
DLA Piper has seen global turnover drop to $2.47bn for 2016 as overall profits improved by 6%. Revenue fell 3% from last year’s $2.54bn, while net profit was up to $643.4m from $605.4m the previous year.
The fall in turnover came as the firm cut back on its total headcount, reducing the number of lawyers by more than 140 from 3,756 to 3,615, a fall of 4%.