For the second consecutive year, Jenner & Block’s revenue surged in 2015, rising 14 percent, to $465 million. Revenue per lawyer and profits per partner also increased, with RPL up 4.9 percent, to $1.065 million, and PPP jumping 6.5 percent, to $1.72 million.
It was an eventful year for the Chicago-based firm, which opened its first overseas office, in London, and brought in several high-profile lateral partners. Jenner’s equity partner ranks rose 8.2 percent, to 114, while its number of nonequity partners dropped 3.8 percent, to 80. Total lawyer head count increased 8.7 percent, to 436.
