Hogan Lovells Posts 26% Profit Growth After Oracle, IBM Work

Hogan Lovells grew profits per equity partner 26% last year as it gained from guiding merger and acquisition deals for companies such as Oracle Corp.

Firm revenue increased 13%, with Hogan Lovells seeing workload growth during the pandemic in areas including litigation, government regulation and intellectual property.

“The key to our success is balance, balance, balance,” Hogan Lovells Chief Executive Officer Miguel Zaldivar said in an inteview.

Zaldivar becomes the latest top 100 firm leader to describe stellar 2021 results. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft saw revenue jump 35% to $609 million last year, and profits per equity partner increase by ...