In Legal Business’ Global 100 report last year, firms obliterated gloomy predictions to post overwhelmingly positive results, defying fears of the worst economic crisis for more than a decade laying just around the corner.
Across key metrics, the global elite had plenty of reasons to be positive in 2020/21. Gross revenue was up 7% to $128.13bn, but it was the profitability of the top 100 firms that really stood out: $46.98bn, a striking increase of 14% year-on-year. Average profit per equity partner (PEP) at a Global 100 firm shot up 11% to hit the $2m mark; while profit per lawyer (PPL) grew 9% to $360,000.
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