Pinsent Masons has been named as the highest earning commercial law firm in Scotland in Scottish Business Insider's latest table.
The No1 earner reported £77 million, up from an estimated £72 million last year. Brodies also upped its total from £68.58 million to £76.86 million while Burness Paull also edged up from £57.6 million to £58.5 million.
But the top income per head was at Clyde & Co , whose 68 fee earners hauled in an average of £330,931. Next came Shepherd and Wedderburn , whose 216 fee earners made an average of £257,906.
Fee League 2019: Top Earners
Ranked by fee income
| Rank 2019 | Firm | Fee Income Latest/Prev | Income per Fee Earner |
| 1 | Pinsent Masons | £77m/£72m* | £223,188 |
| 2 | Brodies | £76.86m/£68.58m | £202,088 |
| 3 | Burness Paull | £58.5m/£57.6m | £233,636 |
| 4 | Shepherd & Wedderburn | £55.7m/£53.5m | £257,906 |
| 5 | Harper MacLeod | £29m/£26.5m | £144,279 |
| 6 | Thorntons | £26.9m/£27.51m | £185,007 |
| 7 | Aberdeen Considine | £23.6m/£22m | £134,857 |
| 8= | Clyde & Co | £20-25m/- | £330,931 |
| 8= | Anderson Strathern | £20-25m/£21.8m | £173,077 |
| 10 | Morton Fraser | £21.8m/£21.7m | £163,910 |
*Insider Estimate
Legal Leaders 2019 Top Ten
Ranked by total staff plus partners. Numbers given are full time equivalent.
| Rank 2019 (2018) | Firm | Total staff and partners (% change this year) | Staff | Fee-earners | Partners | Scottish HQ/Scottish Offices |
| 1 (1) | Brodies | 651.11 (4.98%) | 552.5 | 380.33 | 98.6 | Edinburgh/5 |
| 2 (2) | Pinsent Masons | 564 (3.68%) | 500 | 345 | 64 | Glasgow/3 |
| 3 (3) | Burness Paull | 512.44 (7.5%) | 442.5 | 250.39 | 69.9 | Edinburgh/3 |
| 4 (5) | Thorntons | 466.19 (8.24%) | 412.1 | 145.4 | 54.1 | Dundee/14 |
| 5 (6) | CMS | 464 (10.48%) | 398 | 274 | 66 | Edinburgh/3 |
| 6 (4) | Aberdein Considine | 457 (5.30%) | 423 | 175 | 34 | Aberdeen/19 |
| 7 (7) | Shepherd & Wedderburn | 411.79 (0.83%) | 345 | 215.97 | 66.8 | Edinburgh/3 |
| 8 (8) | Harper MacLeod | 364 (4.00%) | 298 | 201 | 66 | Glasgow/5 |
| 9 (9) | Dentons | 327 (-1.21%) | 283 | 176 | 44 | Glasgow/3 |
| 10 (11) | Anderson Strathern | 297 (3.48%) | 245 | 130 | 52 | Edinburgh/3 |
