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• Profit at SNR Denton drops from £37.9m to £22.5m

  Feb 08 2012 The profit pool at SNR Denton dropped from £37.9 million to £22.5 million in 2010-11. Turnover in the same period fell from £166.1 million to £152.5 million. The firm... more

• Mayer Brown invreases revenue by 2.4%

  Feb 02 2012 Mayer Brown has increased its revenue by 2.4 per cent – after two years of falling revenues. The figures will be some relief for the firm after dropping 14 per cent in... more

• McGrigors and Pinsent Masons in merger talks

  Jan 21 2012 Scotland’s largest law firm by turnover, McGrigors, has confirmed that it is in merger talks with the London-based Pinsent Masons, with a deal to be put to the firms’... more

• Scottish firms still struggling in a difficult market

  Jan 15 2012 A new report from management consultants PwC has observed that Scottish Law firms are still struggling under difficult market conditions and regulatory changes, with... more

• Bird & Bird increases turnover and headcount

  Dec 21 2011 Bird & Bird has increased its fee-earner headcount by three per cent this year, from 654 to 673. The growth represents one of only a few cases of firms adding to... more

• UK firms Martineau and Sprecher Grier set to merge

  Dec 04 2011 UK firms Martineau and Sprecher Grier Halberstam are set to merge, forming a combined entity with more than 200 fee-earners, 60 partners and a turnover of £30 million.... more

• Top earner at Linklates takes home £2.2m

  Dec 03 2011 The top earning partner at Linklaters took home £2.2m in the last financial year, according to accounts just published by the firm. According to RollOnFriday the sum... more

• Eversheds sees revenue increase by 6.7% for first half of the year

  Nov 14 2011 Eversheds has saw revenue increase by 6.7 per cent in the first half of the 2011-12 financial year, with turnover increasing to £184.2m over the six month period,... more

• UK firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper merge

  Oct 31 2011 UK firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper have merged to form DAC Beachcroft, with a headcount of over 2000 lawyers across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific and Latin... more

• Kennedys keeps on growing: posts a 10.3% jump in revenue in 2011

  Jun 23 2011 Kennedys has posted a 10.3 per cent jump in revenues for the 2010-11 financial year, recording a turnover of £97.4m. The firm has seen significant increases in... more

• Addleshaw Goddard appoints four partners to unitary board

  Jun 23 2011 Addleshaw Goddard has appointed four partners to its new unitary board, which was created recently to streamline the management of the firm by combining the governance... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner reports 56% jump in profits

  May 30 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has reported a 56 per cent jump in profits per equity partner, up from £455,000 to £712,000, in the last financial year. The firm increased... more

• Wragges reports 16% rise in turnover

  May 11 2011 Wragge & Co has reported 16 per cent rise in turnover for the 2010-11 financial year, growing from £96.2m to £112m. The strong result follows a tough year in 2009-10,... more

• DLA Piper grants support staff slim pay rise

  Dec 21 2010 DLA Piper has announced a very lean pay rise for support staff – adding just 2 per cent to their salaries in the first pay increase in four years. As Roll On Friday... more

• Eversheds reports 3% drop in turnover

  Nov 17 2010 Eversheds has reported a 3 per cent drop in turnover in its half-year financial results. Revenue fell from £178m to £172.6m. Eversheds chief executive Bryan Hughes... more

• UK Firm Addleshaw Goddard called in £15.6m in partner contributions

  Sep 06 2010 Addleshaw Goddard partners contributed a massive £15.6 million to the firm in the last financial year, according to recent reports. The news highlights the... more

• White & Case revenues down 11 per cent in 2009

  Feb 02 2010 White & Case's total revenue for the 2009 financial year fell by 11 per cent from $1.467bn to $1.307bn. Average profit per equity partner (PEP) reached $1.595m, a... more

• Revenue down, profits up at Cadwalader

  Jan 21 2010 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft reported a 28 percent increase in profits per partner, the firm's first positive results since 2007. Cadwalader's gross revenue... more

• K&L Gates turnover reaches $1bn for first time

  Jan 15 2010 K&L Gates has passed the $1bn revenue mark in 2009 for the first time in the firm's history. The US firm saw gross revenue increase by 8% to $1.034bn, while profits... more

• Ashurst sees revenues fall by 14% for first half of financial year

  Nov 30 2009 Ashurst has seen revenues fall by 14% for the first half of the financial year, becoming the latest firm to post a double-digit decrease in turnover at the half-year... more

• Linklaters revenues drop by almost 10 percent

  Nov 21 2009 Magic circle firm Linklaters has reported a 9.5% fall in revenue to £591m from £653m for the first half of the 2009-10 financial year. The drop in turnover comes... more

• Simmons' half-year results show revenues down by 16% - Legalweek

  Nov 07 2009 Simmons & Simmons has reported a significant fall in half-year revenues, with turnover plummeting 16% to £120.3m. This time last year, Simmons reported H1 turnover... more

• A&O turnover down 7 per cent at half-year stage

  Nov 07 2009 Allen & Overy’s (A&O) global revenues are down seven per cent year-on-year for the first half of 2009-10, with turnover standing at £511m. For the six months to 31... more

• Scottish law firm Dundas and Wilson reports £9m profit slump

  Jul 23 2009 Dundas and Wilson, one of Scotland's largest law firms, has posted a drop in annual profits of nearly £9m. Profit per equity partner fell from £385,000 in 2007-8 to... more

• Simmons & Simmons PEP drops 20 per cent

  Jul 15 2009 Simmons & Simmons saw average profits per equity partner (PEP) drop by nearly 20 percent after four consecutive years of growth. Turnover increased marginally from... more

• Allen & Overy's profits fall by 9 per cent

  Jul 10 2009 UK law firm Allen & Overy saw partner profits slide 9 percent for the for the year to April 30. However, despite a fall from £1.1 million to £1.0 million (US$1.6... more

• Hammonds PEP falls to £276,000

  Jul 09 2009 Hammonds has posted a dip in turnover of 5% to £125.4m for 2008-09, down from £132m. Profits per equity partner (PEP) fell by 25% to £276,000 from £367,000 in the... more

• Nabarro launches second round of redundancy talks

  Jul 09 2009 UK law firm Nabarro posted a 35 per cent fall of partner profits (PEP) in 2008-09, from £574,000 to £375,000. Nabarro's revenue dropped by 9 per cent to £127m . The... more

• Ashurst says goodbye to the million-pound PEP club

  Jul 09 2009 Ashurst's profit per equity (PEP) dropped 35 per in the 2008-09 financial year from £1.04m to £673,000, reports The Lawyer. Ashurst’s turnover fell by 7 per cent... more

• Linklaters beats Clifford Chance + Freshfields

  Jul 04 2009 Linklaters announced a rise in revenues for the year ending April to £1.29 billion, which makes it the UK's highest-grossing law firm. Magic Circle rivals Clifford... more

• Freshfields overtakes Clifford Chance with £1.29bn revenues

  Jul 03 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reported a 9% increase in turnover to of £1.29bn for the 2008/2009 financial year, taking it ahead of Magic Circle rival Clifford... more

• Clifford Chance loses global top spot to Skadden

  Jul 03 2009 As expected, Clifford Chance has lost its position as the world's biggest law firm to US rival Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. The Magic Circle firm has... more

• Clifford Chance's PEP drops from £1.156m to £733,000

  Jul 01 2009 Clifford Chance saw its profits per equity partner (PEP) slide by 37%, plummeting from £1.156m to £733,000 in the 2008-09 financial year. Revenues were down 5 per cent... more

• UK firm Beachcroft posts 6 per cent rise in revenues

  Jun 26 2009 Beachcroft has announced that revenues were rising 6 per cent to £121m in the financial year 2008-2009, while there was a dip in profits of 2.9 per cent. Average... more

• Eversheds PEP falls by 27 per cent as revenue drops to £366m

  May 27 2009 The financial cost of funding three rounds of redundancies has seen Eversheds’ average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure drop by 26.8 per cent over the last year... more

• Pound weakness helps Lovells report turnover rise of 11 per cent

  May 27 2009 The massive impact of sterling’s decline against the euro and the dollar has helped bolster Lovells’ 2008-09 financial results, with the firm posting a rise in revenue... more

• Eversheds' top earner cashes £860,000 in one year

  Jan 08 2009 The average earnings per partner at Eversheds grew by £4,000 to £351,000 in the financial year 2007-2008. The highest-earning partner earned £860,000 in that period,... more

• Linklaters posts 3% increase in first-half revenues

  Nov 24 2008 Linklaters has unveiled its half-year results, posting an increase in turnover of 3% from £633m to £653m in the financial year to October. Linklaters's City rivals... more

• Allen & Overy half-year results up 11 per cent

  Nov 08 2008 Allen & Overy announced its half-year financial results for the six months ended 31st October, with turnover at £548 million (USD866), up 11% from £593 million for the... more

• Denton Wilde Sapte turnover up 6 per cent at half-year

  Nov 07 2008 Denton Wilde Sapte has grown turnover by six per cent for the first six months of 2008-09. more

• Ashurst turnover grows by 7.5% to £158m

  Nov 05 2008 Ashurst has posted a 7.5% increase in turnover for the first six months of the financial year, with revenues rising to £158m from £147m in the same period last year,... more

• Salans reports 20 per cent revenue jump

  Oct 14 2008 Salans has boosted its turnover by 20 per cent in the first three quarters of 2008, bringing in Euro 150m. Salans chairman Stephen Finch said the firm’s strong... more

• Record results from UK law firms - Allen & Overy breaks £1bn

  Jul 04 2008 Allen & Overy's figures show a 15% rise in turnover to £1.016 billion. RollOnFriday has published a detailed list of law firms which have posted double digit... more

• Hammonds PEP falls by 9% while turnover edges up

  Jul 02 2008 Hammonds has posted a drop in profits per equity partner (PEP) of over 9% to £367,000 for the last financial year, as the national giant becomes the latest firm to... more

• Osborne Clarke and Burges Salmon post double-digit growth

  Jun 25 2008 Southwest duo Osborne Clarke and Burges Salmon have both posted double-digit growth for the most recent financial year, as the regional heavyweights release their... more

• Macfarlanes' figures hit by credit crunch

  Jun 25 2008 Macfarlanes has achieved a modest 6.7 per cent rise in revenue but failed to increase its average profit per equity partner. In the firm's latest financial results,... more

• Nabarro PEP up 6% to £600k as fees hit £140m

  Jun 13 2008 Nabarro has become the latest firm to unveil its financial results for 2007-08, posting a double-digit increase in revenue while profits per equity per partner (PEP)... more

• Fees up 9%, PEP up 7% at Watson Farley

  Jun 05 2008 Watson Farley & Williams has become the latest City firm to post its financial results for the 2007-08, with the top 50 UK outfit unveiling a 9% increase in revenues.... more

• Freshfields shakes off tough year to break £1bn barrier for first time

  Jun 03 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has broken the billion-pound revenue mark for the first time. One week after its "magic circle" rival Clifford Chance announced a... more

• Addleshaw Goddard increases profits by 11%

  May 31 2008 Profit per equity partner at Addleshaw Goddard has increased to £586,000 after the law firm increased its annual income by 11%. The firm, which has offices in... more

• Taylor Wessing boosts turnover by 11%

  May 30 2008 Taylor Wessing has become the latest firm to post solid financial results, with the top 30 firm’s UK operations seeing an 11% increase in turnover. The firm has yet to... more

• Bird & Bird with 24% revenue rise

  May 30 2008 Bird & Bird has reported a revenue hike of almost 25% for the last financial year, with the firm today announcing that fee income hit £143m for the year ending 30... more

• Clifford Chance revenue rises to record £1.3bn

  May 30 2008 Clifford Chance has retained its position as the world’s biggest law firm after announcing revenue of £1.33 billion for the last financial year, in defiance of... more

• UK firms defy credit crunch with record results

  May 25 2008 RollOnFriday has published a list of the latest law firm results: Firm --- Turnover --- % increase on 06/07 Field Fisher Waterhouse --- £88m --- 30% Norton... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna PEP up 30 per cent

  May 23 2008 CMS Cameron McKenna’s average profit per equity partner (PEP) has rocketed by 30 per cent, to £650,000 from £502,000 a year ago. The firm also revealed turnover of... more

• Norton Rose turnover soars 27%

  May 14 2008 Norton Rose has posted a dramatic rise in turnover in its financial results for 2007-08, with the top 10 City firm seeing revenue soar by more than a quarter to near... more

• Ashurst and Simmons & Simmons turnover up

  May 12 2008 Ashurst has posted a 17% increase in turnover to smash through the £300m barrier, joining top 10 City rival Simmons & Simmons in announcing a double-digit increase in... more

• DLA Piper continental arm in 60% '07 fees surge

  Mar 08 2008 DLA Piper’s Continental European offices saw turnover grow by 60% during 2006-07 to make up around a quarter of the firm’s revenues outside of the US. Turnover in the... more