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.
He was interviewed by Lee Pacchia on his Business of Law show about his firm's decision to stop
reporting profits per equity partner.
Not exact matches
White & Case and King & Spalding have both
reported a rise in
profit per equity partner (PEP) as K&L Gates
reported a slight dip.
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.
White & Case
reported a 7 % rise in
profit per equity partner (PEP) in 2014 to $ 2m (# 1.3 m), up from $ 1.87 m (# 1.14 m) in 2013.
The 2018 Am Law 100, which looks at numbers from 2017,
reports that gross revenue grew 5.5 percent on average, net income increased by 6.1 percent,
profit per equity partner grew by 6.3 percent, revenue
per lawyer moved up 3.2 percent, and headcount rose 2.2 percent.
Dundas & Wilson has
reported significant fall key financial metrics with turnover down 11 %, net
profit down 21 % and
profits per equity partner plunging 22 %.
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.
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.
According to a
report by the Georgetown Law Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, U.S. law firms saw revenue and
profits per equity partner grow at staggering rates of 37.5 percent and 25.6 percent respectively.
If you follow the legal media, one of the biggest stories so far this year was when the major law firm, Dentons, announced it was no longer
reporting average
profits per equity partner, saying that it was a meaningless statistic for a firm that operates in so many global jurisdictions.
Two - thirds of firms participating in the survey
report increases in gross revenue, revenue
per lawyer and
profits per equity partner in 2014.»
Profits rose on average by 8 %, and median
profit per equity partner rose # 20,000 on last year's
report to # 107,000.
Gateley has
reported a significant hike in
profits with
profit per equity partner (PEP) soaring by 22 % while revenue also climbed 7 % during the 2012 - 13 financial year.
Cleary: According to
reporting by The American Lawyer, the firm's gross revenue surged to $ 1.125 billion from $ 1.05 billion, while
profits per equity partner rose to $ 2.7 million from $ 2.6 million last year.
Weil's
equity partner head count declined by 4.1 percent, which contributed to a
profits per partner surge of 8 percent last year, our
reporting showed.
A year after posting declines in both revenue and
profits, Baker & McKenzie more than regained lost ground this past financial year,
reporting an 8 % increase in firm revenues and a 13 % surge in
profits per equity partner.
Revenue at the national player dropped to # 104m from # 107m, a 3 % decrease, while
profit per equity partner also fell to # 275,000, down 3 % from last year's
reported figure of # 284,000.
Dentons has opted to stop
reporting average
profits per equity partner, citing the metric as «meaningless» for a global firm, and claiming it could be potentially damaging to client relations.
Boston - based Goodwin Procter saw its gross revenues grow 2.5 percent to $ 695.5 million last year, but a net loss of 13
equity partners helped push
profits per partner up 3.4 percent to $ 1.5 million, according to The American Lawyer's
reporting.
2010 average
profits per equity partner should have been $ 980,000, not $ 1,605,000 as
reported by the firm last year.
White & Case saw its gross revenue rise about 4 percent to $ 1.33 billion in 2011, while the firm's
profits per equity partner fell about 5 percent to $ 1.475 million, according to
reporting by The American Lawyer.
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.
The firm saw its gross revenue drop 3.5 percent to $ 422.5 million last year, while
profits per equity partner rose 5.2 percent to $ 705,000, according to
reporting by The American Lawyer.
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.
Legal Week
reported in August that Ashurst held back distributions due that month after a difficult 2015 - 16, when revenue and
profit per equity partner (PEP) both plunged by double digits.