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According to a survey done by the International Financial Law Review and reported in London’s Guardian, lawyers in London are the highest paid in the world. Second on the list, and not far behind, are lawyers in Hong Kong. US lawyers placed much further down on the list; however, they tended to bill more hours per year than their European counterparts.
Hourly Rates by Country (for law firm partners) reported in US dollars:
| Great Britain (London) | $352-525 | |
| Hong Kong | $367-474 | |
| Switzerland | $277-495 | |
| Germany | $300-472 | |
| France | $277-360 | |
| Japan | $232-517 | |
| US | $187-375 | |
| Canada | $157-375 |
Information from World Press Review
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