List of largest UK law firms

The following is a list of the 100 largest United Kingdom-based law firms measured by worldwide revenues in fiscal year 2009-2010. The list only includes law firms which are headquartered or co-headquartered in the United Kingdom.

The top 200 UK law firms earned a total of £15.614 billion in 2009 of which £5.442 billion (or 34.8%) was earned by the five "magic circle" firms and £7.682 billion (49.2%) was earned by the ten highest grossing firms. The top 100 firms earned £14.395 billion (92.9%).

#	Law firm	Turnover (2009/10)	Profit per equity partner (2009/10)	Headquarters	Notes
1	Clifford Chance	£1,197m	£933,000	London
2	Linklaters	£1,183m	£1,214,000	London
3	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	£1,141m	£1,406,000	London
4	Allen & Overy	£1,050m	£1,100,000	London
5	DLA Piper International	£581m	£527,000	London	DLA Piper consists of two partnerships, DLA Piper International and DLA Piper U.S. The two partnerships share a single management board but are not financially integrated.
6	Lovells	£542m	£663,000	London	Now merged with the U.S.-based Hogan & Hartson, successor firm is called Hogan Lovells.
7	Herbert Smith	£449.9m	£862,000	London
8	Slaughter and May	£439.5m	£1,840,000	London
9	Eversheds	£355.2m	£517,000	London
10	Norton Rose	£307m	£486,000	London
11	Ashurst	£293m	£689,000	London
12	Simmons & Simmons	£251m	£461,000	London
13	CMS Cameron McKenna	£214.4m	£453,000	London
14	Pinsent Masons	£206m	£410,000	London	In merger talks with Edinburgh based McGrigors
15	Bird & Bird	£201.8m	£466,000	London
16	Clyde & Co	£192m	£605,000	London	Now merged with Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, successor firm is called Clyde & Co.
17	Berwin Leighton Paisner	£191m	£455,000	London
18	Taylor Wessing	£177.9m	£385,000	London
19	SJ Berwin	£171m	£447,000	London
20=	Addleshaw Goddard	£167.5m	£426,000	London
20=	Denton Wilde Sapte	£167.5m	£360,000	London	Now merged with the U.S.-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, successor firm is called SNR Denton.
22	Irwin Mitchell	£157m	£540,000	Sheffield
23	Beachcroft	£131m	£314,000	London	Now merged with Davies Arnold Cooper, successor firm is called DAC Beachcroft
24	Hammonds	£118m	£364,000	Leeds	Now merged with the U.S.-based Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, successor firm is called Squire Sanders.
25	Nabarro	£113.8m	£320,000	London
26	Holman Fenwick Willan	£99.6m	£527,000	London
27	Wragge & Co	£96.2m	£276,000	Birmingham
28	Withers	£92.7m	£359,000	London
29	Macfarlanes	£92.4m	£710,000	London
30	Field Fisher Waterhouse	£92m	£476,000	London
31	Stephenson Harwood	£91.9m	£561,000	London
32	Olswang	£91m	£420,000	London
33	Shoosmiths	£90m	£256,000	Northampton
34	Trowers & Hamlins	£89.4m	£553,000	London
35	Kennedys	£88.2m	£380,000	London
36	Hill Dickinson	£87.1m	£248,000	Liverpool
37	Ince & Co	£86.3m	£568,000	London
38	Osborne Clarke	£83.7m	£393,000	Bristol
39	Barlow Lyde & Gilbert	£81.5m	£350,000	London	Now merged with Clyde & Co, successor firm is called Clyde & Co
40	Watson, Farley & Williams	£80.2m	£448,000	London
41	Travers Smith	£72m	£705,000	London
42	DWF	£71.5m	£333,000	Liverpool
43	Berrymans Lace Mawer	£69.4m	£222,000	London
44	McGrigors	£69m	£263,000	Edinburgh	In merger talks with London based Pinsent Masons
45	Mills & Reeve	£67.3m	£307,000	Norwich
46	Halliwells	£67m		Manchester	Went into administration on 20 July 2010.
47	LG	£64.9m	£460,000	London
48	Charles Russell	£63.2m	£259,000	London
49	Dundas & Wilson	£61m	£317,000	Edinburgh
50	Burges Salmon	£60.7m	£414,000	Bristol
51	Reynolds Porter Chamberlain	£60m	£327,000	London
52	Speechly Bircham	£58.4m	£428,000	London
53	Weightmans	£56.2m	£354,000	Liverpool
54	Maclay Murray & Spens	£52.5m	£265,000	Glasgow
55	Gateley	£49.6m	£302,000	Birmingham
56	Pannone	£49.5m	£229,000	Manchester
57	Dickinson Dees	£48.8m	£216,000	Newcastle
58	Mishcon de Reya	£47.5m	£450,000	London
59	Bond Pearce	£46m	£235,000	Bristol
60	Blake Lapthorn	£45m	£116,000	Southampton
61	Davies Arnold Cooper	£44.1m	£278,000	London	Now merged with Beachcroft, successor firm is called DAC Beachcroft.
62	Cobbetts	£43.8m	£132,000	Manchester
63=	Farrer & Co	£42.6m	£442,000	London
63=	Walker Morris	£42.6m	£535,000	Leeds
65	TLT Solicitors	£41m	£285,000	Bristol
66	Clarke Willmott	£40.8m	£163,000	Birmingham
67	Russell Jones & Walker	£40.6m	£404,000	London
68	Bevan Brittan	£37.7m	£288,000	Bristol
69	Howard Kennedy	£37m	£309,000	London
70	Morgan Cole	£36m	£193,000	Cardiff
71	Brodies	£35.8m	£323,000	Edinburgh
72	Shepherd and Wedderburn	£35.3m	£243,000	Edinburgh
73	Thomas Eggar	£34.7m	£182,000	Chichester
74	Keoghs	£33m	£300,000	Bolton
75	Browne Jacobson	£32.9m	£244,000	Nottingham
76	Bircham Dyson Bell	£31.9m	£281,000	London
77	Lewis Silkin	£31.7m	£259,000	London
78	Freeth Cartwright	£31.6m	£196,000	Nottingham
79	Manches	£31.1m	£211,000	London
80=	Brabners Chaffe Street	£30.5m	£260,000	Liverpool
80=	Hugh James	£30.5m	£200,000	Cardiff
82	Dickson Minto	£29.5m	£821,000	Edinburgh
83=	Optima Legal	£27.6m	£119,000
83=	Ward Hadaway	£27.6m	£294,000	Newcastle
85	Capsticks	£26.4m	£455,000
86=	Ashfords	£24m	£430,000	Exeter
86=	Bristows	£24m	£267,000	London
88	Sacker & Partners	£23.2m	£877,000	London
89	Russell-Cooke	£22.5m	£174,000	London
90	Forsters	£22.3m	£297,000	London
91	Penningtons	£22.3m	£185,000	London
92=	Gordons	£22m	£702,000	Leeds
92=	Payne Hicks Beach	£22m	£412,000	London
94	Turcan Connell	£21.9m	£450,000	Edinburgh
95=	Fladgate	£21.8m	£370,000	London
95=	Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons	£21.8m	£91,000	Bath
97	Kingsley Napley	£21.5m	£425,000	London
98	Burness	£21.2m	£305,000	Edinburgh
99	DMH Stallard	£20.7m	£185,000	Brighton
100	Martineau	£20.5m	£185,000	Birmingham

See also

• List of law firms by profits per partner
• List of 100 largest law firms globally (2010)
• List of largest European law firms 2011
• List of largest European law firms 2009
• List of largest European law firms 2005
• List of largest U.S. law firms by number of lawyers (2008)
• List of largest Chinese law firms (2009)