They essentially have significantly
higher profits per equity partner figures than the UK average.
US firms» generally
higher profit per equity partner (PEP) and top - of - equity figures help them hire the biggest billers, but the other enabling factor for many US firms is the flexibility of their partner remuneration systems.
Not exact matches
DLA Piper has posted a double digit increase in net
profit to a record
high of $ 667m (# 404m), while average
profits per equity partner rose 12.5 % to $ 1.49 m (# 903,000), also a record
high.
Macfarlanes this week (24 June) reported that, while turnover jumped by 4.5 % to a new
high of # 110m, its
profits remained almost static, falling slightly from average
profits per equity partner (PEP) of # 1.125 m last year to # 1.1 m.
Average
profits per equity partner (PEP) have also steadily crept back to levels approaching 2007 - 08 ′ s record
high of # 616,000.
Using the
profit per partner metric allows comparing the relative contribution to the firm's
profits per equity partner of, for example, a low - margin practice area having
high associate leverage and a
high - margin,
partner - intensive practice area.
Mayer Brown saw revenue inch up 0.2 % last year to reach a new
high of $ 1.26 bn (# 1.03 bn), while
profit per equity partner (PEP) fell 7.1 % to $ 1.45 m (# 1.19 m)
DAC Beachcroft has posted rising turnover and profitability for the 2016 - 17 financial year, with
profit per equity partner (PEP) rising to a new record
high.
Wells Fargo's Jeffrey Grossman continues: «In past years, the
high -
profit firms — which the bank identifies as firms posting $ 2 million in
profit per equity partner or
higher — have mostly bucked the wider trend of falling hours that has plagued their less - profitable peers.
Regional
partners also enjoyed
higher profits — more than 70 % of those who grew
profit per equity partner (PEP) reported an increase of more than 10 %, compared to less than 40 % of City firms.