Mayer Brown saw modest growth in 2015, with gross revenue increasing 2.8 percent, to $1.257 billion, while revenue per lawyer inched up 1.2 percent, to $835,000. Profits per equity partner rose a healthy 7.6 percent, to $1.56 million.
The firm’s lawyer head count increased slightly, rising 1.4 percent to 1,507. The number of equity partners rose 2.1 percent, to 286, and the nonequity partner ranks declined less than 1 percent, to 321. Average compensation for all partners rose 7.9 percent, to $890,000.
