According to the most recent Am Law 100 financial data, Squire Sanders had gross revenues of $ 518 million and
profits per partner of $ 765,000 in 2010.
Back then, the firm had just come off a banner year, with
profits per partner of $ 2.9 million for 2006, double the figure from 2002.
As for «profits per partner,» the metric that matters most to firms, nineteen firms had
profits per partner of $ 2 million or more, an increase of four over last year.
As explained by David Maister in his seminal book (Managing the Professional Service Firm, Free Press Paperbacks, 1993), «it is only by understanding
the profit per partner of different practices, services (and even engagements) that the firm can manage its «equity investments» (partner time) wisely.»
Not exact matches
Cenovus reported fourth - quarter net income
of $ 620 million or 50 cents
per share on Thursday, well ahead
of $ 91 million, or 11 cents
per share, in the year - earlier period, thanks to better refinery
profits, stronger oil prices and production that almost doubled after it bought out its oilsands
partner, Houston - based ConocoPhillips, last year.
Some
of that wealth stems from her husband, George T. Conway III, a
partner at the New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which has long boasted the legal world's highest
profits per partner.
Contrary to some reports, the investment has not made him the world's wealthiest musician; the $ 1.4 bn will be split between the six founding
partners of Elevation Partners, which only get 20 per cent of
partners of Elevation
Partners, which only get 20 per cent of
Partners, which only get 20
per cent
of profits.
Ross Williams, the founder
of WhiteLabelDating himself said that some
of his company's
partners managed to reach a pretty decent monthly
profit, but only after spending in the north
of $ 60.000
per month on marketing.
«We have seen the arrival
of the world's first # 1bn law firm, Clifford Chance, and Pinsent Mason's astonishing 71
per cent increase in
profits per equity
partner (the all important benchmark for law firm performance).»
Data from Legal Week «s UK Top 50 and The American Lawyer «s Global 100 rankings shows that the 10 largest UK firms by revenue have increased
profit per equity
partner (PEP) by an average
of 15.7 % during the last five years, compared with 24.7 % across the 10 largest US firms.
The ongoing spat around the value - or otherwise -
of firms reporting
profit per equity
partner (PEP) shows no sign
of abating, with a stream
of industry leaders weighing in on the debate.
Travers Smith has reported revenue growth
of 13 % and an increase in
profit per equity
partner (PEP)
of 8 % for the year ended 30 June 2016.
Profit per equity
partner tops # 760,000 on back
of 8 % rise in UK turnover following strong 12 - month performance at City firm
But because
of growth in head count and a drop in demand, particularly in the corporate and finance sectors,
profits per partner (PPP) fell by 4.3 percent, to an average
of $ 1.26 million, and revenue
per lawyer (RPL) dropped 1.2 percent, to $ 818,000.
I've seen the profession swing from the giddy, extravagant days
of $ 1,000 / hour billing rates and $ 2 million
profits per partner to its current morass
of massive layoffs, pathetic efforts to stem the breach in the dike by cutting back on luxury toilet paper purchases and ABA bar dues and the growth
of offshoring legal contract work to India.
The
profits -
per -
partner numbers for Canada's big firms are not widely available in the same way as those
of Americans (AmLaw 200) and U.K. (U.K. 200) lawyers, and — so I've been told — are not as high.
But even so, average
profits per partner at the top 10 were # 872,000, almost twice the average
profits of # 444,000 at the 11th - to 25th - ranked firms.
Watson Farley & Williams and Holman Fenwick Willian have posted rising
profit per equity
partner (PEP) figures for 2016 - 17, while insurance rival Kennedys has seen PEP dip after a sustained period
of international expansion.
Big law sees «agile» as a means
of driving up their
profit per partner.
Thus the dual LawLand trends
of lateral movement fed by lack
of alliegiance to the institution as well as mergers to create ever larger hotels feds the inherent structural instabiliy percolating just below the surface hidden by stories
of improving firm performance and
profits per partner.
DWF has broken through the # 200m barrier with revenue growth
of 7.6 % against a 9.8 % drop in
profit per equity
partner (PEP).
Under the leadership
of senior
partner Michael Ward
profit per equity
partner (PEP) increased nearly 10 % to # 288,000 in 2013 - 14.
This will come at a particularly bad time for law firms, which are getting very strong signals from corporate clients that they're tired
of underwriting the latest record
profit -
per -
partner numbers.
Linklaters has become the first magic circle firm to announce its 2016 - 17 results, posting a 7.8 % hike in
profits per equity
partner (PEP) alongside a revenue rise
of almost 10 %.
Macfarlanes defied the depressed UK and European markets this year to record its second set
of strong financial results in a row, with revenue up by 11.6 % and
profits per equity
partner (PEP) increasing by 9.5 % for 2012 - 13.
The firm saw revenue climb 2.3 % to # 1.31 bn from last year's figure
of # 1.28 bn, while average
profit per equity
partner (PEP) remained stable at # 1.21 m.
It reached turnover
of # 1.303 bn for 2011 - 12, and saw
profit per equity
partner (PEP) rise 7 % to # 1.078 m.
It also posted a healthy increase in
profits per equity
partner (PEP)
of 7.6 % to # 1.398 m, widening the gap between arch-rival Linklaters, which managed a 5.9 % increase in PEP to # 1.313 m.
Mishcons took in revenues
of # 149.4 m during the year, an increase
of 17 % on 2015 - 16, while
profit per equity
partner (PEP) hit # 1.1 m, a 10 % increase on last year's figure
of of # 1m.
In one
of the articles that accompanies the report, Nicholas Bruch, senior analyst at ALM Legal Intelligence, which assisted in compiling the results, and Hugh A. Simons, an industry analyst and former COO at Ropes & Gray in Boston, write that 78 percent
of the firms in this year's Am Law 100 surpassed their pre-recession levels
of profits per equity
partner — and did so in large part through management.
In fact, in many cases, the impact was «profound,» writes reporter Richard Lloyd, citing the examples
of Clifford Chance, where
profits per partner fell by 41 percent, and Latham & Watkins, where they dropped by 20.5 percent.
Profitability has also grown by 2 %, according to the results
of the 16 firms that have given
profit per equity
partner (PEP) figures.
Last month Dentons reignited the debate on the validity
of publishing
profits per equity
partner.
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.
Dundas & Wilson has announced its 2010 - 11 financial results, posting revenues
of # 62m against
profits per equity
partner (PEP)
of # 325,000.
Dentons» decision to cease publication
of its annual
profits per equity
partner (PEP) has its backers within the legal profession: according to a survey
of partners, just under half think financial transparency is «irrelevant» to anyone outside the firm itself.
Yet law firms persist in using another type
of PEP (
profits per equity
partner) as a measure
of success.
When this is combined with an ownership model and media culture that gives a distorting emphasis to
profits per partner, the total cost - base
of the law firm can be significantly inflated beyond sensible levels
of cost - efficiency and market sustainability.
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.
The article explains that a firm generating $ 1 million in
profits per partner likely has a book
of business average
of at least $ 2.5 million.
The sale
of D3 is also thought to have contributed to a 10 % drop in
profits per equity
partner (PEP).
Braithwaite has overseen a solid period
of growth during his ten - year tenure as managing
partner with the firm recording a 14 % rise in average
profits per equity
partner last year to hit # 366,000, with the firm's fee income standing at # 56m.
But for MacEwen, asking whether $ 160,000 is too high a salary is the wrong question; the ratio
of associate salaries to PPP (
profits per partner) also matters.
When The American Lawyer released its Am Law 100 report last week, many noticed a correlation between increased PPP (
profits per partner) on the one hand and the decline in the number
of equity
partners and growth in the category
of non-equity
partners on the other.
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.
Even opponents to using
profit per equity
partner (PEP) as a measure
of law firm success would struggle to contend that a firm posting a 19 % year - on - year fall in
profit was in anything other than a challenging position.
The UK Law Firm
of the Year award, sponsored by Lamb & Brandformula, went to Shoosmiths after a hugely successful 2014 - 15 financial year in which the firm recorded an impressive 44 % hike in
profits per equity
partner alongside a solid revenue rise
of 10 %.
Average
profits per equity
partner (PEP) have also steadily crept back to levels approaching 2007 - 08 ′ s record high
of # 616,000.
Average
profits per equity
partner (PEP) at the northeast firm hit # 366,000, a 14 % rise on last year's mark
of # 321,000.
The data reflects the 2014 calendar year and orders the leading US law firms by overall revenue, number
of attorneys,
profits per partner, and various other measures.