List of Largest UK Law Firms

The following is a list of the 100 largest United Kingdom-based law firms measured by worldwide revenues. The list only includes law firms which are headquartered or co-headquartered in the United Kingdom. The list does not include the QualitySolicitors network of British law firms, which has system-wide revenues of around £300 million.

# Name Turnover (2010/11) Profit per equity partner (2010/11) Headquarters Notes
1 Clifford Chance £1,219m £1,005,000 London
2 Linklaters £1,200m £1,225,000 London
3 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer £1,140m £1,308,000 London
4 Allen & Overy £1,120m £1,100,000 London
5 DLA Piper International £604.9m £564,000 London DLA Piper consists of two partnerships, DLA Piper International and DLA Piper U.S. The two partnerships share a single management board but are not financially integrated.
6 Hogan Lovells £582.1m £740,000 London Europe, Middle East and Asia operations only
7 Norton Rose £488m £445,000 London Will merge with United States-based Fulbright & Jaworski on 1 June 2013.
8 Herbert Smith £465.1m £900,000 London Merged with Australia based Freehills in October 2012, successor firm is Herbert Smith Freehills.
9 Slaughter and May £448m £1,930,000 London
10 Eversheds £354.5m £555,000 London
11 Ashurst £303m £723,000 London Practices in Asia now merged with the Australia-based Blake Dawson.
12 Simmons & Simmons £243m £460,000 London
13 Berwin Leighton Paisner £229m £712,000 London
14 CMS Cameron McKenna £225m £500,000 London
15 Bird & Bird £214.6m £467,000 London
16 Pinsent Masons £212.5m £400,000 London Now merged with Edinburgh based McGrigors, successor firm is called Pinsent Masons.
17 Clyde & Co £212m £605,000 London Now merged with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, successor firm is called Clyde & Co.
18 Taylor Wessing £192.3m £402,000 London
19 SJ Berwin £179m £626,000 London
20 Irwin Mitchell £171.8m £511,000 Sheffield
21 Addleshaw Goddard £161.9m £328,000 London
22 Beachcroft £134m £338,000 London Now merged with Davies Arnold Cooper, successor firm is called DAC Beachcroft
23 Wragge & Co £113.1m £325,000 Birmingham
24 Nabarro £112.6m £318,000 London
25 Holman Fenwick Willan £112.5m £540,000 London
26 Stephenson Harwood £107m £610,000 London
27 Withers £100.8m £323,000 London
28 Hill Dickinson £100.1m £272,000 Liverpool
29 Parabis £100m £1,136,000
30 Kennedys £96.8m £400,000 London
31 Barlow Lyde & Gilbert £95.5m £373,000 London Now merged with Clyde & Co, successor firm is called Clyde & Co
32 Macfarlanes £94.7m £752,000 London
33 Field Fisher Waterhouse £94m £510,000 London
34 Olswang £92.6m £435,000 London
35 Osborne Clarke £90.3m £403,000 Bristol
36 Watson, Farley & Williams £88.8m £458,000 London
37 Shoosmiths £87m £352,000 Northampton
38 Ince & Co £86.2m £552,000 London
39 DWF £83m £388,000 Liverpool
40 Minster Law £82.2m £700,000 York
41 Berrymans Lace Mawer £78.8m £293,000 London
42 Trowers & Hamlins £78.6m £441,000 London
43 Travers Smith £72m £650,000 London
44 McGrigors £70m £247,000 Edinburgh Now merged with London based Pinsent Masons, successor firm is called Pinsent Masons.
45 Mills & Reeve £67.2m £307,000 Norwich
46 Burges Salmon £66.1m £395,000 Bristol
47 Charles Russell £64.5m £266,000 London
48 Gateley £64.5m £266,000 Birmingham
49 Dundas & Wilson £62m £325,000 Edinburgh
50 Reynolds Porter Chamberlain £61.8m £327,000 London
51 Mishcon de Reya £61.1m £575,000 London
52 Speechly Bircham £59.5m £384,000 London
53 LG £59m £412,000 London
54 Weightmans £58.2m £298,000 Liverpool
55 Maclay Murray & Spens £48.6m £259,000 Glasgow
56 Pannone £47.5m £208,000 Manchester
57 Bond Pearce £47m £220,000 Bristol
58 Farrer & Co £46.6m £403,000 London
59 Dickinson Dees £45.5m £223,000 Newcastle
60 Cobbetts £44.5m £230,000 Manchester
61 Blake Lapthorn £44.3m £138,000 Southampton
62 TLT Solicitors £43.3m £288,000 Bristol
63 Davies Arnold Cooper £43m £268,000 London Now merged with Beachcroft, successor firm is called DAC Beachcroft.
64 Russell Jones & Walker £42.5m £360,000 London
65 Keoghs £41m £420,000 Bolton
66 Walker Morris £40.6m £509,000 Leeds
67 Shepherd and Wedderburn £37.3m £262,000 Edinburgh
68 Brodies £36.9m £365,000 Edinburgh
69 Clarke Willmott £36.6m £141,000 Birmingham
70 Lewis Silkin £35.6m £329,000 London
71 Browne Jacobson £35.2m £300,000 Nottingham
72 Bevan Brittan £34.7m £303,000 Bristol
73 Dickson Minto £34.7m £1,390,000 Edinburgh
74 Morgan Cole £34.2m £180,000 Cardiff
75 Thomas Eggar £34.2m £218,000 Chichester
76 Freeth Cartwright £32m £261,000 Nottingham
77 Bircham Dyson Bell £31m £230,000 London
78 Manches £30.6m £205,000 London
79 Brabners Chaffe Street £30m £250,000 Liverpool
80 Capsticks £29.8m £425,000 London
81 Howard Kennedy £29.5m £250,000 London
82 Hugh James £28.5m £190,000 Cardiff
83 Stewarts Law £28.5m £926,000
84 Shakespeares £28.4m £182,000
85 Ward Hadaway £28.4m £295,000 Newcastle
86 Bristows £26m £293,000 London
87 Forsters £25m £365,000 London
88 Kingsley Napley £24.9m £435,000 London
89 Penningtons £24.1m £241,000 London
90 Ashfords £24m £204,000 Exeter
91 Birketts £23.8m £186,000 Ipswich
92 Fladgate £23.5m £361,000 London
93 Burness £23.4m £373,000 Edinburgh
94 Gordons £23.3m £888,000 Leeds
95 Russell-Cooke £23.3m £178,000 London
96 Davenport Lyons £23.1m £247,000 London
97 Optima Legal £23.1m £139,000
98 Sackers £22.6m £775,000 London
99 Turcan Connell £22.3m £465,000 Edinburgh
100 Thrings £21.8m £127,000 Bath

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