List of largest law firms by profits per partner
This is a list of global law firms ranked by profits per equity partner (PPEP) in 2021[update].[1] Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association.
These are estimates and equity partners can make vastly different salaries inside the same firm.[2]
For more up-to-date information on the US firms in this list, please refer to Largest US Law Firms Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner.
Rank by PPEP
|
Firm
|
Equity partners
|
2021/22 PPEP (US$)
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1
|
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
|
91
|
$8,400,000
|
2
|
Kirkland & Ellis
|
490
|
$7,388,000
|
3
|
Davis Polk
|
161
|
$7,010,000
|
4
|
Sullivan & Cromwell
|
165
|
$6,366,000
|
5
|
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
|
168
|
$6,162,000
|
6
|
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
|
203
|
$5,980,000
|
7
|
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
|
97
|
$5,803,000
|
8
|
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
|
173
|
$5,746,000
|
9
|
Latham & Watkins
|
550
|
$5,705,000
|
10
|
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
|
182
|
$5,181,000
|
11
|
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
|
321
|
$5,088,000
|
12
|
Milbank
|
163
|
$5,033,000
|
13
|
Debevoise & Plimpton
|
143
|
$5,011,000
|
14
|
Paul Hastings
|
177
|
$4,703,000
|
15
|
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
|
165
|
$4,700,000
|
16
|
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
|
351
|
$4,440,000
|
17
|
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
|
60
|
$4,382,000
|
18
|
Cahill, Gordon & Reindel
|
53
|
$4,351,000
|
19
|
King & Spalding
|
205
|
$4,374,000
|
20
|
Ropes & Gray
|
268
|
$4,333,000
|
21
|
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
|
122
|
$4,252,000
|
22
|
Dechert
|
141
|
$4,236,000
|
23
|
Cooley
|
238
|
$4,064,000
|
24
|
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
|
176
|
$3,903,000
|
25
|
Fenwick & West
|
95
|
$3,743,000
|
26
|
Sidley Austin
|
330
|
$3,718,000
|
27
|
Goodwin Procter
|
259
|
$3,690,000
|
28
|
Slaughter & May
|
100
|
$3,599,000
|
29
|
Proskauer Rose
|
163
|
$3,510,000
|
30
|
White & Case
|
363
|
$3,509,000
|
31
|
Vinson & Elkins
|
121
|
$3,508,000
|
32
|
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
|
165
|
$3,318,000
|
33
|
Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch
|
85
|
$3,280,000
|
34
|
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
|
163
|
$3,093,000
|
35
|
Alston & Bird
|
155
|
$3,075,000
|
36
|
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
|
111
|
$3,073,000
|
37
|
McDermott, Will & Emery
|
216
|
$3,051,000
|
38
|
Winston & Strawn
|
129
|
$3,021,000
|
39
|
Shearman & Sterling
|
113
|
$3,005,000
|
40
|
Clifford Chance
|
369
|
$2,918,000
|
41
|
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
|
244
|
$2,808,000
|
42
|
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
|
57
|
$2,768,000
|
43
|
O'Melveny & Myers
|
169
|
$2,706,000
|
44
|
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
|
392
|
$2,691,000
|
45
|
Allen & Overy
|
464
|
$2,684,000
|
46
|
Linklaters
|
457
|
$2,572,000
|
47
|
DLA Piper (verein)
|
417
|
$2,496,000
|
48
|
Hogan Lovells
|
391
|
$2,482,000
|
49
|
Mayer Brown
|
282
|
$2,465,000
|
50
|
Morrison & Foerster
|
193
|
$2,463,000
|
51
|
Covington & Burling
|
322
|
$2,300,000
|
52
|
Greenberg Traurig
|
315
|
$2,276,000
|
53
|
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
|
160
|
$2,259,000
|
54
|
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
|
131
|
$2,105,000
|
55
|
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo
|
96
|
$2,102,000
|
56
|
McGuireWoods
|
189
|
$2,053,000
|
57
|
Baker Botts
|
134
|
$2,032,000
|
58
|
Katten Muchin Rosenman
|
120
|
$2,006,000
|
59
|
Holland & Knight
|
233
|
$2,005,000
|
60
|
Baker McKenzie (verein)
|
676
|
$1,833,000
|
61
|
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
|
746
|
$1,831,000
|
62
|
Foley & Lardner
|
151
|
$1,812,000
|
63
|
Baker & Hostetler
|
123
|
$1,780,000
|
64
|
Reed Smith
|
274
|
$1,735,000
|
65
|
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
|
167
|
$1,704,000
|
66
|
Perkins Coie
|
185
|
$1,660,000
|
67
|
Ashurst
|
241
|
$1,615,000
|
68
|
Herbert Smith Freehills
|
328
|
$1,602,000
|
69
|
Hunton Andrews Kurth
|
183
|
$1,601,000
|
70
|
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
|
292
|
$1,531,000
|
71
|
Squire Patton Boggs (verein)
|
133
|
$1,518,000
|
72
|
Seyfarth Shaw
|
201
|
$1,489,000
|
73
|
Jones Day
|
846
|
$1,446,000
|
74
|
Polsinelli
|
136
|
$1,406,000
|
75
|
Troutman Pepper
|
279
|
$1,386,000
|
76
|
K&L Gates
|
186
|
$1,381,000
|
77
|
Simmons & Simmons
|
185
|
$1,376,000
|
78
|
Eversheds Sutherland
|
242
|
$1,338,000
|
79
|
Duane Morris
|
146
|
$1,262,000
|
80
|
Venable
|
183
|
$1,235,000
|
81
|
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
|
148
|
$1,226,000
|
82
|
Cozen O'Connor
|
196
|
$1,097,000
|
83
|
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
|
225
|
$1,080,000
|
84
|
CMS (EEIG)
|
684
|
$1,065,000
|
85
|
Norton Rose Fulbright (verein)
|
657
|
$1,054,000
|
86
|
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
|
183
|
$1,051,000
|
87
|
Faegre Drinker
|
387
|
$984,000
|
88
|
Clyde & Co
|
225
|
$973,000
|
89
|
Pinsent Masons
|
185
|
$970,000
|
90
|
Fox Rothschild
|
239
|
$932,000
|
91
|
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
|
279
|
$921,000
|
92
|
Bird & Bird
|
153
|
$900,000
|
93
|
AllBright Law Offices
|
355
|
$777,000
|
94
|
Gowling WLG
|
386
|
$649,000
|
95
|
Littler Mendelson
|
382
|
$621,000
|
96
|
Zhong Lun
|
393
|
$614,000
|
97
|
Kim & Chang
|
210
|
$567,000
|
98
|
King & Wood Mallesons (verein)
|
689
|
$511,000
|
99
|
Deheng Law Offices
|
505
|
$405,000
|
100
|
Dentons (verein)
|
2,094
|
$379,000
|
101
|
Grandall Law Firm
|
597
|
$364,000
|
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