List of 100 largest law firms by revenue

This is a list of the world's largest law firms by revenue.[1]

Rank Name Revenue Office Reach Headquarters
1 Increase Baker & McKenzie $2,419.0m[2] International United States USA (Chicago, IL)
2 Increase Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom $2,320.0m[3] International United States USA (New York, NY)
3Increase Norton Rose Fulbright $2,090.0m[4] International United Kingdom UK
4 Increase Linklaters $1,940.0m[5] International United Kingdom UK (London)
5 Steady Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer $1,930.0m[5] International United Kingdom UK (London)
5 Increase Allen & Overy $1,930.0m[5] International United Kingdom UK (London)
6 Decrease Clifford Chance $1,874.5m International United Kingdom UK (London)
7 Decrease Latham & Watkins $1,821.0m International United States USA (Los Angeles, CA)
8 Increase Hogan Lovells $1,718.0m International United Kingdom UK (London) United States USA (Washington, DC)
9 Steady Jones Day $1,520.0m International United States USA (Cleveland, OH)
10 Increase Kirkland & Ellis $1,428.0m International United States USA (Chicago)
11 Decrease Sidley Austin $1,357.0m International United States USA (Chicago)
12 Decrease White & Case $1,307.0m International United States USA (New York)
13 Increase Herbert Smith Freehills $1,220.8m[6] International United Kingdom UK (London) Australia Australia (Sydney)
14 Increase Mayer Brown $1,200.0m[7] International United States USA (Chicago)
15 Steady Greenberg Traurig $1,173.0m International United States USA (Miami, FL)
16 Increase Reed Smith $1,150.0m[8] International United States USA (Pittsburgh)
16 Decrease Weil, Gotshal & Manges $1,150.0m[9] International United States USA (New York)
18 Decrease Morgan, Lewis & Bockius $1,068.5m International United States USA (Philadelphia, PA)
19 Decrease K&L Gates $1,145.0m International United States USA (Pittsburgh, PA)
20 Decrease DLA Piper USA[10] $1,014.5m International United States USA (Chicago)
21 Increase Gibson Dunn $995.0m International United States USA (Los Angeles)
22 Increase Sullivan & Cromwell $995.0m International United States USA (New York)
23 Increase Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton $965.0m International United States USA (New York)
24 Increase WilmerHale $1,073.0m [11] International United States USA (Boston, MA and Washington, DC)
25 Decrease Dewey & LeBoeuf (defunct; ceased operations 2012) $941.0m International United States USA (New York)
26 Decrease DLA Piper International[10] $910.0m International United Kingdom UK (London)
27 Increase Ashurst $1,003.0m [12] International United Kingdom UK
28 Decrease Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker $889.0m International United States USA (Los Angeles)
29 Increase Morrison & Foerster $884.0m International United States USA (San Francisco)
30 Decrease Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $870.5m International United States USA (New York)
31 Increase Bingham McCutchen $860.0m International United States USA (Boston)
32 Increase Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe $847.5m International United States USA (San Francisco)
33 Increase Davis Polk & Wardwell $846.0m International United States USA (New York)
34 Decrease McDermott Will & Emery $829.0m International United States USA (Chicago)
35 Decrease O'Melveny & Myers $826.5m International United States USA (Los Angeles)
36 Decrease Shearman & Sterling $801.0m International United States USA (New York)
37 Increase Ropes & Gray $789.5m International United States USA (Boston)
38 Increase Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan $1,124m International United States USA (Los Angeles, CA)
39 Increase Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld $719.0m International United States USA (Washington, DC)
40 Decrease Dechert $713.0m International United States USA (Philadelphia)
41 Increase Winston & Strawn $705.0m International United States USA (Chicago)
42 Increase King & Spalding $677.5m International United States USA (Atlanta, GA)
43 Decrease Debevoise & Plimpton $668.0m International United States USA (New York)
44 Steady Foley & Lardner $667.0m International United States USA (Milwaukee, WI)
45 Increase Paul Weiss $665.5m International United States USA (New York)
46 Increase Goodwin Procter $658.0m International United States USA (Boston)
47 Increase Proskauer Rose $643.0m International United States USA (New York)
48 Decrease Slaughter and May $628.5m International United Kingdom UK (London)
49 Decrease Hunton & Williams $615.0m International United States USA (Richmond, VA)
50 Increase Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy $601.5m International United States USA (New York)
51 Increase Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $585.0m International United States USA (New York)
52Increase Covington & Burling $583.0m International United States USA
53 Decrease Baker Botts $575.0m International United States USA (Houston, TX)
54 Increase Cravath, Swaine & Moore $568.5m International United States USA
55 Decrease Vinson & Elkins $562.0m International United States USA
56 Increase Eversheds $556.5m International United Kingdom UK
57 Increase Bryan Cave $555.0m International United States USA (St. Louis, MO)
58 Increase Alston & Bird $551.0m International United States USA
59 Decrease Willkie Farr & Gallagher $549.5m International United States USA
60 Decrease Holland & Knight $545.5m International United States USA
61 Decrease Squire Patton Boggs (formerly known as Squire Sanders) $845.0m International United States USA(Cleveland, OH)
62 Decrease Pillsbury Winthrop $533.5m International United States USA
63 Increase Arnold & Porter $524.0m International United States USA
64 Increase McGuireWoods $509.0m International United States USA
65 Decrease Cooley LLP $507.0m International United States USA
66 Decrease Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati $501.0m International United States USA
67 Decrease Howrey (dissolved) $480.0m International United States USA
68 Decrease Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (now known as Dentons) $472.5m International United States USA
69 Increase Garrigues (law firm) $466.0m International Spain Spain
70 Increase Nixon Peabody $465.0m International United States USA
71 Decrease Cadwalader $456.5m International United States USA
72 Increase Seyfarth Shaw $453.5m National United States USA
73 Increase Perkins Coie $433.0m International United States USA (Seattle, WA)
74 Increase Kaye Scholer $432.0m International United States USA
78 Decrease Fried Frank $424.5m International United States USA
75 Steady Katten Muchin Rosenman $420.5m International United States USA
76 Increase Fish & Richardson $417.0m International United States USA
81 Decrease Fidal $411.0m National France France
82 Increase Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell $399.0m International United States USA
83 Increase Minter Ellison $398.5m National Australia Australia
84 Decrease McCarthy Tetrault $397.0m International Canada Canada
84 Increase Schulte Roth $397.0m International United States USA
86 Decrease Loyens & Loeff $396.0m International Netherlands Netherlands
87 Decrease Mallesons Stephen Jaques $392.0m International Australia Australia
88 Decrease Simmons & Simmons $391.5m International United Kingdom UK
89 Increase Duane Morris $387.5m International United States USA (Philadelphia, PA)
90 Steady Allens Arthur Robinson $380.8m International Australia Australia
91 Decrease Freehills $378.0m International Australia Australia
92 Increase Troutman Sanders $376.5m International United States USA
93 Increase Drinker Biddle & Reath $373.5m National United States USA (Philadelphia, PA)
94 Increase Littler Mendelson $370.5m International United States USA
95 Increase Jenner & Block $367.5m International United States USA
96 Increase Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton $361.0m International United States USA
97 Decrease Clayton Utz $351.0m International Australia Australia
98 Increase Venable $349.5m International United States USA
99 Decrease Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner $349.0m International United States USA
100 Increase Dorsey & Whitney $342.0m International United States USA

See also

References

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  10. 10.0 10.1 DLA Piper International and DLA Piper US share a single management board, although they are not financially integrated and as such are treated as separate entities.
  11. Ruger, Todd (2014-02-14). "Another $1 billion year for Wilmer Cutler". National Law Journal. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  12. http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/news/ashurst-reports-strong-revenue