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LB100 2012 – Behind the Numbers: Profitability Revealed

LB100 2012 – Behind the Numbers: Profitability Revealed
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Legal Business
1 September 2012
Legal Business 100 2012Financial resultsLegal Business 100

Which firms are the most profitable? In this table we blend together all of our profitability measures, including PEP, profit per lawyer and profit margin, to discover which of the top 100 firms are the most profitable.

The 100 firms have been ranked according to their mean rank on all three measurements.

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