LB100: Partner earnings 2021

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Rank	LB100 firms ranked by highest top of equity	Equity partners: non-equity partners	PEP	Equity Spread
1	Fieldfisher	93:179	£860k	£300k to £4,350k
2	Harbottle & Lewis	42:0	£452k	£403k to £2,639k
3	RPC	75:0	£632k	£218k to £2,400k
4	Clyde & Co	215:202	£714k	£400k to £2,000k
5	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	264:265	£650k	£305k to £1,924k
6	Stewarts	21:47	£1,433k	£650k to £1,838k
7	Kennedys	102:174	£647k	£315k to £1,800k
8	Watson Farley & Williams	99:70	£556k	£250k to £1,690k
9	Addleshaw Goddard	113:158	£849k	£381k to £1,618k
10	Ince	73:48	£284k	£102k to £1,558k
11	CMS	606:488	£700k	£99k to £1,526k
12	Taylor Wessing	245:70	£685k	n/a to £1,501k
13	HFW	88:94	£680k	£320k to £1,366k
14	Stephenson Harwood	81:96	£685k	£320k to £1,290k
15	Sacker & Partners	17:8	£953k	£440k to £1,200k
16	Pinsent Masons	187:267	£630k	£298k to £1,149k
17	Walker Morris	28:17	£807k	£354k to £1,013k
18	Osborne Clarke	183:96	£714k	£440k to £960k
19	Withers	84:101	£660k	£239k to £957k
20	Charles Russell Speechlys	75:98	£528k	£275k to £910k
21	Wiggin	25:17	£580k	£300k to £900k
22	Freeths	40:113	£515k	£181k to £863k
23	Bevan Brittan	18:32	£633k	£305k to £850k
24	Boodle Hatfield	15:22	£633k	£336k to £840k
25	Farrer & Co	33:44	£615k	£333k to £832k
26	Shoosmiths	203:6	£651k	£120k to £789k
27	Russell-Cooke	59:0	£237k	£80k to £770k
28	Payne Hicks Beach	19:17	£600k	£270k to £753k
29	Harper Macleod	39:27	£254k	£133k to £750k
30	TLT	36:104	£597k	£425k to £725k
31	Lewis Silkin	59:3	£386k	£157k to £671k
32	Winckworth Sherwood	13:49	£515k	£298k to £661k
33	Capsticks	19:35	£526k	£350k to £653k
34	Howard Kennedy	47:4	£349k	£145k to £645k
35	Bristows	41:0	£515k	£180k to £640k
36	Shepherd and Wedderburn	38:36	£508k	£265k to £614k
37	Burges Salmon	71:21	£514k	£275k to £611k
38	Wedlake Bell	17:47	£353k	£250k to £600k
39	Foot Anstey	14:33	£479k	£130k to £590k
40	Mills & Reeve	88:43	£450k	£362k to £579k
41	Stevens & Bolton	44:0	£261k	£74k to £555k
42	Ashfords	24:46	£458k	£241k to £537k
43	Michelmores	22:35	£350k	£234k to £527k
44	Trowers & Hamlins	76:76	£346k	£181k to £518k
45	Forsters	34:24	£429k	£153k to £516k
46	Kingsley Napley	17:44	£388k	£275k to £500k
47	Womble Bond Dickinson	221:186	£431k	£209k to £442k
48	Shakespeare Martineau	37:73	£335k	£200k to £392k
49	BDB Pitmans	56:17	£248k	£180k to £374k
50	Clarke Willmott	26:90	£362k	£232k to £367k

* Lists the 50 firms by highest top of equity that provided full equity spread data on their completed LB100 form.

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