Martineau Johnson’s profits have plummeted for a second consecutive year even though turnover rose to an all-time high. The Birmingham firm posted a 3 per cent hike in turnover to £18.5m, but average profits per equity partner dropped 21 per cent, from £170,000 to £135,000. This figure is well below two years ago, when equity partners earned £190,000.
as Linklaters’ pay hike pulls in New York team
Linklaters has circumvented the problem of attracting New York partners to a lockstep firm after reporting an upswing in plateau partner profits to £910,000.The increase at the top of equity, from £850,000 in the last financial year, arrives as Linklaters has taken on three litigation partners and an associate from Shearman & Sterling’s New York […]