FASTEST-GROWING LEGAL EMPLOYERS: wHERE THE JOBS ARE % growth Non-partner Non-partner "LARGE "INTERNATIONAL since fee-earners fee-earners   July 2015 at   July 2016 at   July 2015 1 CLYDE & CO 73.0% 93.4 54.0 2 MILLS OAKLEY LAWYERS 35.5% 244.9 180.8 3 BANKI HADDOCK FIORA 35.1% 20.0 14.8 4 ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER 17.1% 81.5 69.6 5 GRIFFITH HACK 16.4% 71.7 61.6 6 KING & WOOD MALLESONS AUSTRALIA 16.3% 619.1 532.3 7 KEMP STRANG 13.8% 47.7 41.9 8 WOTTON + KEARNEY 13.5% 80.6 71.0 9 RUSSELL KENNEDY 11.0% 70.4 63.4 10 CLARKE KANN 9.5% 23.0 21.0 11 JOHNSON WINTER & SLATTERY 8.8% 99.0 91.0 12 COWELL CLARKE 7.4% 40.6 37.8 13 GILCHRIST CONNELL 7.0% 41.5 38.8 GILBERT + TOBIN 7.0% 217.4 203.3 14 SEYFARTH SHAW 6.5% 19.6 18.4 15 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 6.1% 61.2 57.7 16 HALL & WILCOX LAWYERS 5.7% 138.0 130.5 17 CLAYTON UTZ 5.0% 614.1 584.6 18 HICKSONS 4.9% 49.3 47.0 19 CBP LAWYERS 4.5% 117.2 112.2 20 MADDOCKS 4.0% 193.4 185.9 HWL EBSWORTH LAWYERS 4.0% 395.4 380.2 21 CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH 3.8% 462.8 446.0 22 TURKSLEGAL 3.6% 63.0 60.8 23 MORAY & AGNEW LAWYERS 2.9% 214.0 208.0 24 McCULLOUGH ROBERTSON 2.0% 140.7 137.9 25 PIPER ALDERMAN 1.2% 95.7 94.6 26 HOPGOODGANIM 0.1% 93.6 93.5 27 HOLMAN WEBB 0.0% 50.5 50.5 28 GADENS LAWYERS -0.2% 316.9 317.5 29 BAKER & MCKENZIE AUSTRALIA -0.6% 172.7 173.7 30 HENRY DAVIS YORK -0.7% 142.2 143.2 31 AITKEN PARTNERS -0.9% 21.8 22.0 SPARKE HELMORE LAWYERS -0.9% 246.4 248.7 32 ALLENS -1.1% 511.8 517.3 33 DLA PIPER AUSTRALIA -2.4% 287.4 294.5 34 CURWOODS LAWYERS -4.4% 60.8 63.6 38 MACPHERSON KELLEY -4.6% 90.8 95.2 35 THOMSON GEER -5.7% 198.5 210.6 36 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT AUSTRALIA -9.1% 365.7 402.1 37 FINLAYSONS -14.4% 39.8 46.5 38 TRESSCOX LAWYERS -17.8% 74.4 90.6 39 DIBBSBARKER -25.7% 66.0 88.9 40 THYNNE + MACARTNEY -26.5% 12.5 17.0 Total 3.6% 7067.1 6820.4 Large 2.6% 3989.2 3888.4 International 7.5% 532 494.8 
Figures are full-time equivalent fee-earners, excluding partners/principals and paralegals, rounded to nearest whole number.
"Large (which includes some international firms): Defined as 60 or more equity partners " International: Defined as firms with a formal international link that is recognised in the firm's name
Fastest-growing legal practices: partner numbers % growth Total Total "LARGE "INTERNATIONAL since partners partners   July 2015 at   July 2016 at   July 2015 1 CLYDE & CO 76.9% 23.0 13.0 2 HALL & WILCOX LAWYERS 37.1% 63.5 46.3 3 GILCHRIST CONNELL 36.1% 18.1 13.3 4 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS 16.9% 19.4 16.6 5 CLARKE KANN 16.7% 14.0 12.0 6 KEMP STRANG 12.5% 27.0 24.0 7 SEYFARTH SHAW 11.4% 9.8 8.8 8 MORAY & AGNEW LAWYERS 10.1% 87.0 79.0 9 MILLS OAKLEY LAWYERS 9.7% 78.8 71.8 10 CBP LAWYERS 6.9% 63.1 59.0 11 CURWOODS LAWYERS 6.3% 17.0 16.0 12 PIPER ALDERMAN 5.4% 50.4 47.8 13 BANKI HADDOCK FIORA 4.0% 10.5 10.1 14 WOTTON + KEARNEY 3.8% 16.6 16.0 15 JOHNSON WINTER & SLATTERY 3.2% 64.0 62.0 16 HWL EBSWORTH LAWYERS 2.6% 199.0 194.0 17 HENRY DAVIS YORK 2.3% 43.6 42.6 18 HOLMAN WEBB 2.1% 24.5 24.0 HOPGOODGANIM 2.1% 39.5 38.7 19 RUSSELL KENNEDY 2.0% 31.2 30.6 20 THOMSON GEER 1.6% 87.5 86.1 21 ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER 1.1% 35.4 35.0 22 FINLAYSONS 0.0% 20.6 20.6 23 TURKSLEGAL -0.7% 28.2 28.4 24 GADENS LAWYERS -1.1% 132.4 133.9 25 MADDOCKS -2.0% 65.2 66.5 26 TRESSCOX LAWYERS -2.3% 34.4 35.2 27 BAKER & MCKENZIE AUSTRALIA -2.6% 83.4 85.6 28 CLAYTON UTZ -3.0% 170.2 175.5 29 KING & WOOD MALLESONS AUSTRALIA -3.2% 145.4 150.2 30 CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH -5.1% 109.6 115.4 31 COWELL CLARKE -5.7% 13.3 14.1 32 GILBERT + TOBIN -6.0% 64.2 68.3 33 DLA PIPER AUSTRALIA -6.2% 79.6 84.9 34 SPARKE HELMORE LAWYERS -7.5% 61.8 66.8 35 ALLENS -8.1% 133.1 144.9 36 GRIFFITH HACK -8.6% 31.8 34.8 37 AITKEN PARTNERS -9.4% 9.6 10.6 38 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT AUSTRALIA -9.8% 122.0 135.2 39 HICKSONS -11.5% 21.5 24.3 40 McCULLOUGH ROBERTSON -11.7% 46.8 53.0 41 THYNNE + MACARTNEY -12.9% 14.8 17.0 42 DIBBSBARKER -14.0% 40.4 47.0 43 MACPHERSON KELLEY -15.7% 40.7 48.3 Total -0.6% 2491.9 2507.2 Large -3.5% 1243 1288.4 International 2.2% 178 174.2
Figures for DLA Piper, Norton Rose Fulbright, Baker & McKenzie, King & Wood Mallesons and Squire Patton Boggs are for the Australian practices of these firms. Figures are full-time equivalent positions rounded to the nearest whole number.