Linklaters‘ highest-paid partner took home 2.5 million pounds ($4.15 million) in the 2008-09 financial year — a drop of almost 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) from the previous year, according to accounts filed with Companies House last week. The Magic Circle firm’s top earning partner made 3.4 million pounds ($5.6 million) in 2007-08.
The accounts also show that the average number of partners within the firm’s LLP dropped from 368 to 358, while fee earner numbers also decreased marginally, falling from 2,644 in 2008 to 2,626 in 2009.
