Top 50 firms ranked by highest top of equity
| Rank (1-50*) | Firm | Equity partners | Non-equity partners | % of partners that are equity partners | PEP | Equity spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slaughter and May | 106 | 6 | 95% | £2,664k | £1,590k to £3,250k |
| 2 | Fieldfisher | 67 | 156 | 30% | £728k | £250k to £3,200k |
| 3 | Clifford Chance | 392 | 165 | 70% | £1,597k | £740k to £2,800k |
| 4 | Hogan Lovells | 556 | 280 | 67% | £996k | £275k to £2,750k |
| 5 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 394 | 100% | £1,734k | £409k to £2,558k | |
| 6 | Allen & Overy | 389 | 149 | 72% | £1,640k | £960k to £2,410k |
| 7 | DLA Piper | 492 | 727 | 40% | £994k | £320k to £2,300k |
| 8 | Macfarlanes | 53 | 34 | 61% | £1,743k | £900k to £2,250k |
| 9 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 714 | 475 | 60% | £652k | £435k to £2,200k |
| 10 | Linklaters | 440 | 20 | 96% | £1,537k | £800k to £2,100k |
| 11 | Eversheds Sutherland | 191 | 486 | 28% | £821k | £375k to £1,550k |
| 12 | Simmons & Simmons | 160 | 116 | 58% | £688k | £350k to £1,500k |
| 13 | Mishcon de Reya | 54 | 69 | 44% | £1,000k | £462k to £1,500k |
| 14 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 84 | 111 | 43% | £586k | £280k to £1,400k |
| 15 | CMS | 598 | 449 | 57% | £536k | £211k to £1,416k |
| 16 | Travers Smith | 47 | 24 | 66% | £1,194k | £600k to £1,400k |
| 17 | Clyde & Co | 213 | 202 | 51% | £660k | £336k to £1,344k |
| 18 | Watson Farley & Williams | 83 | 69 | 55% | £507k | £225k to £1,300k |
| 19 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 325 | 136 | 70% | £853k | £470k to £1,260k |
| 20 | Taylor Wessing | 251 | 96 | 72% | £580k | £366k to £1,237k |
| 21 | Holman Fenwick Willan | 89 | 79 | 53% | £535k | £278k to £1,206k |
| 22 | RPC | 83 | 100% | £348k | £185k to £1,200k | |
| 23 | Pinsent Masons | 178 | 250 | 42% | £659k | £351k to £1,148k |
| 24 | Stephenson Harwood | 94 | 76 | 55% | £620k | £367k to £1,146k |
| 25 | Addleshaw Goddard | 105 | 128 | 45% | £648k | £262k to £1,112k |
| 26 | Osborne Clarke | 66 | 185 | 26% | £711k | £419k to £1,013k |
| 27 | Ashurst | 239 | 136 | 64% | £743k | £384k to £1,150k |
| 28 | Bird & Bird | 113 | 197 | 36% | £550k | £372k to £947k |
| 29 | DAC Beachcroft | 89 | 160 | 36% | £528k | £430k to £900k |
| 30 | DWF | 68 | 221 | 24% | £327k | £200k to £900k |
| 31 | Gowling WLG | 376 | 177 | 68% | £495k | £160k to £896k |
| 32 | Irwin Mitchell | 79 | 153 | 34% | £613k | £250k to £750k |
| 33 | Kennedys | 81 | 194 | 29% | £401k | £216k to £720k |
| 34 | Freeths | 40 | 106 | 27% | £513k | £290k to £650k |
| 35 | Withers | 80 | 79 | 50% | £403k | £183k to £629k |
| 36 | Penningtons Manches | 35 | 76 | 32% | £491k | £300k to £500k |
| 37 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 74 | 92 | 45% | £420k | £232k to £580k |
| 38 | Ince & Co | 75 | 24 | 76% | £256k | £140k to £550k |
| 39 | Burges Salmon | 66 | 17 | 80% | £433k | £235k to £522k |
| 40 | Mills & Reeve | 70 | 46 | 60% | £441k | £350k to £513k |
| 41 | Shoosmiths | 42 | 141 | 23% | £429k | £230k to £504k |
| 42 | TLT | 38 | 83 | 31% | £342k | £200k to £500k |
| 43 | Trowers & Hamlins | 67 | 81 | 45% | £333k | £161k to £461k |
| 44 | Shakespeare Martineau | 47 | 90 | 34% | £272k | £185k to £372k |
| 45 | Hill Dickinson | 47 | 70 | 40% | £334k | £145k to £365k |
| 46 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 64 | 55 | 54% | £266k | £165k to £357k |
| 47 | Weightmans | 36 | 153 | 19% | £278k | £163k to £345k |
| 48 | BLM | 56 | 124 | 31% | £213k | £153k to £292k |