STATS

The stat that matters: the UK law firms with the highest profit-per-lawyer figures for 2011

1. Slaughter and May – £296,000

2. Freshfields – £244,000

3. Linklaters – £204,000

4. Sacker & Partners – £204,000

5. Allen & Overy – £166,000

6. Macfarlanes – £140,000

7. Stewarts Law – £136,000

8. Hogan Lovells – £134,000

9. Clifford Chance – £131,000

10. Dickson Minto – £127,000

11. Ashurst – £117,000

12. Travers Smith – £109,000

13. Watson Farley & Williams – £92,000

14. Reynolds Porter Chamberlain – £92,000

15. Taylor Wessing – £90,000

16. Herbert Smith – £87,000

17.Berwin Leighton Paisner – £87,000

18. Stephenson Harwood – £86,000

19. DLA Piper – £85,000

20. SJ Berwin – £85,000

21. Hoillman Fenwick Willan – £83,000

22.Clyde & Co – £82,000

23. Bristows – £81,000

24. Norton Rose – £77,000

25. Fladgate – £77,000

26. Burness – £77,000

27. Dundas & Wilson – £76,000

28. Wragge & Co – £75,000

29. Burges Salmon – £73,000

30. Gordons – £73,000