The Firms Most List

2024 edition

Everything you need to know about the leading law firms operating in the UK, including pay, hours targets, international reach, diversity figures and more — continue to the individual firm profiles for the The Legal Cheek View and Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey Scorecards. And meet the firms at our next Virtual Law Fair on Tuesday 10 October

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Most money: SQE grant

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Most money: SQE grant

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

£20,300
Davis Polk & Wardwell

£20,000
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

£20,000
Kirkland & Ellis

£20,000
Linklaters

£20,000
Sullivan & Cromwell

£20,000
Travers Smith

£20,000
Weil Gotshal & Manges

£20,000
Allen & Overy

£17,500
Clifford Chance

£17,500
Ropes & Gray

£17,500
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

£17,500
Ashurst

£17,000
Baker McKenzie

£17,000
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

£17,000
Gibson Dunn

£17,000
Herbert Smith Freehills

£17,000
Hogan Lovells

£17,000
Jones Day

£17,000
King & Spalding

£17,000
Macfarlanes

£17,000
Mayer Brown

£17,000
Milbank

£17,000
Morrison Foerster

£17,000
Norton Rose Fulbright

£17,000
Shearman & Sterling

£17,000
Sidley Austin

£17,000
White & Case

£17,000
Akin

£15,000
Bird & Bird

£15,000
Debevoise & Plimpton

£15,000
Dentons

£15,000
Goodwin Procter

£15,000
Latham & Watkins

£15,000
Simmons & Simmons

£15,000
K&L Gates

£13,000
Dechert

£12,500
Taylor Wessing

£12,500
Vinson & Elkins

£12,500
Watson Farley & Williams

£12,500
HFW

£12,000
Stephenson Harwood

£12,000
Reed Smith

£11,500
Trowers & Hamlins

£11,500
Osborne Clarke

£11,000
Bristows

£10,000
CMS

£10,000
Cooley

£10,000
Howard Kennedy

£10,000
RPC

£10,000
Russell-Cooke

£10,000
Squire Patton Boggs

£10,000
Clyde & Co

£9,600
Burges Salmon

£9,000
Michelmores

£9,000
Mishcon de Reya

£9,000
Pinsent Masons

£9,000
Addleshaw Goddard

£8,000
Bates Wells

£8,000
Charles Russell Speechlys

£8,000
Farrer & Co

£8,000
Fieldfisher

£8,000
Forsters

£8,000
Fried Frank

£8,000
Katten Muchin Rosenman

£8,000
Lewis Silkin

£8,000
Penningtons Manches Cooper

£8,000
Withers

£8,000
Eversheds Sutherland

£7,000
Gowling WLG

£7,000
Kingsley Napley

£7,000
Mills & Reeve

£7,000
Shoosmiths

£7,000
Stevens & Bolton

£7,000
Wedlake Bell

£7,000
Wiggin

£7,000
TLT

£6,500
Harbottle & Lewis

£6,000
Womble Bond Dickinson

£6,000
Bevan Brittan

£5,000
Gateley

£5,000
Walker Morris

£5,000
Express Solicitors

£1,000
Fletchers Solicitors

£1,000
Ashfords

N/A
DLA Piper

N/A
DWF

N/A
Foot Anstey

Undisclosed
Hill Dickinson

N/A
Irwin Mitchell

N/A
Kennedys

Undisclosed
Orrick

Undisclosed
Paul Hastings

Undisclosed
RWK Goodman

N/A
Shakespeare Martineau

N/A
Slaughter and May

Undisclosed
Weightmans

Undisclosed
Winckworth Sherwood

No grant

The Firms Most List

2024 edition

Most money: SQE grant

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Kirkland & Ellis

Linklaters

Sullivan & Cromwell

Travers Smith

Weil Gotshal & Manges

Allen & Overy

Clifford Chance

Ropes & Gray

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Ashurst

Baker McKenzie

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Gibson Dunn

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hogan Lovells

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Macfarlanes

Mayer Brown

Milbank

Morrison Foerster

Norton Rose Fulbright

Shearman & Sterling

Sidley Austin

White & Case

Akin

Bird & Bird

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dentons

Goodwin Procter

Latham & Watkins

Simmons & Simmons

K&L Gates

Dechert

Taylor Wessing

Vinson & Elkins

Watson Farley & Williams

HFW

Stephenson Harwood

Reed Smith

Trowers & Hamlins

Osborne Clarke

Bristows

CMS

Cooley

Howard Kennedy

RPC

Russell-Cooke

Squire Patton Boggs

Clyde & Co

Burges Salmon

Michelmores

Mishcon de Reya

Pinsent Masons

Addleshaw Goddard

Bates Wells

Charles Russell Speechlys

Farrer & Co

Fieldfisher

Forsters

Fried Frank

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Lewis Silkin

Penningtons Manches Cooper

Withers

Eversheds Sutherland

Gowling WLG

Kingsley Napley

Mills & Reeve

Shoosmiths

Stevens & Bolton

Wedlake Bell

Wiggin

TLT