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Founding Date | Founding Date 1987 | Founding Date 2012 | Founding Date 1866 | Founding Date 1893 | Founding Date 2024 |
Type | Type Private | Type Private | Type Private | Type Private | Type Private |
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Locations | Locations Chicago, US HQ Sydney, AU Bruxelles, BE Beijing, CN Shanghai, CN München, DE Hong Kong, HK see more | Locations Washington, US HQ Brisbane City, AU Melbourne, AU Perth, AU Sydney, AU Bruxelles, BE Sao Paulo, BR see more | Locations London, GB HQ Perth, AU Sydney, AU West Perth, AU Antwerpen, BE Bruxelles, BE São Paulo, BR see more | ||
Employees | Employees 8,3701% increase | Employees 6,141 | Employees 5,1682% increase | Employees 6,1782% increase | Employees 6,07617% increase |
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Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) £1.6b (FY, 2018) | Revenue (est.) £534.6m (FY, 2022) | Revenue (est.) $2.8b (Y, 2021) | Revenue (est.) $8.1k (FY, 2022) | Revenue (est.) £2.1b (FY, 2023) |
Net income | Net income £598m (FY, 2018) | Net income £174.3m (FY, 2022) | Net income N/A | Net income ($13.6m) (FY, 2022) | Net income £851.3m (FY, 2023) |
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Countries | Countries 25 (FY, 2018) | Countries N/A | Countries 9 (Y, 2019) | Countries N/A | Countries N/A |
Partners | Partners 567 (Y, 2016) | Partners N/A | Partners 315 (Dec, 2021) | Partners N/A | Partners N/A |
Profit per Equity Partner | Profit per Equity Partner $2.1m (FY, 2018) | Profit per Equity Partner N/A | Profit per Equity Partner $3.1m (Dec, 2021) | Profit per Equity Partner N/A | Profit per Equity Partner N/A |
Revenue per Lawyer | Revenue per Lawyer $839m (FY, 2018) | Revenue per Lawyer N/A | Revenue per Lawyer $1.3m (Dec, 2021) | Revenue per Lawyer N/A | Revenue per Lawyer N/A |
Total Lawyers | Total Lawyers 3 k (Y, 2016) | Total Lawyers N/A | Total Lawyers 1.9 k (Dec, 2021) | Total Lawyers N/A | Total Lawyers N/A |
Trademarks | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks 38 (Jan, 2024) | Trademarks 3 (Dec, 2021) | Trademarks N/A | Trademarks N/A |

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