Eversheds Sutherland's best-paid partner outside of the US took home £1.5m during 2017-18, an increase of almost 10% on the previous year.

The total profit share of £1.53m – up 9% from the previous year's figure of £1.4m – is contained within the firm's recently filed limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for Eversheds Sutherland (International), which cover the firm's non-US business.

The accounts come after the firm this summer posted double-digit increases in both revenue and profit per equity partner (PEP) for the financial year, with PEP up 12% to a record high of £812,000.

The LLP accounts also show that pay for key management personnel – which includes CEO Lee Ranson, managing partner Keith Froud and the other members of the executive committee – fell by 20% from £6m to £4.8m as a result of Bryan Hughes leaving the group.

The business took in revenues of £497.8m during the last financial year, up 14% from £436.4m in 2016-17. Total staff costs rose 8% from £191.9m to £207.8m, on the back of a 4% increase in the average number of people employed by the LLP from 3,056 to 3,175.

Eversheds merged with US firm with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in February 2017, although the firms have remained financially independent. Last February, the merged firm announced revenues of $1.03bn for the 2017 calendar year, in its first combined financial results since the transatlantic tie-up.

Separately, Mishcon de Reya has also filed its 2017-18 LLP accounts, which reveal that the City firm's top earner received £1.84m, down 14% from the previous year's figure of £2.14m. Remuneration for key management personnel increased 2% from £12.9m to £13.1m.

Turnover at the firm was up 7% to £160.9m, with total staff costs rising 10% to £56.5m.