Law firm financial results 2017/18

Nicole

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TCLA Moderator
Feb 28, 2018
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Hi everyone,

The law firm financial results for 2017/18 have been released and I wanted to share the results for a selection of law firms. It's quite a helpful way of comparing law firms by size and profit, and also to take a look at which firms are growing the most (even though it does fluctuate between years). Screenshot_64.png

Revenue-wise, Clifford Chance has long been the bigger law firm within the magic circle (closely followed by A&O). In the last five years, the firm has seen an impressive 28% growth in turnover. It's also worth noting that Freshfields has bounced back from its static revenue in 2016/17 with revenue growing by 5%.

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As you can see, the picture is different when the firms are sorted by profits per equity partner. Macfarlanes has topped the table despite being a considerably smaller firm by revenue. Linklaters has fallen to the bottom of the magic circle after PEP fell for the first time in almost a decade. The firm cited its investment in technology and its international expansion as reasons for the fall.
 

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