List of largest European law firms (excluding UK) (2012)

This list of the largest law firms in Europe by revenue is based on an excerpt taken from the European 100 survey released by the UK legal magazine The Lawyer and is ordered by 2011 revenue. The annual report only analyses law firms which are headquartered in Continental Europe and does not include law firms headquartered in the UK.[1]

Rank Name Revenue Fee-earners No. of offices Headquarters
1 Steady Garrigues € 355.2m 1,907 38 Spain Spain
2 Steady Fidal € 309.8m 1,319 95 France France
3 Steady Loyens & Loeff € 295.0m 894 17 Netherlands Netherlands
4 Steady Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira € 242.6m 910 24 Spain Spain
5 Steady Hengeler Mueller € 210.0m* 305 6 Germany Germany
6 Steady Salans € 206.3m 930 22 -
7 Steady Gide Loyrette NouelLex Mundi member € 200.0m* 672 19 France France
8 Steady Uría Menéndez – Lex Mundi member € 188.8m 538 16 Spain Spain
9 Steady NoerrLex Mundi member € 159.3m 380 15 Germany Germany
10 Steady Gleiss Lutz € 152.9m* 273 7 Germany Germany
11 Steady Nauta Dutilh € 150.0m 360 6 Netherlands Netherlands
12 Steady Mannheimer Swartling € 144.9m 385 8 Sweden Sweden
13 Steady Bonelli Erede Pappalardo € 137.0m 304 5 Italy Italy
14 Steady ChiomentiLex Mundi member € 130.0m 270 9 Italy Italy
15 Steady Rödl & Partner € 127.0m 620 87 Germany Germany
16 Steady Stibbe € 125.0m 340 4 Netherlands Netherlands
17 Steady De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek € 123.5m 375 5 Netherlands Netherlands
18 Steady Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & PartnersLex Mundi member € 118.0m 246 5 Russia Russia
19 Steady Houthoff BurumaLex Mundi member € 112.7m 326 5 Netherlands Netherlands
20 Steady Arthur Cox – Lex Mundi member € 109.2m 401 5 Republic of Ireland Ireland
21 Steady Kromann Reumert – Lex Mundi member € 105.0m 352 4 Denmark Denmark
22 Steady VingeLex Mundi member € 104.8m 327 7 Sweden Sweden
23 Steady McCann FitzGerald € 101.5m 267 3 Republic of Ireland Ireland
24 Steady Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners € 101.0m 353 9 Italy Italy
25 Steady Wikborg Rein € 100.0m 229 6 Norway Norway
26 Steady Matheson Ormsby Prentice € 98.0m 350 4 Republic of Ireland Ireland
27 Steady Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek € 94.9m 235 9 Germany Germany
28 Steady A&L Goodbody € 93.4m 378 5 Republic of Ireland Ireland
29 Steady Plesner € 91.4m 246 1 Denmark Denmark
30 Steady ThommessenLex Mundi member € 89.7m 200 3 Norway Norway
31 Steady Flick Gocke Schaumburg € 88.1m 201 4 Germany Germany
32 Steady Arendt & Medernach – Lex Mundi member € 83.0m 290 6 Luxembourg Luxembourg
33 Steady Lenz & Staehelin € 80.5m 195 3 Switzerland Switzerland
34 Steady Beiten Burkhardt € 79.0m 290 12 Germany Germany
35 Steady Bredin Prat € 79.0m 160 2 France France
36 Steady Luther € 79.0m 250 18 Germany Germany
37 Steady Görg € 78.0m 170 5 Germany Germany
38 Steady NCTM € 77.0m 250 6 Italy Italy
39 Steady Bech-Bruun € 76.9m 213 3 Denmark Denmark
40 Steady Wiersholm € 75.5m 127 1 Norway Norway
41 Steady Gorrissen Federspiel € 71.4m 296 2 Denmark Denmark
42 Steady Elvinger Hoss & Prussen € 70.0m 122 1 Luxembourg Luxembourg
43 Steady Schjodt € 70.0m 140 5 Norway Norway
44 Steady WolfTheiss € 68.6m 321 12 Austria Austria
45 Steady Schoenherr € 68.5m 295 13 Austria Austria
46 Steady Lett € 68.0m 307 4 Denmark Denmark
47 Steady Lindahl € 67.2m 250 6 Sweden Sweden
48 Steady Homburger € 67.0m 124 1 Switzerland Switzerland
49 Steady Schellenberg Wittmer € 65.6m 130 2 Switzerland Switzerland
50 Steady Gomez-Acebo & Pombo € 62.8m 302 9 Spain Spain
51 Steady William Fry € 60.3m 345 3 Republic of Ireland Ireland
52 Steady Bär & Karrer € 60.0m 139 4 Switzerland Switzerland
53 Steady Schultze & Braun € 59.5m 97 15 Germany Germany
54 Steady Hannes Snellmann € 57.2m 239 5 Finland Finland
55 Steady Roschier € 52.4m 170 3 Finland Finland
56 Steady Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier € 52.0m 60 1 France France
57 Steady Selmer € 50.0m 125 2 Norway Norway
58 Steady Setterwalls € 50.0m 205 3 Sweden Sweden
59 Steady P+P Pollath & Partners € 48.5m 188 3 Germany Germany
60 Steady GSK Stockmann & Kollegen € 47.2m 185 9 Germany Germany
61 Steady Boekel De Nerée € 47.0m 150 2 Netherlands Netherlands
62 Steady Capstan € 46.0m 215 1 France France
63 Steady Legance € 45.7m 160 2 Italy Italy
64 Steady De Pardieu Brocas Maffei € 45.5m 158 1 France France
65 Steady Niederer Kraft & Frey € 45.0m 90 1 Switzerland Switzerland
66 Steady Roca Junyent € 45.0m 90 6 Spain Spain
67 Steady August & Debouzy € 42.0m 138 3 France France
67 Steady Göhmann € 42.0m 90 8 Germany Germany
69 Steady Haavind € 41.2m 104 2 Norway Norway
70 Steady Walder Wyss & Partners € 41.0m 106 2 Switzerland Switzerland
71 Steady Mason Hayes & Curran € 39.2m 134 3 Republic of Ireland Ireland
72 Steady Buse Heberer Fromm € 39.0m 125 13 Germany Germany
73 Steady UGGC & Associés € 38.0m 160 8 France France
74 Steady Pestalozzi € 36.5m 90 2 Switzerland Switzerland
75 Steady FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare € 35.5m 107 4 Germany Germany
76 Steady CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati € 35.0m 170 9 Austria Austria
77 Steady PLMJ € 35.0m 230 3 Portugal Portugal
78 Steady Castrén & Snellman € 34.0m 140 3 Finland Finland
79 Steady Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares da Silva & Associados [Lex Mundi Member] € 33.6m 123 3 Portugal Portugal
80 Steady Dillon Eustace € 33.5m 110 4 Republic of Ireland Ireland
81 Steady Pluta € 33.0m 100 29 Germany Germany
82 Steady Vieira de Almeida € 32.9m 165 3 Portugal Portugal
83 Steady Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte € 32.8m 114 7 Germany Germany
84 Steady Bruun & Hjejle € 32.0m 94 1 Denmark Denmark
85 Steady Eubelius € 32.0m 87 3 Belgium Belgium
86 Steady Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick € 32.0m 117 2 Belgium Belgium
87 Steady Arntzen de Besche € 31.5m 128 4 Norway Norway
88 Steady Borenius € 31.2m 120 3 Finland Finland
89 Steady Fromont Briens € 31.0m 110 2 France France
90 Steady Jeantet Associés € 31.0m 112 2 France France
91 Steady Delphi € 30.0m 124 5 Sweden Sweden
92 Steady Graf von Westphalen € 30.0m 130 9 Germany Germany
93 Steady Vischer € 30.0m 105 2 Switzerland Switzerland
94 Steady Pavia e Ansaldo € 29.6m 140 5 Italy Italy
95 Steady Andreas Neocleous & Co € 29.0m 148 9 Cyprus Cyprus
96 Steady CBA Studio Legale e Tributario € 28.2m 97 5 Italy Italy
97 Steady Raupach & Wollert-Elmendorff € 27.5m 92 7 Germany Germany
98 Steady De Gaulle Fleurance € 26.9m 79 1 France France
99 Steady SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz € 26.5m 56 2 Germany Germany
100 Steady Gernandt & Danielsson € 26.1m 68 1 Sweden Sweden

See also

References

  1. The Lawyer European 100, 2012