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UK Firm of the Year 2013 Results
Firm
Pay
Development
Work/life
Openness
Biscuits
Toilets
Social life
Score*
Ince & Co
90%
92%
81%
86%
78%
81%
94%
87.0%
Kirkland Ellis
100%
93%
59%
70%
95%
86%
86%
83.0%
Shearman & Sterling
92%
89%
64%
78%
94%
87%
85%
83.0%
Bird & Bird
76%
79%
82%
77%
80%
72%
89%
80.0%
Jones Day
92%
89%
63%
63%
71%
68%
87%
78.0%
Mayer Brown
84%
81%
69%
74%
77%
86%
82%
78.0%
Burges Salmon
76%
73%
70%
68%
75%
89%
84%
75.0%
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
71%
76%
68%
74%
82%
63%
77%
73.0%
Baker & McKenzie
77%
79%
67%
67%
73%
66%
80%
73.0%
Latham & Watkins
82%
79%
57%
70%
79%
69%
73%
73.0%
Stephenson Harwood
75%
79%
73%
52%
67%
85%
69%
72.0%
Taylor Wessing
64%
74%
66%
74%
89%
82%
77%
72.0%
Freshfields
87%
75%
49%
65%
65%
74%
82%
71.0%
Norton Rose
69%
75%
64%
70%
85%
73%
71%
71.0%
Addleshaw Goddard
71%
72%
71%
64%
70%
77%
71%
71.0%
Hogan Lovells
72%
72%
63%
60%
89%
75%
75%
70.0%
Reed Smith
60%
75%
62%
67%
63%
87%
77%
68.0%
Shoosmiths
54%
75%
73%
63%
65%
58%
83%
68.0%
Mishcon de Reya
63%
67%
72%
81%
56%
44%
75%
68.0%
Dickinson Dees
55%
68%
70%
68%
85%
69%
77%
68.0%
Travers Smith
75%
78%
50%
61%
83%
48%
79%
68.0%
Slaughter and May
72%
75%
62%
53%
81%
85%
64%
68.0%
White & Case
77%
70%
53%
68%
81%
72%
65%
68.0%
Osborne Clarke
65%
66%
66%
69%
84%
58%
65%
67.0%
Berwin Leighton Paisner
69%
74%
65%
63%
57%
49%
74%
67.0%
Clifford Chance
72%
68%
49%
60%
92%
84%
68%
67.0%
Hill Dickinson
70%
61%
71%
61%
76%
53%
71%
66.0%
Simmons & Simmons
63%
72%
57%
65%
68%
71%
72%
66.0%
Bond Pearce
52%
68%
73%
65%
58%
68%
68%
65.0%
Eversheds
52%
68%
66%
69%
76%
71%
67%
65.0%
Charles Russell
53%
66%
69%
59%
64%
69%
69%
64.0%
Macfarlanes
70%
73%
55%
54%
70%
57%
69%
64.0%
Allen & Overy
71%
65%
46%
61%
73%
81%
69%
64.0%
SNR Denton
68%
63%
60%
62%
59%
69%
66%
64.0%
Trowers & Hamlins
58%
68%
65%
60%
80%
60%
57%
63.0%
Ashurst
59%
65%
52%
65%
83%
60%
76%
63.0%
Olswang
64%
59%
53%
53%
90%
78%
73%
63.0%
Herbert Smith Freehills
71%
72%
52%
58%
67%
60%
64%
63.0%
Dundas & Wilson
53%
62%
66%
57%
75%
71%
64%
62.0%
Clyde & Co
54%
57%
68%
51%
75%
70%
66%
61.0%
CMS Cameron McKenna
63%
62%
59%
47%
59%
58%
76%
61.0%
SJ Berwin
61%
61%
54%
52%
78%
70%
64%
61.0%
Wragge & Co
44%
63%
55%
63%
89%
64%
67%
60.0%
DWF
58%
57%
68%
54%
61%
64%
69%
60.0%
DLA Piper
56%
62%
57%
53%
72%
69%
64%
60.0%
Nabarro
58%
63%
57%
55%
69%
43%
67%
59.0%
Linklaters
62%
65%
43%
44%
78%
68%
71%
59.0%
Blake Lapthorn
28%
51%
81%
59%
53%
40%
81%
57.0%
Clarke Willmott
35%
40%
77%
38%
67%
60%
79%
54.0%
TLT
45%
55%
61%
58%
53%
48%
50%
53.0%
Pinsent Masons
52%
51%
48%
48%
59%
64%
55%
52.0%
Watson, Farley & Williams
57%
50%
47%
33%
45%
57%
48%
48.0%
Field Fisher Waterhouse
52%
44%
63%
29%
58%
35%
41%
47.0%
DAC Beachcroft
27%
41%
54%
39%
51%
53%
51%
43.0%
Irwin Mitchell
20%
32%
54%
45%
38%
48%
43%
39.0%
*Explanation: Percentage results in each category represent the arithmetical mean "satisfaction" scores submitted by users (where "excellent" responses are scored as 100% and "very bad" responses are scored as 0%). Qualification: minimum of 10 responses. Overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores using a formula developed by RollOnFriday scientists (extra weighting applied to pay, openness, work-life balance and development). Total of 2,824 submissions included in results.