While O'Melveny's gross revenue essentially remained flat by declining less than 1 percent to $ 779 million,
profits per partner jumped 13.1 percent to $ 1.73 million, and revenue per lawyer rose 10.2 percent to $ 1.02 million — the first time the firm has broken the $ 1 million mark in revenue per lawyer.
Not exact matches
Revenue
jumped almost 9 % in 2016 to $ 1.27 bn (# 1.03 bn), and
profit per equity
partner (PEP) rose more than 22 % to $ 3.1 m (# 2.5 m).
Turnover at Hogan Lovells International, which encompasses all of the firm's operations outside of the US, rose 8 % last year, while
profit per equity
partner (PEP)
jumped 25 %, the firm's limited liability partnership accounts have shown.
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.
Ever since large law firm salaries for new associates
jumped to $ 160,000 back in January, we've heard commentary from a variety of constituencies, ranging from (see this post) law firm recruiters, warning that increased billables will place more pressure on associates, to lawyers, arguing that increased salaries demand concommitant salary raises for the judiciary, to (see this post) law firm economists, suggesting that associate salaries are proportionately lower than ever when viewed in the context of their relationship to
profits per partner, to law firm marketers who view increased rates as opening opportunities for less expensive, midsized firms.
Specialist litigation firm Stewarts Law has posted a 30 %
jump in average
profit per equity
partner (PEP) to # 2m for the 2016 - 17 year.
Lovells's revenues
jumped 11 percent from the previous year to # 531 million ($ 984.7 million);
profits per equity
partner were # 585,000 ($ 1.08 million), representing an 11 percent decrease from the previous year.
Profits per partner at the 485 - lawyer firm
jumped by 27.7 percent, to $ 1.59 million.
In this period the firm's revenue and
profits have
jumped by 40 %, with the journey capped last summer as
profit per equity
partner surpassed the # 1 million mark for the first time.
As a result of the shrinkage, the firm's revenue -
per - lawyer
jumped 15 percent, to $ 1.2 million, while
profits per equity
partner increased 11 percent, to $ 1.35 million.
The global firm has had a good year, with revenue up 6 % to just shy of the billion dollar mark — underlining just how big this business is — and
profit per equity
partner jumping 15 % to reach $ 670,000 (# 537,000).
Still, the firm remains a highly profitable place, with
profit per equity
partner up slightly this year to $ 1.11 m (# 861,000) and London newly qualified solicitor pay
jumping a chunky # 7k to # 70,000.
The firm also pushed profitability to record levels, with U.S.
profits per partner (PPP)
jumping more than 12 percent to $ 1.38 million — its highest returns since the three - way merger between U.K. firm DLA, Chicago's Piper Rudnick, and San Diego - based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in 2005.
As for other key financial metrics, the firm's overall attorney head count decreased by 1.8 percent, or five lawyers, its revenue
per lawyer
jumped 5.8 percent to $ 640,000, and its
profits per partner rose 3.8 percent to $ 680,000.
Profit per equity
partner is up for a second consecutive year,
jumping by 11 % to # 503,000, while revenue has risen 6 % to # 273.8 million.
As for Winston's overall finances, the firm's gross revenue grew 5.2 percent to $ 754 million last year, while average
profits per equity
partner jumped 4 percent to $ 1.44 million.
Charles Russell Speechlys has reported a 23 %
jump in
profit per equity
partner (PEP) in its first full financial year results following the merger of legacy firms Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham, as Trowers & Hamlins reported flat net
profit.
Profit per equity
partner (PEP) at Dentons» UK, Middle East and Africa limited liability partnership (LLP)
jumped by 23 % in the 2014 - 15 financial year, according to figures seen by Legal Week.