Turnover (£m): 9.1
RPL (£k): 194

EMW’s turnover grew by 8.2 per cent to £9.1m in 2010-11, up from £8.4m in 2009-10. The figure marks a return to growth for the firm after revenue had dropped by 18.4 per cent in the previous financial year, down from £10.3m. Profit at the firm was £2.3m, while average profit per equity partner stood at £159,000.

Corporate work no longer accounts for the majority of EMW’s turnover, dropping from 40 per cent to 28 per cent of total revenue. Property is now the firm’s biggest earner, ­making up 41 per cent of the headline figure, up from 29 per cent in 2009-10.

In May 2010 EMW entered into a non-exclusive arrangement with German firm Buse Heberer Fromm, with the latter using EMW’s London office as a base from which to practise.