london united kingdom no . of offices four 1 no . of lawyers approximately 560 2 no . of employees approximately 1 140 3 major practice areas general practice key people stephen cooke senior partner richard clark executive partner 4 revenue 476.0 million 2014 15 5 profit per equity partner 2.230 million 2014 15 5 date founded 1889 london 6 company type general partnership website slaughterandmay.com slaughter and may is an international law firm headquartered in london and a member of the magic circle of elite uk law firms . with the highest profits per equity partner pep of any uk law firm 7 8 and the largest number of clients on the ftse100 9 it is one of the most prestigious and profitable law firms in the world . 10 in addition to london it has offices in beijing brussels and hong kong . 1 slaughter and may employs approximately 560 fee earners and 740 other staff . 2 despite being significantly smaller than the other members of the magic circle in terms of revenue and employees it continues to boast the most number of clients on the ftse100 and the ftse250 within the magic circle and in the entire world . 9 11 in 2012 13 slaughter and may achieved total revenues of 416.2 million and as at 4 september 2015 it boasts the highest pep in the city at 2.23 million 5 8 trailed by linklaters and freshfields bruckhaus deringer at 1.42 million and 1.37 million respectively . 12 according to us careers publisher vault slaughter and may is viewed by english solicitors as the most prestigious law firm in the united kingdom . 13 slaughter and may s core practice areas are mergers and acquisitions corporate and commercial and financing . 14 contents 1 history 2 clients 3 references 4 external links history edit slaughter and may was founded on 1 january 1889 by william capel slaughter and william may . 6 15 the firm s first office was located at 18 austin friars in the city of london . 6 in 1974 the firm opened an office in hong kong being the first london law firm to establish a presence there . 6 during the 1980s and 1990s the firm acted on a number of privatisations in the united kingdom including those of british airways british gas and british steel corporation . 6 in 2002 slaughter and may moved to its current london office at one bunhill row . slaughter and may closed its new york office in september 2004 and its singapore office in october 2004 . the new york office had originally primarily handled english law financing work in the americas a market which had been in decline through the 1990s so the firm referred its u.s. work to wall street firms and similarly its southeast asia work to the australian firm of allens arthur robinson . 16 in december 2005 slaughter and may agreed to cede its paris office to the french law firm bredin prat . 17 in 2009 the firm opened an office in beijing china 6 to focus mainly on m & a and outbound and inbound investment . 18 in comparison to the other magic circle firms slaughter and may has a minimal overseas presence and its international practice largely relies on a network of local law firms in other countries . these best friend firms have included clayton utz corrs chambers westgarth gilbert tobin and minter ellison in australia ; 19 bonellierede bredin prat de brauw blackstone westbroek hengeler mueller and ur a men ndez in continental europe ; 20 shin & kim and kim & chang in south korea ; and three of the big four law firms in japan . 21 clients edit slaughter and may represent 33 clients on the ftse 100 and 44 clients on the ftse 250 more than any other firm . 9 its clients range from governments to entrepreneurs from funds to leading banks from retailers to entertainment companies and from diversified industrial conglomerates to premier league football clubs . 22 references edit a b offices . slaughter and may . retrieved 26 october 2010 . a b slaughter and may uk results 2010 . the lawyer . retrieved 24 october 2010 . key facts and figures . slaughter and may . retrieved 29 april 2015 . partners . slaughter and may . retrieved 22 october 2013 . a b c slaughter and may . incisive media . retrieved 5 november 2013 . a b c d e f history . slaughter and may . retrieved 26 october 2010 . slaughter and may . chambers student . retrieved 13 may 2012 . a b slaughter and may top the table for lawyers pay the times . retrieved 2015 09 24 . a b c slaughter and may leads as magic circle dominates ftse 100 client list . retrieved 2015 09 17 . slaughter and may true picture . chambers student spain edition . retrieved 2015 09 17 . slaughter and may ftse clients . www.slaughterandmay.com . retrieved 2015 09 21 . fortado lindsay 2015 07 08 . magic circle law firms revenues hampered by currency shifts . financial times . issn 0307 1766 . retrieved 2015 09 24 . article top uk law firms to work for . the guardian . retrieved 2015 10 12 . slaughter and may . retrieved 2015 09 17 . slaughter and may . legal week . 21 aug 2009 . retrieved 26 october 2010 . slaughters shuts ny and singapore . the lawyer . 5 july 2004 . retrieved 18 july 2013 . bredin prat to take over slaughters paris . the lawyer . 14 december 2005 . retrieved 2 october 2012 . http www.thelawyer.com slaughter and may 414864 . supplier slaughter and may overview the lawyer . www.thelawyer.com . retrieved 2015 09 21 . slaughter and may the best friends group . www.slaughterandmay.com . retrieved 2015 09 21 . slaughters unveils best friends strategy in asia news the lawyer . www.thelawyer.com . retrieved 2015 09 21 . slaughter and may key facts and figures . www.slaughterandmay.com . retrieved 2015 09 17 . external links edit slaughter and may slaughter and may companies grouped at opencorporates v t e magic circle law firms allen & overy clifford chance freshfields bruckhaus deringer linklaters slaughter and may barristers chambers blackstone chambers brick court chambers essex court chambers fountain court chambers one essex court retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title slaughter and may & oldid 723183226 categories law firms based in londonlaw firms of the united kingdomlaw firms established in 1889companies based in londonforeign law firms with offices in hong kong1889 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories opencorporates groupingsuse dmy dates from september 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschlietuvi edit links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 14 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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