If you’re a leading woman equity partner at your firm, odds are you earn significantly less than your male counterparts, according to a survey of more than 1,750 lawyers in 51 countries by the market research firm Acritas.

In survey results released Thursday of equity partners who were independently nominated as ”stars” by senior in-house counsel, Acritas found that the mean average pay for male equity partners in that high-caliber group was 27 percent higher than for female equity partners.