List of largest United Kingdom-based law firms
The following is a list of the 100 largest United Kingdom-based law firms measured by worldwide revenues, as well as their PEP, lawyer numbers and profit margins. The list only includes law firms which are headquartered, co-headquartered or maintain a large network of offices in the United Kingdom. The list does not include the QualitySolicitors network of British law firms, which has system-wide revenues of around £300 million.[1]
The table is up to date as of September 2015.
| # | Name | Turnover (2014/15)[2] | Turnover (2013/14)[3] | Profit per equity partner (2014/15)[3] | Profit per lawyer (2014/15) | Total number of partners / lawyers (2014/15) | Profit margin (2014/15) | Headquarters | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DLA Piper | £1,626 million | £1,560 million | £903,000 | £102,000 | 1,236/3,981 | 27% | London/Chicago | DLA Piper is composed of two partnerships, the United Kingdom-based DLA Piper International LLP and the United States-based DLA Piper U.S. LLP. The two partnerships share a single management board but are not financially integrated. | |
| 2 | Clifford Chance | £1,350 million | £1,359 million | £1,117,000 | £150,000 | 569/2,992 | 33% | London (10 Upper Bank Street) | ||
| 3 | Allen & Overy | £1,281 million | £1,234 million | £1,210,000 | £207,000 | 519/2,523 | 41% | London (Bishops Square) | ||
| 4 | Linklaters | £1,270 million | £1,255 million | £1,368,000 | £220,000 | 450/2,601 | 45% | London | ||
| 5 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | £1,245 million | £1,232 million | £1,370,000 | £247,000 | 424/2,322 | 46% | London | ||
| 6 | Norton Rose Fulbright | £1,118 million | £845.3 million | £541,000 | £108,000 | 1168/3,405 | 33% | London | Norton Rose Fulbright is composed of five partnerships: Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa (incorporated as Deneys Reitz Inc) and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. The partnerships share a single management board but are not financially integrated. | |
| 7 | Hogan Lovells | £1,098 million | £1,030 million | £692,000 | £145,000 | 788/2,593 | 35% | London/Washington, D.C. | Hogan Lovells is composed of two partnerships, the United Kingdom-based Hogan Lovells International LLP and the United States-based Hogan Lovells US LLP. The two partnerships share a single management board but are not financially integrated. | |
| 8 | Herbert Smith Freehills | £815 million | £671.2 million | £801,000 | £113,000 | 454/2,294 | 32% | London/Sydney | Herbert Smith merged with Australian firm Freehills in 2012. | |
| 9 | Dentons | £796 million | £710.4 million | £625,000 | £110,000 | 944/2,744 | N/A | Decentralized | Financial data is for the whole Dentons decentralised network. Dentons consists of multiple legal entities, namely Dentons Canada LLP, Dentons Europe LLP, Dentons UKMEA LLP, Dentons US LLP and their respective affiliates. Newly in also includes the leading Chinese law firm Dacheng Law Offices, which merged with Dentons in 2015. | |
| 10 | CMS | £753.3 million | £710.4 million | £437,000 | £87,000 | 782/2,776 | 32% | London/Frankfurt | Financial data is for the CMS European Economic Interest Grouping which is managed by an executive committee based in Frankfurt, Germany. CMS Cameron McKenna is the UK member partnership. CMS Cameron McKenna merged with Edinburgh-based Dundas & Wilson in May 2014.[4] | |
| 11 | Squire Patton Boggs | £607 million[5] | £323 million | £526,000 | £60,000 | 452/1,356 | 15% | London/Cleveland | Squire Sanders merged with Washington D.C. based Patton Boggs in 2014, forming Squire Patton Boggs. Headquartered in Cleveland, but the firm's largest offices are in London and Washington D.C. The firm operates as a single partnership sharing a single management board but are not financially integrated. In UK, it is listed as Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP. | |
| 12 | Ashurst | £561 million | £323 million | £680,000 | £121,000 | 413/1,633 | 35% | London | Merged with the Australia-based Blake Dawson in November 2013.[6] | |
| 13 | Slaughter and May | £504.5 million | £443 million | £2,229,000 | £349,000 | 118/702 | 49% | London | ||
| 14 | Clyde & Co | £395 million | £336.6 million | £580,000 | £94,000 | 319/1,270 | 30% | London | ||
| 15 | Eversheds | £380.7 million | £376 million | £642,000 | £64,000 | 332/1,364 | 23% | London | ||
| 16 | Pinsent Masons | £323.2 million | £309.2 million | £387,000 | £54,000 | 367/1,548 | 23% | London | Merged with Scottish firm McGrigors in 2012. | |
| 17 | Simmons & Simmons | £290.1 million | £250.3 million | £649,000 | £112,000 | 241/842 | 33% | London | ||
| 18 | Berwin Leighton Paisner | £246 million | £233 million | £661,000 | £78,000 | 202/706 | 21% | London | ||
| 19 | Bird & Bird | £259 million | £249 million | £470,000 | £40,000 | 277/1,032 | 16% | London | ||
| 20 | Taylor Wessing | £239.8 million | £228 million | £387,000 | £70,000 | 338/947 | 28% | London | ||
| 21 | Irwin Mitchell | £210.6 million | £200.2 million | £600,000 | £61,000 | 208/693 | 20% | Sheffield | ||
| 22 | DAC Beachcroft | £198.9 million | £188.2 million | £307,000 | £31,000 | 230/1,016 | 16% | London | ||
| 23 | Addleshaw Goddard | £192.5 million | £166.5 million | £457,000 | £70,000 | 173/674 | 24% | London | ||
| 24 | DWF | £191 million | £188.2 million | £325,000 | £19,000 | 244/1,134 | 11% | Manchester | Albeit headquartered in Manchester, the firm's largest office is in London at 20 Fenchurch Street. | |
| 25 | Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co | £180.4 million | £140,000 | £367,000 | £79,000 | 159/656 | 29% | Birmingham | Wragge & Co merged with Lawrence Graham in May 2014.[7] Collaboration with Canadian Firm Gowling and became Gowling WLG in February 2016 | |
| 26 | Macfarlanes | £159.6 million | £114.16 million | £1,555,500 | £238,000 | 80/344 | 51% | London | ||
| 27 | Osborne Clarke | £151 million | £112.8 million | £550,000 | £45,000 | 195/667 | 20% | London | ||
| 28 | Stephenson Harwood | £145.2 million | £112.3 million | £746,000 | £119,000 | 124/452 | 37% | London | ||
| 29 | Holman Fenwick Willan | £143.8 million | £141 million | £469,000 | £89,000 | 144/427 | 27% | London | ||
| 30 | Charles Russell Speechlys | £134.5 million | N/A | £325,000 | £50,000 | 163/530 | 20% | London | Charles Russell LLP merged with Speechly Bircham in November 2014 to form Charles Russell Speechlys | |
| 31 | Withers | £134 million | £117.8 million | £275,000 | £43,000 | 158/535 | 17% | London | ||
| 32 | Kennedys Law | £129.9 million | £117 million | £410,000 | £42,000 | 168/580 | 19% | London | ||
| 33 | Olswang | £126.7 million | £113 million | £490,000 | £62,000 | 115/195 | 19% | London | ||
| 34 | Nabarro | £126.1 million | £116.3 million | £631,000 | £100,000 | 102/429 | 34% | London | ||
| 35 | Watson, Farley & Williams | £ 125.2 million | £102.1 million | £520,000 | £76,000 | 130/438 | 23% | London | ||
| 36 | Mishcon de Reya | £116.7 million | £88.4 million | £897,000 | £99,000 | 112/327 | 28% | London | ||
| 37 | Fieldfisher | £113.3 million | £94.8 million | £506,000 | £63,000 | 150/416 | 23% | London | ||
| 38 | Bond Dickinson | £107 million | £90.5 million | £284,000 | £38,000 | 135/506 | 18% | Bristol | Bond Pearce merged with Dickinson Dees in May 2013, successor firm is called Bond Dickinson. | |
| 39 | Travers Smith | £105.9 million | £86.2 million | £947,000 | £134,000 | 64/317 | 40% | London | ||
| 40 | Hill Dickinson | £111.6 million | £112.8 million | £261,000 | £34,000 | 151/455 | 15% | Liverpool | ||
| 41 | Berrymans Lace Mawer | £104.1 million | £84.7 million | £215,000 | £19,000 | 210/950 | 18% | Manchester | ||
| 42 | Shoosmiths | £103 million | £87 million | £386,000 | £35,000 | 137/487 | 17% | Northampton | ||
| 43 | Reynolds Porter Chamberlain | £94.4 million | £82.1 million | £403,000 | £88,000 | 77/354 | 33% | London | ||
| 44 | Weightmans | £89.2 million | £82.05 million | £285,000 | £21,000 | 166/551 | 13% | Liverpool | ||
| 45 | Thompsons | £82 million | £75 million | £240,000 | £23,000 | 53/284 | 8% | London | ||
| 46 | Mills & Reeve | £81.6 million | £70.9 million | £324,000 | £52,000 | 113/402 | 26% | Decentralised | ||
| 47 | Burges Salmon | £80.8 million | £73.7 million | £484,000 | £84,000 | 76/335 | 35% | Bristol | ||
| 48 | Gateley | £80 million | £66 million | £234,000 | £67,000 | 154/479 | 40% | Birmingham | ||
| 49 | Ince & Co | £79.4 million | £93.2 million | £275,000 | £87,000 | 88/278 | 30% | London | ||
| 50 | Trowers & Hamlins | £79.4 million | £78.3 million | £336,000 | £63,000 | 119/311 | 25% | London | ||
| 51 | Blake Morgan | £71.9 million | N/A | £170,000 | £28,000 | 119/334 | 13% | Southampton | ||
| 52 | TLT Solicitors | £62.5 million | £49.6 million | £231,000 | £22,000 | 100/343 | 12% | Bristol | ||
| 53 | Browne Jacobson | £58.9 million | £45 million | £412,000 | £23,000 | 102/305 | 12% | Nottingham | ||
| 54 | Brodies | £57.9 million | £46.01 million | £532,000 | £67,000 | 83/302 | 35% | Edinburgh | ||
| 55 | Penningtons Manches | £57.5 million | £32.5 million | £319,000 | £34,000 | 111/298 | 18% | London | Merged with Manches in 2013. | |
| 56 | Freeths | £55.9 million | £40.58 million | £307,000 | £44,000 | 119/289 | 23% | Nottingham | ||
| 57 | Keoghs | £55 million | N/A | £352,000 | £34,000 | 74/260 | 16% | Bolton | ||
| 58= | Shakespeares | £49 million | N/A | £227,000 | £47,000 | 96/217 | 21% | Birmingham | Merged with SGH Martineau to form Shakespeares Martineau | |
| 59 | Farrer & Co | £53 million | £45.2 million | £448,000 | £66,000 | 72/212 | 26% | London | ||
| 60 | Stewarts Law | £52.4 million | £38.7 million | £1,294,000 | £183,000 | 49/127 | 44% | London | ||
| 61 | Burness Paull & Williamsons | £51.3 million | £40.6 million | £480,000 | £84,000 | 57/257 | 42% | Edinburgh | ||
| 62 | Shepherd and Wedderburn | £48 million | £40.9 million | £335,000 | £57,000 | 73/241 | 28% | Glasgow | ||
| 63 | Lewis Silkin | £44.7 million | N/A | £259,000 | £80,000 | 59/191 | 34% | London | ||
| 64 | Howard Kennedy | £43.8 million | £41 million | £361,000 | £41,000 | 72/160 | 15% | London | ||
| 65 | PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP | £43 million | £35.6 million | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | London | ||
| 66 | Maclay Murray & Spens | £43.5 million | £36.6 million | £283,000 | £57,000 | 61/230 | 30% | Glasgow | ||
| 67 | Walker Morris LLP | £42 million | £35.9 million | £434,000 | £75,000 | 48/204 | 36% | Leeds | ||
| 68 | Forsters | £41.4 million | £35.4 million | £539,000 | £66,000 | 42/167 | 27% | London | ||
| 69 | Thomas Eggar | £41.1 million | £32.4 million | £259,000 | £33,000 | 66/174 | 14% | London | ||
| 70 | Clarke Willmott | £39.8 million | £28.19 million | £200,000 | £23,000 | 93/249 | 15% | Bristol | ||
| 71 | Capsticks | £39.8 million | £32.5 million | £283,000 | £30,000 | 47/220 | 16% | London | ||
| 72 | Dickson Minto | £ 39 million | £33.1 million | £1,120,100 | £137,000 | 18/115 | 40% | Edinburgh / London (Broadgate Tower) | ||
| 73 | Bristows | £38.1 million | N/A | £392,000 | £102,000 | 38/146 | 39% | London | ||
| 74 | Fladgate | £37 million | £32.99 million | £648,000 | £85,000 | 67/122 | 28% | London | ||
| 75 | Ashfords | £35.4 million | £25.7 million | £261,000 | ? | 68/171 | 17% | Exeter | ||
| 76 | Bevan Brittan | £34.9 million | £32.8 million | £289,000 | £25,000 | 46/183 | 23% | Bristol | ||
| 77 | Birketts | £34.9 million | £28.65 million | £258,000 | £42,000 | 54/192 | 23% | Ipswich | ||
| 78 | Bircham Dyson Bell | £34.5 million | £24.15 million | £252,000 | £90,000 | 44/123 | 32% | London | ||
| 79 | Winckworth Sherwood | £33.4 million | £29.5 million | £740,000 | £59,000 | 48/193 | 34% | London | ||
| 80 | Ward Haddaway | £33.3 million | £31.25 million | £225,000 | £12,000 | 83/225 | 8% | Newcastle | ||
| 81 | Hugh James | £32.1 million | £26.9 million | £196,000 | £39,000 | 44/130 | 16% | Cardiff | ||
| 82 | Foot Anstey | £32 million | N/A | £300,000 | £28,000 | 43/163 | 14% | Exeter | ||
| 83 | Wedlake Bell | £31.3 million | £30 million | £352,000 | £56,000 | 55/144 | 26% | London | ||
| 84 | Kingsley Napley | £ 28.8 million | £27.8 million | £405,000 | £39,000 | 43/163 | 16% | London | ||
| 85 | Russell-Cooke | £30.7 million | £25.9 million | £245,000 | £84,000 | 51/148 | 41% | London | ||
| 86 | Brabners | £30 million | £22 million | £236,000 | £33,000 | 65/202 | 22% | Liverpool | ||
| 87 | Michelmores | £30 million | £22.3 million | £295,000 | £34,000 | 62/163 | 19% | Exeter | ||
| 88 | Thrings | £27.5 million | N/A | £160,000 | £35,000 | 63/188 | 24% | Swindon | ||
| 89 | SGH Martineau | £26.6 million | £20.7 million | £200,000 | £28,000 | 41/120 | 13% | Birmingham | Merged with national law firm Shakespeares in 2015 to form Shakespeares Martineau | |
| 90 | Cripps | £26 million | £24.3 million | £273,000 | £42,000 | 45/143 | 23% | Royal Tunbridge Wells | ||
| 91 | Veale Wasborough Vizards | £24.1 million | £22.44 million | £295,000 | £30,000 | 53/156 | 19% | Bristol | ||
| 92 | Boodle Hatfield | £23.9 million | N/A | £400,000 | £53,000 | 32/91 | 20% | London | ||
| 93 | Sacker & Partners | £23.7 million | £22.4 million | £793,000 | £248,000 | 22/48 | 50% | London | ||
| 94 | Gordons | £22.5 million | £25.82 million | £670,000 | £70,000 | 35/93 | 29% | Leeds | ||
| 95 | Stevens & Bolton | £22.4 million | £19.8 million | £406,000 | £54,000 | 36/121 | 29% | Guildford | ||
| 96 | Harper Macleod | £22.1 million | N/A | £131,000 | £58,000 | 61/139 | 39% | Glasgow | ||
| 97 | Geldards | £22 million | £21.8 million | £169,000 | £25,000 | 51/142 | 16% | Cardiff | ||
| 98 | Anderson Strathern | £ 21.6 million | N/A | £167,000 | £58,000 | 54/158 | 25% | Edinburgh | ||
| 99 | Harbottle & Lewis | £21.4 million | £21 million | £300,000 | £127,000 | 33/78 | 46% | London | ||
| 100 | DMH Stallard LLP | £21 million | N/A | £264,000 | £29,000 | 49/99 | 14% | London / Gatwick / Guildford |
See also
- List of largest Chinese law firms (2015)
- List of US law firms by profits per partner (2012)
- List of companies based in London
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