PEP To Make Your Eyes POP!

Shazamme System User • 7 October 2025

Big Bucks For Heavy Hitters

It comes as no surprise to anyone, US firms take the top spots on the PEP figures with many London equity partners at US firms are on £5million plus.


But what about PEP at some of the best known UK law firms? 


We know that not ALL partners at the firms listed below are earning these sums - hello fixed salary partners and those climbing up the equity ranks 👋 - but Legal Cheek has still compiled an insightful and interesting glimpse into average PEP figures, including:


DLA £2.5m

Hogan Lovells £2.2m

Linklaters £2.2m

Clifford Chance £2.1m

A&R Sheaman £2m

Freshfields £2m

Squire Patton Boggs £1.7m

Eversheds £1.3m

Addleshaw Goddard £1m

Fieldfisher £1m

Shoosmiths £1m

Osborne Clark £800k

Pinsent Masons £797k

Bevan Brittan £750k

DAC Beachcroft £750k

Dentons £670k

Burges Salmon £660k

TLT £600k

Mills & Reeve £470k

Gowling £420k

Trowers & Hamlins £400k

Weightmans £391k

Shakespeare Martineau £320k



For more info, see: Law’s rich list: Which firms are creating multi-millionaire partners? - Legal Cheek

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