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Crunching the numbers - going behind the headline figures to look at the top 30's financial health

Caroline Thorpe pores over the top 30 UK firms' LLP accounts covering the past two financial years and assesses their performance during the ongoing financial storms
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Hogan Lovells LLPs detail firm's flat performance amid tough market

Hogan Lovells saw profit before tax decrease by 7% in in the year to 30 April 2012, against a slight growth in revenue, according to accounts filed for the firm's UK LLP. Documents filed on Companies House yesterday (5 February) show a 1.5% increase in revenue to £591m, which the firm attributed to a 1.2% growth in capacity. Staff costs increased by less than 1% to £240m, while operating expenses soared 18% from £122m to £145m, which the firm partly attributed to future costs relating to surplus office space.
3 minute read

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DAC Beachcroft LLPs reveal rising debt and £8.3m cost of DAC merger

DAC Beachcroft saw its net debt climb from £10m to £34m during the last financial year, with accounts recently filed with Companies House revealing that £8.3m of this was used to fund Beachcroft's acquisition of legacy Davies Arnold Cooper. The limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts show the debt comprised £29.6m of bank overdrafts, compared with £5.1m the previous year, with a slight increase in bank loans as well to just over £8m.
3 minute read

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Norton Rose top earner took home £1m for last financial year, accounts reveal

Norton Rose's highest earning member pocketed just over £1m in 2011-12 - a 22% increase on the previous year, according to financial documents recently filed with Companies House. The profit share entitlement - revealed in the limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for Norton Rose LLP, which covers the original Norton Rose UK and international business but exclude its mergers in Canada, South Africa and Australia - compares with an equivalent figure of £839,000 the previous year.
3 minute read

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LLP filing reveals £2.9m payout for best-paid Freshfields partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's top-earning partner took home £2.9m last year, according to the firm's newly filed limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts. The figure, which came amid 2011-12 profits of £329m, was received by a retiring partner and is 16% higher than the £2.5m sum the firm's top earner took home the previous financial year.
2 minute read

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Top firms reduce debt, cut staff costs and increase capital in response to downturn

As major law firms continue to wrestle with the sustained downturn in Western economies, many are moving to strengthen their financial hand in response, according to public documents. Accounts filed by CMS Cameron McKenna, Eversheds and SNR Denton in the past two weeks have highlighted a concerted push to pay down debt and often draw on increased partner capital.
3 minute read

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SNR Denton accounts reveal UK headcount drop of 10% in 2011-12

SNR Denton reduced UK headcount by almost 10% during the 2011-12 financial year, a move which contributed to savings of more than £7m for the firm, according to its newly filed accounts. The LLP accounts, filed on Companies House today (16 January), show fee earner count in the firm's UK arm fell 9% from 517 to 471 during the last financial year, while support staff numbers dropped by a similar proportion from 577 to 523.
2 minute read

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Nabarro LLPs show £486k top pay figure and £750k pension recovery plan

Nabarro's highest-paid partner took home £486,000 for the 2011-12 financial year, according to accounts recently filed with Companies House. The figure is marginally up on the top 2010-11 figure of £484,000, after a year in which the firm also saw increases in other key metrics.
2 minute read

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Top earner at Hill Dicks took home £405k for 2011-12, LLP filings show

The highest-paid partner at Hill Dickinson received £405,000 during 2011-12, according to the firm's recently filed accounts. The figure, which 5% up on last year's top figure of £385,000, compares to the firm's average profit per equity partner figure of £228,000.
2 minute read

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Bird & Bird accounts show €1m top pay figure as firm cuts net debt by 12%

Bird & Bird's highest-paid member for 2011-12 earned €1m (£812,000), up 15% on the previous year's top figure of €868,000 (£705,000), the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts have revealed. The firm, which uses euros for accounting purposes, grew fee-earner headcount while also increasing revenues over the year, with total fee earners rising 6% to 385 and revenue up 13% to €271m (£219m).
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