.0%

74.5

211

44

McGrigors**
(News) (Wiki)

60

15.2%

320

16.4%

76

198

45

Cobbetts
(News) (Wiki)

58.6

8.9%

240

26.3%

124

129

46

Mills & Reeve
(News) (Wiki)

57

14.7%

275

8.7%

77.2

165

47

Ince & Co*
(News) (Wiki)

56

12.0%

396

10.0%

75

223

48

Dickinson Dees (News) (Wiki)

56

17.4%

375

16.8%

69

112

49

Maclay Murray
& Spens
(News)

54.3

12.4%

315

14.5%

72

167

50

Watson Farley
& Williams
(News) (Wiki)

54

0.9%

396

-5.5%

59

280

* signals firms that refused to give exact figures for all requested information. ** McGrigors figures are annualised from year end of 30 September.

Fees per fee earner includes trainees, paralegals and full-time consultant.

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