List of largest law firms by revenue
This is a list of the world's largest law firms based on the Global 200 Rankings.[1]
Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association.
Rank
|
Firm
|
Revenue (US$)
|
Lawyers
|
Revenue per lawyer (US$)
|
Profit per partner (US$)[2]
|
Country with the most lawyers
|
1 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
$6,042,000,000
|
3,025 |
$1,997,000 |
$7,389,800 |
US
|
2 |
Latham & Watkins |
$5,488,778,000 |
3,078 |
$1,784,000 |
$5,705,000 |
US
|
3 |
DLA Piper (Swiss verein) [3] |
$3,829,531,000 |
4,561 |
$840,000 |
$3,122,000 |
US UK
|
4 |
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (LLP) |
$3,696,421,000 |
4000 |
$924,102 |
$2,750,000 |
UK
US
|
6 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
$3,022,380,000 |
1,644 |
$1,838,000 |
$5,088,000 |
US
|
7 |
Sidley Austin |
$2,795,426,000 |
1,893 |
$1,477,000 |
$3,718,000 |
US
|
8 |
White & Case |
$2,869,800,000 |
2,464 |
$1,165,000 |
$3,509,000 |
US
|
9 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
$2,577,700,000 |
1,992 |
$1,294,000 |
$1,831,000 |
US
|
10 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
$2,480,394,000 |
1,538 |
$1,613,000 |
$4,440,000 |
US
|
11 |
Ropes & Gray |
$2,674,046,000 |
1,372 |
$1,950,000 |
$4,333,000 |
US
|
12
|
Allen & Overy (now "A&O Shearman")
|
$2,597,910,000
|
2,821
|
$920,922
|
$2,251,522
|
UK
|
13 |
Clifford Chance |
$2,711,508,000 |
2,585 |
$1,049,000 |
$2,918,000 |
UK
|
14 |
Jones Day |
$2,446,000,000 |
2,406 |
$1,017,000 |
$1,446,000 |
US
|
15 |
Hogan Lovells |
$2,605,973,000 |
2,532 |
$1,029,000 |
$2,482,000 |
US
|
16 |
Linklaters |
$2,453,846,000 |
2,405 |
$1,020,000 |
$2,572,000 |
UK
|
17 |
Freshfields |
$2,341,256,000 |
2,007 |
$1,166,000 |
$2,691,000 |
UK
|
18 |
Goodwin Procter |
$1,973,368,000 |
1,315 |
$1,501,000 |
$3,690,000 |
US
|
19 |
Greenberg Traurig |
$2,003,790,000 |
2,209 |
$907,000 |
$2,276,000 |
US
|
20 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
$2,224,191,000 |
1,163 |
$1,913,000 |
$5,980,000 |
US
|
21 |
Norton Rose Fulbright (verein) |
$2,100,000,000 |
3,084 |
$681,000 |
$1,054,000 |
US
|
22 |
CMS (EEIG) |
$2,065,838,000 |
4,239 |
$487,000 |
$1,065,000 |
EU
|
23 |
Cooley |
$1,986,777,000 |
1,267 |
$1,568,000 |
$4,064,000 |
US
|
24 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
$1,970,000,000 |
1,025 |
$1,923,000 |
$7,010,000 |
US
|
25 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
$1,856,219,000 |
1,180 |
$1,573,000 |
$5,181,000 |
US
|
26 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
$1,850,437,000 |
1,008 |
$1,836,000 |
$6,162,000 |
US
|
27 |
Mayer Brown |
$1,840,000,000 |
1,748 |
$1,053,000 |
$2,465,000 |
US
|
28 |
King & Spalding |
$1,828,123,000 |
1,261 |
$1,450,000 |
$4,374,000 |
US
|
29 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
$1,765,426,000 |
797 |
$2,215,000 |
$6,366,000 |
US
|
30 |
McDermott, Will & Emery |
$1,665,221,000 |
1,177 |
$1,415,000 |
$3,051,000 |
US
|
31 |
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan |
$1,655,306,000 |
900 |
$1,839,000 |
$5,746,000 |
US
|
32 |
Paul Hastings |
$1,572,304,000 |
979 |
$1,606,000 |
$4,703,000 |
US
|
33 |
Herbert Smith Freehills |
$1,518,169,000 |
1,958 |
$775,000 |
$1,602,000 |
UK
|
34 |
Eversheds Sutherland |
$1,501,490,005 |
2,527 |
$594,000 |
$1,338,000 |
UK
|
35 |
Covington & Burling |
$1,501,130,000 |
1,217 |
$1,234,000 |
$2,300,000 |
US
|
36 |
Reed Smith |
$1,436,171,000 |
1,573 |
$913,000 |
$1,735,000 |
US
|
37 |
King & Wood Mallesons (verein) |
$1,430,000,000 |
2,599 |
$550,000 |
$511,000 |
China
|
38 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
$1,418,818,000 |
1,051 |
$1,350,000 |
$4,700,000 |
US
|
39
|
Holland & Knight
|
$1,402,502,000
|
1,393
|
$1,007,000
|
$2,005,000
|
US
|
40
|
Milbank
|
$1,359,000,000
|
819
|
$1,660,000
|
$5,033,000
|
US
|
41
|
Dechert
|
$1,341,486,000
|
928
|
$1,446,000
|
$4,236,000
|
US
|
42
|
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
|
$1,336,000,000
|
963
|
$1,388,000
|
$3,318,000
|
US
|
43
|
Debevoise & Plimpton
|
$1,329,262,000
|
788
|
$1,687,000
|
$5,011,000
|
US
|
44
|
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
|
$1,316,335,000
|
960
|
$1,371,000
|
$3,073,000
|
US
|
45 |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
$1,297,089,000 |
863 |
$1,503,000 |
$2,808,000 |
US
|
46 |
Yingke |
$1,258,914,000 |
13,299 |
$95,000 |
$293,000 |
China
|
47 |
Morrison & Foerster |
$1,234,500,000 |
996 |
$1,239,000 |
$2,463,000
|
US
|
48 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
$1,220,204,000 |
863 |
$1,414,000 |
$3,093,000 |
US
|
49 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
$1,220,000,000 |
871 |
$1,401,000 |
$3,903,000 |
US
|
50 |
K&L Gates |
$1,179,282,000 |
1,698 |
$694,000 |
$1,381,000 |
US
|
51
|
Proskauer Rose
|
$1,168,371,000
|
713
|
$1,639,000
|
$3,510,000
|
US
|
52
|
Perkins Coie
|
$1,155,565,000
|
1,124
|
$1,028,000
|
$1,660,000
|
US
|
53
|
Winston & Strawn
|
$1,153,207,000
|
846
|
$1,364,000
|
$3,021,000
|
US
|
54 |
Squire Patton Boggs (verein) |
$1,137,000,000 |
1,438 |
$791,000 |
$1,518,000 |
US
|
55 |
Kim & Chang |
$1,114,516,000 |
1,120 |
$995,000 |
$567,000 |
South Korea
|
56 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
$1,111,730,000 |
288 |
$3,860,000 |
$8,400,000 |
US
|
57 |
Ashurst |
$1,098,367,000 |
1,642 |
$669,000 |
$1,615,000 |
Australia
|
58 |
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer |
$1,033,000,000 |
902 |
$1,145,000 |
$1,531,000 |
US
|
59
|
Troutman Pepper
|
$1,029,503,000
|
1,121
|
$918,000
|
$1,386,000
|
US
|
60
|
Foley & Lardner
|
$1,024,834,000
|
1,021
|
$1,004,000
|
$1,812,000
|
US
|
61
|
Alston & Bird
|
$1,023,935,000
|
829
|
$1,236,000
|
$3,075,000
|
US
|
62 |
Shearman & Sterling |
$1,012,059,000 |
727 |
$1,391,000 |
$3,005,000 |
US
|
63 |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton |
$1,005,057,000 |
839 |
$1,198,000 |
$2,259,000 |
US
|
64 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
$1,001,000,000 |
492 |
$2,035,000 |
$5,803,000 |
US
|
65 |
Faegre Drinker |
$987,708,000 |
1,093 |
$904,000 |
$984,000 |
US
|
66 |
McGuireWoods |
$953,548,000 |
921 |
$1,035,000 |
$2,053,000 |
US
|
67
|
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
|
$951,300,000
|
581
|
$1,636,000
|
$4,252,000
|
US
|
68
|
AllBright Law Offices
|
$919,886,000
|
3,715
|
$248,000
|
$777,000
|
China
|
69
|
Vinson & Elkins
|
$912,337,000
|
692
|
$1,318,000
|
$3,508,000
|
US
|
70 |
O’Melveny & Myers |
$911,450,000 |
670 |
$1,360,000 |
$2,706,000 |
US
|
71 |
Clyde & Co |
$894,660,000 |
1,844 |
$485,000 |
$973,000
|
UK
|
72 |
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner |
$878,433,000 |
1,252 |
$701,000 |
$1,080,000 |
US
|
73 |
Baker & Hostetler |
$836,048,000 |
932 |
$897,000 |
$1,780,000 |
US
|
74 |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
$830,041,000 |
803 |
$1,033,000 |
$1,601,000 |
US
|
75 |
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy |
$805,682,000 |
680 |
$1,185,000 |
$2,768,000 |
US
|
76 |
Seyfarth Shaw |
$786,596,000 |
893 |
$881,000 |
$1,489,000 |
US
|
77 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
$781,406,000 |
651 |
$1,200,000 |
$2,105,000 |
US
|
78 |
Slaughter and May |
$758,741,000 |
571 |
$1,329,000 |
$3,599,000 |
UK
|
79 |
Zhong Lun |
$731,692,000 |
2,310 |
$317,000 |
$614,000 |
China
|
80 |
Pinsent Masons |
$731,006,000 |
1,723 |
$424,000 |
$970,000 |
UK
|
81 |
Fenwick & West |
$723,259,000
|
427 |
$1,692,000 |
$3,743,000 |
US
|
82 |
Baker Botts |
$723,228,000 |
673 |
$1,074,000 |
$2,032,000 |
US
|
83 |
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith |
$722,500,000 |
1,613 |
$448,000 |
$1,226,000 |
US
|
84 |
Venable |
$717,018,000 |
743 |
$965,000 |
$1,235,000 |
US
|
85 |
Katten Muchin Rosenman |
$713,854,000 |
631 |
$1,132,000 |
$2,006,000 |
US
|
86 |
Gowling WLG |
$700,588,000 |
1,255 |
$558,000 |
$649,000 |
Canada
|
87 |
Polsinelli |
$697,318,000 |
868 |
$804,000 |
$1,406,000 |
US
|
88 |
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough |
$680,826,000 |
778 |
$875,000 |
$1,704,000 |
US
|
89 |
Blake, Cassels & Graydon |
$669,240,000 |
624 |
$1,073,000 |
$921,000 |
Canada
|
90 |
Littler Mendelson |
$658,578,000 |
986 |
$668,000 |
$621,000 |
US
|
91 |
Fox Rothschild |
$650,000,000 |
882 |
$737,000 |
$932,000 |
US
|
92 |
Simmons & Simmons |
$640,026,000 |
946 |
$677,000 |
$1,376,000 |
UK
|
93 |
Deheng Law Offices |
$620,078,000 |
4,015 |
$154,000 |
$405,000 |
China
|
93 |
Grandall Law Firm |
$620,078,000 |
4,134 |
$150,000 |
$364,000 |
China
|
95 |
Bird & Bird |
$613,324,000 |
1,347 |
$455,000 |
$900,000 |
UK
|
96
|
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
|
$608,953,000
|
413
|
$1,474,000
|
$4,382,000
|
US
|
97
|
Barnes & Thornburg
|
$608,755,000
|
798
|
$881,000
|
$1,170,000
|
US
|
98
|
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo
|
$588,500,000
|
488
|
$1,206,000
|
$2,102,000
|
US
|
99 |
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart |
$585,198,000 |
873 |
$670,000 |
$1,051,000 |
US
|
100 |
Cozen O'Connor |
$584,802,000 |
701 |
$834,000 |
$1,097,000 |
US
|
See also
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