The 2011 Global 100: Most Revenue Per Lawyer
Revenue per lawyer among the highest-grossing Global 100 firms averaged nearly $810,000 in 2010. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is at the top of this chart with an RPL over $2 million. Fifteen other firms topped the $1 million mark. American firms represent nine of the top ten, and 29 of the top 30 firms on this list. Slaughter and May is the highest-ranking non-American firm, coming in at number three. Only three other non-American firms made the top 50: Linklaters, Freshfields and Allen & Overy.
Revenue per lawyer is calculated by dividing gross revenue by number of lawyers. Figures for U.S. firms were obtained from The Am Law 100. Figures for European firms come from Legal Week, our partner on this project. Australian and Canadian firms were surveyed directly. Click here for more on the methodology used to create this and other charts in the Global 100 package.
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Footnotes:
¹ Sonnenschein joined with Denton Wilde Sapte in September 2010 to form the SNR Denton verein. Results are for the legacy U.S. operation only.
² Hogan & Hartson joined with Lovells in May 2010 to form the Hogan Lovells verein.
³ Squire, Sanders & Dempsey joined with Hammonds to form a verein effective January 2011. Results are for Squire, Sanders & Dempsey premerger.
⁴ Norton Rose joined with Deacons Australia to form a verein effective January 2011. It also joined with law firms Ogilvy Renault and Deneys Reitz Inc. effective June 2011. Results here do not include the June mergers.
¹ Sonnenschein joined with Denton Wilde Sapte in September 2010 to form the SNR Denton verein. Results are for the legacy U.S. operation only.
² Hogan & Hartson joined with Lovells in May 2010 to form the Hogan Lovells verein.
³ Squire, Sanders & Dempsey joined with Hammonds to form a verein effective January 2011. Results are for Squire, Sanders & Dempsey premerger.
⁴ Norton Rose joined with Deacons Australia to form a verein effective January 2011. It also joined with law firms Ogilvy Renault and Deneys Reitz Inc. effective June 2011. Results here do not include the June mergers.
