Kirkland & Ellis put its topline turnover up by 22% to a total of $8.8bn – an increase of $1.6bn on the $7.2bn the firm posted last year, and more than double last year’s annual growth rate of 10%.
Profit per equity partner (PEP) was also up by more than 16%, to $9.25m from just under $8m last year, with revenue per lawyer (RPL) up more than 12% to $2.3m from just over $2m last year.
