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