| Turnover: | £384.6m |
| Profit per equity partner: | £497,000 |
| Revenue per lawyer: | 404,000 |
| Total number of lawyers: | 965 |
Hogan & Hartson's revenue rose by 11.1 per cent in 2004, from £346.1m ($630m) to £384.6m ($700m), while average profit per equity partner went up by 9.7 per cent, from £453,000 ($825,000) in 2004 to £497,000 ($905,000).
Washington DC's second-largest firm (after WilmerHale) enjoyed steady but unspectacular growth in 2005, epitomised by a series of lateral hires in Europe. Paris, Munich and, in particular, London all benefited, with lawyer count at the latter growing by around 25 per cent during the year.
The firm's highest-profile deal of the year was advising Harmony Gold Mining on its attempted £4.6bn ($8.1bn) takeover of Gold Fields. The bid was ultimately unsuccessful, but the fight consumed lawyers in the US and UK for months.
Hogan added a Hong Kong office to its Beijing and Shanghai operations, which were opened in 2002 and 2004 respectively, when it launched in the city in August 2005 with a two-lawyer raid on US rival Squire Sanders & Dempsey.
While many firms have been pulling out of Hong Kong in favour of mainland China, Hogan said the move was driven by the growth of its mainland China practice and the need for clients to list in Hong Kong as well as the US.
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