金杜律師事務所

2023年8月6日

分享澳大利亞律師事務所全球趨勢後平在法律行業利潤,與合作夥伴支付七年來首次將下降由於爆炸費用。大多數頂級商業公司在美國和英國增加營收在2022 - 23,但很少或沒有增長的利潤/股權合作夥伴(PEP)。湯森路透(Thomson Reuters)高級經理威廉Josten表示其同行監控數據顯示澳大利亞工業將效仿失敗後恢複從一個貧窮的第一季度,當PEP下降了7%。“我們最後一次看到收縮對利潤/股本合夥人在澳大利亞是2016年財政年度,“Josten先生說。“這紀錄可能會在2023年財政年度結束。“廣告Josten先生說PEP 2022年美國公司自2009年以來首次下降。”這是由於極度增長的一些關聯補償,這裏有很多媒體在美國。“但這些趨勢並非美國獨有的市場。”在澳大利亞,近三分之一(31.6%)的同事離開他們的公司在2021 - 22日在美國超過同行。同行監控利用收集的數據從律師事務所的財務管理係統。大部分的前20名按大小公司在澳大利亞金融評論法律合作調查。 The report for the final quarter of 2022-23 will be sent out shortly. In the recent reporting season in the UK, where the legal financial year runs from May 1 to April 30, the top eight London-based firms reported falling PEP of up to 6.6 per cent. Advertisement Global firms Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills revealed that PEP for the year to April 30 was steady at around $2.2 million, results both firms called “pleasing”. Eversheds Sutherland, which recently announced a tie-up with King & Wood Mallesons, was the outlier with its PEP rising by 4 per cent. The market leader was Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which lifted its PEP by 1 per cent to an astounding £2.09 million ($4.06 million). Fellow “magic circle” firms Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy and Linklaters were not far behind, confirming their status as the big four of the UK industry. However, they were still well short of the top PEP firms in the US for 2022; Kirkland & Ellis was up 1.7 per cent to $US7.5 million ($11.4 million), as it overtook longtime leader Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz ($US7.29 million). Wachtell’s PEP fell 13 per cent, with Mr Josten saying it was a notable victim of the war on talent, which led to increases of 20 per cent in all major markets amid surging demand. He noted that the direct expenses (lawyers) and indirect expenses (overheads) exploded in 2021 and continued through 2022. In the final two quarters of 2022, expenses per lawyer grew by 14.4 and 15.4 per cent. Advertisement “From there, you can see the rising expenses’ effect on PEP growth. For US firms, we saw PEP decline for the first time since 2009.” Most of the UK-based firms have close ties to Australia, either through mergers (Herbert Smith Freehills and Ashurst) or boutique operations (Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Clyde & Co). Herbert Smith Freehills chief executive Justin D’Agostino said the result was “particularly pleasing, surpassing our record-breaking FY21 – a year which saw revenue and PEP exceed £1 billion and £1 million for the first time”. Herbert Smith Freehills CEO Justin D’Agostino. Janie Barrett