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Despite a loss of 10 clients, Norton Rose still reigns in this category with 117. Eversheds with 107 and third placed Slaughter and May with 105 do not record a change in clients.
Linklaters wins by a landslide by the total market capitalisation of its clients. Second-placed Slaughter and May has half the market cap as Linklaters and goes head to head with third-placed Herbert Smith, which follows in its trail.
It is no surprise that Linklaters also tops the profit rankings chart. Slaughter and May follows in second and Herbert Smith in third. Having not made the chart last quarter, Wragge & Co benefits from gaining Morrison Supermarkets and skims the list at 20th.
Figures as at 8 May 2008 and information in brackets from 5 February 2008.
| Highest number of Stockmarket Clients | ||||
| Rank | Law Firms | No. Clients | ||
| 1 | (1) | Norton Rose LLP | 117 | (127) |
| 2 | (2) | Eversheds LLP | 107 | (107) |
| 3 | (4) | Slaughter and May | 105 | (105) |
| 4 | (3) | Ashurst | 105 | (106) |
| 5 | (5) | Pinsent Masons | 100 | (96) |
| 6 | (5) | DLA Piper UK LLP | 93 | (96) |
| 7 | (7) | Linklaters | 85 | (90) |
| 8 | (8) | Herbert Smith | 80 | (82) |
| 9 | (13) | Berwin Leighton Paisner | 69 | (52) |
| 10 | (9) | Lawrence Graham LLP | 66 | (62) |
| 11 | (10) | Allen & Overy | 57 | (59) |
| 12 | (11) | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 56 | (55) |
| 13 | (18) | Carey Olsen | 55 | (50) |
| 14 | (18) | Stephenson Harwood | 54 | (50) |
| 14 | (12) | Travers Smith | 54 | (54) |
| 16 | (14) | Osborne Clarke | 53 | (51) |
| 17 | (14) | Halliwells LLP | 49 | (51) |
| 18 | Howard Kennedy | 48 | ||
| 18 | Nabarro | 48 | (51) | |
| 20 | Olswang | 47 | ||
| Total Market Cap of Stock Market clients | ||||
| Rank | Law Firm | £m | ||
| 1 | (1) | Linklaters | 622391 | (582175) |
| 2 | (2) | Slaughter and May | 348598 | (352817) |
| 3 | (3) | Herbert Smith | 333477 | (307940) |
| 4 | (4) | Allen & Overy | 315190 | (288388) |
| 5 | (5) | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 280193 | (262129) |
| 6 | (6) | Clifford Chance LLP | 176397 | (168362) |
| 7 | (7) | Norton Rose LLP | 140815 | (134189) |
| 8 | (8) | Lovells | 133074 | (122157) |
| 9 | (9) | Ashurst | 97943 | (103368) |
| 10 | (10) | Osborne Clarke | 78274 | (68416) |
| 11 | (11) | Lewis Silkin | 63986 | (54307) |
| 12 | (17) | Shearman & Sterling LLP | 54844 | (38388) |
| 13 | (12) | Berwin Leighton Paisner | 53146 | (49202) |
| 14 | (13) | Eversheds LLP | 43696 | (46693) |
| 15 | (14) | Dundas & Wilson CS | 43458 | (46040) |
| 16 | (16) | Addleshaw Goddard LLP | 43177 | (44702) |
| 17 | (15) | Pinsent Masons | 40491 | (44759) |
| 18 | (20) | Burges Salmon | 30139 | (30752) |
| 19 | Jones Day | 29803 | ||
| 20 | (19) | Arthur Cox | 28227 | (32829) |
| Total Profit of Stock Market clients | ||||
| Rank | Law Firm | £m | ||
| 1 | (1) | Linklaters | 62191 | (64995) |
| 2 | (2) | Slaughter and May | 40920 | (41675) |
| 3 | (4) | Herbert Smith | 38576 | (41473) |
| 4 | (4) | Allen & Overy | 29715 | (30851) |
| 5 | (5) | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 28028 | (27212) |
| 6 | (6) | Clifford Chance LLP | 18830 | (20814) |
| 7 | (7) | Lovells | 15539 | (16582) |
| 8 | (8) | Norton Rose LLP | 15060 | (15876) |
| 9 | (9) | Dundas & Wilson CS | 10397 | (9626) |
| 10 | (10) | Ashurst | 7894 | (7597) |
| 11 | (12) | Osborne ClarkeEversheds LLP | 5699 | (5862) |
| 12 | (15) | Addleshaw Goddard LLP | 5286 | (5146) |
| 13 | (13) | Lewis Silkin | 4904 | (5221) |
| 14 | (17) | Arthur Cox | 5191 | (5237) |
| 15 | (11) | Eversheds LLP | 4313 | (6711) |
| 16 | (16) | Pinsent Masons | 4075 | (4298) |
| 17 | (20) | Shearman & Stirling | 3897 | (3495) |
| 18 | (14) | Berwin Leighton Paisner | 3822 | (5191) |
| 19 | (18) | SJ Berwin | 3406 | (3694) |
| 20 | Wragge & Co | 2901 | ||