This is a list of global law firms ranked by profits per equity partner (PPEP) in .[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]
Rank by PPEP | Firm | Equity partners | 2021/22 PPEP (US$) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | King & Spalding | 205 | $4,374,000 | |
19 | Ropes & Gray | 268 | $4,333,000 | |
20 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | 122 | $4,252,000 | |
21 | Dechert | 141 | $4,236,000 | |
22 | Cooley | 238 | $4,064,000 | |
23 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 176 | $3,903,000 | |
24 | Fenwick & West | 95 | $3,743,000 | |
25 | Sidley Austin | 330 | $3,718,000 | |
26 | Goodwin Procter | 259 | $3,690,000 | |
27 | Slaughter & May | 100 | $3,599,000 | |
28 | Proskauer Rose | 163 | $3,510,000 | |
29 | White & Case | 363 | $3,509,000 | |
30 | Vinson & Elkins | 121 | $3,508,000 | |
31 | Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati | 165 | $3,318,000 | |
32 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | 163 | $3,093,000 | |
33 | Alston & Bird | 155 | $3,075,000 | |
34 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 111 | $3,073,000 | |
35 | McDermott, Will & Emery | 216 | $3,051,000 | |
36 | Winston & Strawn | 129 | $3,021,000 | |
37 | Shearman & Sterling | 113 | $3,005,000 | |
38 | Clifford Chance | 369 | $2,918,000 | |
39 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | 244 | $2,808,000 | |
40 | Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy | 57 | $2,768,000 | |
41 | O'Melveny & Myers | 169 | $2,706,000 | |
42 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 392 | $2,691,000 | |
43 | Allen & Overy | 464 | $2,684,000 | |
44 | Linklaters | 457 | $2,572,000 | |
45 | DLA Piper (verein) | 417 | $2,496,000 | |
46 | Hogan Lovells | 391 | $2,482,000 | |
47 | Mayer Brown | 282 | $2,465,000 | |
48 | Morrison & Foerster | 193 | $2,463,000 | |
49 | Covington & Burling | 322 | $2,300,000 | |
50 | Greenberg Traurig | 315 | $2,276,000 | |
51 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | 160 | $2,259,000 | |
52 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | 131 | $2,105,000 | |
53 | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | 96 | $2,102,000 | |
54 | McGuireWoods | 189 | $2,053,000 | |
55 | Baker Botts | 134 | $2,032,000 | |
56 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 120 | $2,006,000 | |
57 | Holland & Knight | 233 | $2,005,000 | |
58 | Baker McKenzie (verein) | 676 | $1,833,000 | |
59 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 746 | $1,831,000 | |
60 | Foley & Lardner | 151 | $1,812,000 | |
61 | Baker & Hostetler | 123 | $1,780,000 | |
62 | Reed Smith | 274 | $1,735,000 | |
63 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 167 | $1,704,000 | |
64 | Perkins Coie | 185 | $1,660,000 | |
65 | Ashurst | 241 | $1,615,000 | |
66 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 328 | $1,602,000 | |
67 | Hunton Andrews Kurth | 183 | $1,601,000 | |
68 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | 292 | $1,531,000 | |
69 | Squire Patton Boggs (verein) | 133 | $1,518,000 | |
70 | Seyfarth Shaw | 201 | $1,489,000 | |
71 | Jones Day | 846 | $1,446,000 | |
72 | Polsinelli | 136 | $1,406,000 | |
73 | Troutman Pepper | 279 | $1,386,000 | |
74 | K&L Gates | 186 | $1,381,000 | |
75 | Simmons & Simmons | 185 | $1,376,000 | |
76 | Eversheds Sutherland | 242 | $1,338,000 | |
77 | Duane Morris | 146 | $1,262,000 | |
78 | Venable | 183 | $1,235,000 | |
79 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 148 | $1,226,000 | |
80 | Cozen O'Connor | 196 | $1,097,000 | |
81 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 225 | $1,080,000 | |
82 | CMS (EEIG) | 684 | $1,065,000 | |
83 | Norton Rose Fulbright (verein) | 657 | $1,054,000 | |
84 | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart | 183 | $1,051,000 | |
85 | Faegre Drinker | 387 | $984,000 | |
86 | Clyde & Co | 225 | $973,000 | |
87 | Pinsent Masons | 185 | $970,000 | |
88 | Fox Rothschild | 239 | $932,000 | |
89 | Blake, Cassels & Graydon | 279 | $921,000 | |
90 | Bird & Bird | 153 | $900,000 | |
91 | AllBright Law Offices | 355 | $777,000 | |
92 | Gowling WLG | 386 | $649,000 | |
93 | Littler Mendelson | 382 | $621,000 | |
94 | Zhong Lun | 393 | $614,000 | |
95 | Kim & Chang | 210 | $567,000 | |
96 | King & Wood Mallesons (verein) | 689 | $511,000 | |
97 | Deheng Law Offices | 505 | $405,000 | |
98 | Dentons (verein) | 2,094 | $379,000 | |
99 | Grandall Law Firm | 597 | $364,000 | |
100 | Yingke | 773 | $293,000 |