Profits per equity partner (PEP) among Global 100 firms averaged $1,641,497 in 2017, an increase of 3.4% when compared with 2016’s average of $1,586,858, and greater than last year’s 0.4% decline.

Seventy-three firms equalled or topped $1m in PEP, compared with 75 firms the previous year. US firms  are the top nine, with Slaughter and May the highest-ranking non-US firm, ranking 10th.