Linklaters has delivered its third consecutive year of double-digit profit growth, cementing its position as one of the most financially formidable law firms in the world.
The magic circle firm reported record revenue of £2.47bn for its year to 30 April 2026, representing a near 7 per cent increase on the prior year, with pre-tax profit climbing over 11 per cent to £1.2bn.
Profit per equity partner rose over 11 per cent to £2.48m, effectively doubling partner pay packets compared to figures recorded just a few years ago, while profit per all partners grew nearly 11 per cent to £2.31m.
Firmwide managing partner Paul Lewis described the performance as “another outstanding year”, saying “our results reflect the confidence and trust our clients continue to place in us to advise on their most high-stakes matters.”
The firm has been pursuing an aggressive international expansion strategy, with particular focus on breaking into the competitive and lucrative US legal market.
Over the past four years, Linklaters has doubled its US revenue, quadrupled US profit, and grown its American partnership to around 55 partners across its stateside operations.
The firm recently strengthened its US strategic disputes practice by recruiting two of FIFA’s lawyers from rival firm Paul Weiss, signalling its intent to compete at the very highest levels of US litigation.
Globally, Linklaters opened new offices in Shanghai and Singapore, added 37 newly elected partners, and made 12 lateral partner hires across its international office network.
In London, the firm completed a landmark move into its new global headquarters at 20 Ropemaker Street, occupying a vast 360,000 square foot office in the heart of the City.
Major mandates from the past year include advising the UK government on the £38bn Sizewell C Nuclear Plant Project, a deal that underlines the firm’s close relationship with government on critical national infrastructure.
The firm also represented Unilever on the global demerger and listings of The Magnum Ice Cream Company, and defended Visa against class actions and group proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Linklaters additionally acted for Kelkoo in its antitrust lawsuit against Google, further demonstrating the breadth of its high-stakes disputes practice across multiple jurisdictions and sectors.
On artificial intelligence, Lewis said: “We continued to strengthen our leadership in legal AI, launching our Applied Intelligence team, hiring dedicated AI lawyers and rolling out frontier agentic technology to deliver more, better and faster, for clients.”
The strong results position Linklaters firmly among the elite tier of global law firms as competition for premium legal mandates and top talent continues to intensify.