List of largest law firms by profits per partner

This is a list of global law firms by profits per equity partner (PPEP) in 2020.[1][2]

These are estimates and equity partners can make vastly different salaries inside the same firm.[3]

Rank by PPEP	Firm	2020/21 PPEP	Equity partners
1	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	$7,500,000	85
2	Davis Polk & Wardwell	$6,350,000	160
3	Kirkland & Ellis	$6,200,000	450
4	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	$5,369,000	153
5	Sullivan & Cromwell	$5,185,000	164
6	Cravath, Swaine & Moore	$4,576,000	85
7	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan	$4,556,000	157
8	Milbank	$4,492,000	158
9	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	$4,417,000	191
10	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	$4,028,000	168
11	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	$3,919,000	334
12	Latham & Watkins	$3,352,000	488
13	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	$3,345,000	323
14	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson	$3,268,000	104
15	Debevoise & Plimpton	$3,265,000	136
16	Paul Hastings	$3,254,000	187
17	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	$3,162,000	186
18	Sidley Austin	$3,095,000	315
19	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	$3,089,000	146
20	Slaughter & May	$3,073,000	102
21	King & Spalding	$2,847,000	194
22	Dechert	$2,728,000	164
23	Proskauer Rose	$2,660,000	173
24	Ropes & Gray	$2,552,000	250
25	Vinson & Elkins	$2,517,000	125
26	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	$2,485,000	370
27	Goodwin Procter	$2,463,000	220
28	Shearman & Sterling	$2,431,000	138
29	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	$2,402,000	185
30	White & Case	$2,400,000	342
31	Cooley	$2,382,000	225
32	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	$2,350,000	131
33	Clifford Chance	$2,340,000	394
34	O'Melveny & Myers	$2,262,000	167
35	Allen & Overy	$2,215,000	388
36	Winston & Strawn	$2,162,000	152
37	Linklaters	$2,270,000	443
38	WilmerHale	$2,151,000	252
39	Alston & Bird	$2,087,000	151
40	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe	$1,989,000	118
41	Morrison & Foerster	$1,982,000	167
42	Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy	$1,884,000	61
42	McDermott Will & Emery	$1,884,000	173
44	DLA Piper (verein)	$1,874,000	401
45	Greenberg Traurig	$1,750,000	308
46	Covington & Burling	$1,734,000	286
47	Mayer Brown	$1,702,000	274
48	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton	$1,689,000	140
49	Katten Muchin Rosenman	$1,682,000	140
50	Baker Botts	$1,662,000	190
51	Nixon Peabody	$1,503,000	131
52	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman	$1,500,000	134
53	Baker McKenzie (verein)	$1,443,000	680
54	Holland & Knight	$1,424,000	184
55	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	$1,391,000	717
56	Hogan Lovells (verein)	$1,381,000	523
57	Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt	$1,372,000	210
58	McGuireWoods	$1,360,000	198
59	Kim & Chang	$1,302,000	180
60	Ashurst	$1,299,000	241
61	Perkins Coie	$1,287,000	185
62	Herbert Smith Freehills	$1,269,000	323
63	Reed Smith	$1,261,000	285
64	Foley & Lardner	$1,251,000	156
65	Arnold & Porter	$1,242,000	309
66	Venable	$1,165,000	160
67	Eversheds Sutherland	$1,161,000	199
68	Seyfarth Shaw	$1,140,000	202
69	Hunton Andrews Kurth	$1,097,000	180
70	Jones Day	$1,093,000	919
71	Troutman Sanders	$1,074,000	182
72	BakerHostetler	$1,035,000	131
72	Locke Lord	$1,035,000	170
74	Squire Patton Boggs (verein)	$1,027,000	169
75	Duane Morris	$1,010,000	126
76	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough	$996,000	181
77	K&L Gates	$990,000	180
78	Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	$951,000	122
79	Simmons & Simmons	$949,000	168
80	Clyde & Co	$922,000	219
81	King & Wood Mallesons	$921,000	471
82	Norton Rose Fulbright	$907,000	681
83	Faegre Baker Daniels	$896,000	226
84	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	$844,000	281
85	Cozen O’Connor	$828,000	185
86	Pinsent Masons	$817,000	183
87	Zhong Lun Law Firm	$809,000	293
88	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart	$776,000	189
89	CMS (EEIG)	$766,000	602
90	Bird & Bird	$757,000	119
91	McCarthy Tetrault	$762,000	221
92	Blake, Cassels & Graydon	$747,000	308
93	Polsinelli	$739,000	122
94	Fox Rothschild	$695,000	224
95	Womble Bond Dickinson	$557,000	240
96	Gowling WLG	$535,000	364
97	Dentons (verein)	$533,000	1,497
98	Littler Mendelson	$521,000	381
99	AllBright	$403,000	600
100	Yingke	$172,000	362

References

American Lawyer Magazine, "The 2019 Global 100: Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner", September 24, 2019.
American Lawyer Magazine, AmLaw 100 2020 https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/04/21/the-2020-am-law-100-report/
Stewart, James B. "$11 Million a Year for a Law Partner? Bidding War Grows at Top-Tier Firms". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

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[1] American Lawyer Magazine, "The 2019 Global 100: Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner", September 24, 2019.

[2] American Lawyer Magazine, AmLaw 100 2020 https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2020/04/21/the-2020-am-law-100-report/

[3] Stewart, James B. "$11 Million a Year for a Law Partner? Bidding War Grows at Top-Tier Firms". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

List of largest law firms by profits per partner

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