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 |
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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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