Global 50 Rankings:  Most Profits Per Partner Return to the Global 50 index page Largest Revenue Most Lawyers Next Year's New World Order Methodology Rank Firm Profits Per Equity Partner Equity Partners Gross Revenue 1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York $3,385,000 66 $298,000,000 2 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Minneapolis $3,055,000 66 $285,000,000 3 Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York $2,110,000 83 $350,000,000 4 Sullivan & Cromwell New York $1,790,000 119 $474,000,000 5 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York $1,655,000 130 $434,000,000 6 Davis Polk & Wardwell New York $1,610,000 140 $460,000,000 7 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York $1,600,000 312 $1,025,000,000 8 Slaughter and May London $1,440,000 104 $304,000,000 9 Kirkland & Ellis Chicago $1,340,000 118 $410,000,000 10 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York $1,275,000 83 $267,500,000 11 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton New York $1,225,000 143 $412,000,000 11 Debevoise & Plimpton New York $1,225,000 92 $269,000,000 13 Allen & Overy International, U.K. $1,200,000 235 $531,200,000 14 Linklaters International, U.K. $1,152,000 240 $632,000,000 15 Shearman & Sterling New York $1,135,000 180 $490,500,000 16 Freshfields London $1,080,000 240 $608,000,000 17 Clifford Chance International, U.K. $1,072,000 336 $939,200,000 18 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York $1,050,000 96 $278,000,000 19 Latham & Watkins Los Angeles $1,005,000 280 $581,500,000 20 Herbert Smith London $992,000 99 $267,200,000 21 Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York $980,000 160 $439,500,000 22 Dewey Ballantine New York $950,000 114 $277,000,000 23 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Los Angeles $905,000 232 $418,000,000 24 Ashurst Morris Crisp London $872,000 88 $208,000,000 25 Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison San Francisco $855,000 125 $314,000,000 26 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto $835,000 139 $296,000,000 27 McDermott, Will & Emery National, U.S. $785,000 249 $444,500,000 28 Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue National, U.S. $740,000 274 $595,000,000 28 O’Melveny & Myers Los Angeles $740,000 218 $372,500,000 30 Norton Rose London $726,400 119 $224,000,000 31 White & Case International, U.S. $725,000 198 $405,000,000 32 Lovells International, U.K. $720,000 169 $312,000,000 33 Winston & Strawn Chicago $715,000 150 $288,000,000 34 Mayer, Brown & Platt Chicago $695,000 322 $464,000,000 35 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Los Angeles $675,000 159 $286,000,000 36 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe San Francisco $660,000 114 $264,000,000 37 Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C. $630,000 205 $260,000,000 38 LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae National, U.S. $620,000 187 $315,000,000 39 Morrison & Foerster San Francisco $605,000 191 $321,500,000 40 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld National, U.S. $585,000 219 $360,000,000 40 Vinson & Elkins Houston $585,000 302 $327,500,000 42 Sidley & Austin Chicago $575,000 260 $446,000,000 43 CMS Cameron McKenna London $544,000 112 $217,600,000 44 Hogan & Hartson Washington, D.C. $535,000 190 $262,000,000 45 Baker Botts Houston $505,000 191 $260,000,000 45 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National, U.S. $505,000 286 $429,500,000 47 Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe National, U.S. $500,000 196 $283,500,000 48 Hammond Suddards National, U.K. $491,200 59 $134,720,000 49 Fulbright & Jaworski Houston $490,000 306 $318,500,000 50 DLA National, U.K. $488,000 95 $223,680,000 Revenue figures for American firms are from The Am Law 100, in the July issue of The American Lawyer. Figures for British firms are from The Legal Business 100, in the September issue of Legal Business. Revenue for U.K. firms was converted using 1.6 as the exchange rate. Head counts were obtained from firms; lawyer numbers are average full-time equivalent numbers for the firm's most recent fiscal year, or as near that date as could be obtained. Compiled in cooperation with Legal Business (London). Note: Law firms with hypertext links paid a fee to participate in law.com's law firm marketing program. Whether or not a firm participates in that program in no way influences whether the firm appears in the survey, or its ranking.