Willkie Farr & Gallagher has posted its financial results for 2008, with the firm reporting its first drop in revenue and profits for seventeen years.

Despite the falling figures, the US firm has managed to keep its profits figure above $2m, with PEP falling by 5.4% to $2.1m (£1.48m). The firm saw gross revenue fall by 3.2% to $583.5m (£410m) in 2008, while revenue per lawyer also decreased by 5% to $1m (£703,000).