List of largest law firms by revenue explained

This is a list of the world's largest law firms. Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association.

data-sort-type="number" RankFirmRevenue (US$)LawyersRevenue per lawyer (US$)Profit per partner (US$)[1] Country with the most lawyers
1Kirkland & Ellis$6,042,000,0003,025$1,997,000$7,389,800 US
2Latham & Watkins$5,488,778,0003,078$1,784,000$5,705,000 US
3DLA Piper[2] $3,829,531,0004,561$840,000$3,122,000 US UK
4Baker McKenzie (Swiss verein)$3,126,729,0004,795$652,000$1,833,000 US
5Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom$3,022,380,0001,644$1,838,000$5,088,000 US
6Dentons (verein)$2,940,600,00012,064$244,000$379,000 Switzerland
7White & Case$2,869,800,0002,464$1,165,000$3,509,000 US
8Sidley Austin$2,795,426,0001,893$1,477,000$3,718,000 US
9Clifford Chance$2,711,508,0002,585$1,049,000$2,918,000 UK
10Ropes & Gray$2,674,046,0001,372$1,950,000$4,333,000 US
11Hogan Lovells$2,605,973,0002,532$1,029,000$2,482,000 US
13Morgan, Lewis & Bockius$2,577,700,0001,992$1,294,000$1,831,000 US
14Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher$2,480,394,0001,538$1,613,000$4,440,000 US
15Linklaters$2,453,846,0002,405$1,020,000$2,572,000 UK
16Jones Day$2,446,000,0002,406$1,017,000$1,446,000 US
17Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer$2,341,256,0002,007$1,166,000$2,691,000 UK
18Simpson Thacher & Bartlett$2,224,191,0001,163$1,913,000$5,980,000 US
19Norton Rose Fulbright (verein)$2,100,000,0003,084$681,000$1,054,000 US
20CMS (EEIG)$2,065,838,0004,239$487,000$1,065,000 European Union
21Greenberg Traurig$2,003,790,0002,209$907,000$2,276,000 US
22Cooley$1,986,777,0001,267$1,568,000$4,064,000 US
23Goodwin Procter$1,973,368,0001,315$1,501,000$3,690,000 US
24Davis Polk & Wardwell$1,970,000,0001,025$1,923,000$7,010,000 US
25Weil, Gotshal & Manges$1,856,219,0001,180$1,573,000$5,181,000 US
26Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison$1,850,437,0001,008$1,836,000$6,162,000 US
27Mayer Brown$1,840,000,0001,748$1,053,000$2,465,000 US
28King & Spalding$1,828,123,0001,261$1,450,000$4,374,000 US
29Sullivan & Cromwell$1,765,426,000797$2,215,000$6,366,000 US
30McDermott, Will & Emery$1,665,221,0001,177$1,415,000$3,051,000 US
31Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan$1,655,306,000900$1,839,000$5,746,000 US
32Paul Hastings$1,572,304,000979$1,606,000$4,703,000 US
33Herbert Smith Freehills$1,518,169,0001,958$775,000$1,602,000 UK
34Eversheds Sutherland$1,501,490,0052,527$594,000$1,338,000 UK
35Covington & Burling$1,501,130,0001,217$1,234,000$2,300,000 US
36Reed Smith$1,436,171,0001,573$913,000$1,735,000 US
37King & Wood Mallesons (verein)$1,430,000,0002,599$550,000$511,000 China
38Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton$1,418,818,0001,051$1,350,000$4,700,000 US
39Holland & Knight$1,402,502,0001,393$1,007,000$2,005,000 US
40Milbank$1,359,000,000819$1,660,000$5,033,000 US
41Dechert$1,341,486,000928$1,446,000$4,236,000 US
42Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati$1,336,000,000963$1,388,000$3,318,000 US
43Debevoise & Plimpton$1,329,262,000788$1,687,000$5,011,000 US
44Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe$1,316,335,000960$1,371,000$3,073,000 US
45Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr$1,297,089,000863$1,503,000$2,808,000 US
46Yingke$1,258,914,00013,299$95,000$293,000 China
47Morrison & Foerster$1,234,500,000996$1,239,000$2,463,000 US
48Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld$1,220,204,000863$1,414,000$3,093,000 US
49Willkie Farr & Gallagher$1,220,000,000871$1,401,000$3,903,000 US
50K&L Gates$1,179,282,0001,698$694,000$1,381,000 US
51Proskauer Rose$1,168,371,000713$1,639,000$3,510,000 US
52Perkins Coie$1,155,565,0001,124$1,028,000$1,660,000 US
53Winston & Strawn$1,153,207,000846$1,364,000$3,021,000 US
54Squire Patton Boggs (verein)$1,137,000,0001,438$791,000$1,518,000 US
55Kim & Chang$1,114,516,0001,120$995,000$567,000
56Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz$1,111,730,000288$3,860,000$8,400,000 US
57Ashurst$1,098,367,0001,642$669,000$1,615,000 Australia
58Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer$1,033,000,000902$1,145,000$1,531,000 US
59Troutman Pepper$1,029,503,0001,121$918,000$1,386,000 US
60Foley & Lardner$1,024,834,0001,021$1,004,000$1,812,000 US
61Alston & Bird$1,023,935,000829$1,236,000$3,075,000 US
62Shearman & Sterling$1,012,059,000727$1,391,000$3,005,000 US
63Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton$1,005,057,000839$1,198,000$2,259,000 US
64Cravath, Swaine & Moore$1,001,000,000492$2,035,000$5,803,000 US
65Faegre Drinker$987,708,0001,093$904,000$984,000 US
66McGuireWoods$953,548,000921$1,035,000$2,053,000 US
67Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson$951,300,000581$1,636,000$4,252,000 US
68AllBright Law Offices$919,886,0003,715$248,000$777,000 China
69Vinson & Elkins$912,337,000692$1,318,000$3,508,000 US
70O’Melveny & Myers$911,450,000670$1,360,000$2,706,000 US
71Clyde & Co$894,660,0001,844$485,000$973,000 UK
72Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner$878,433,0001,252$701,000$1,080,000 US
73Baker & Hostetler$836,048,000932$897,000$1,780,000 US
74Hunton Andrews Kurth$830,041,000803$1,033,000$1,601,000 US
75Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy$805,682,000680$1,185,000$2,768,000 US
76Seyfarth Shaw$786,596,000893$881,000$1,489,000 US
77Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman$781,406,000651$1,200,000$2,105,000 US
78Slaughter and May$758,741,000571$1,329,000$3,599,000 UK
79Zhong Lun$731,692,0002,310$317,000$614,000 China
80Pinsent Masons$731,006,0001,723$424,000$970,000 UK
81Fenwick & West$723,259,000427$1,692,000$3,743,000 US
82Baker Botts$723,228,000673$1,074,000$2,032,000 US
83Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith$722,500,0001,613$448,000$1,226,000 US
84Venable$717,018,000743$965,000$1,235,000 US
85Katten Muchin Rosenman$713,854,000631$1,132,000$2,006,000 US
86Gowling WLG$700,588,0001,255$558,000$649,000 Canada
87Polsinelli$697,318,000868$804,000$1,406,000 US
88Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough$680,826,000778$875,000$1,704,000 US
89Blake, Cassels & Graydon$669,240,000624$1,073,000$921,000 Canada
90Littler Mendelson$658,578,000986$668,000$621,000 US
91Fox Rothschild$650,000,000882$737,000$932,000 US
92Simmons & Simmons$640,026,000946$677,000$1,376,000 UK
93Deheng Law Offices$620,078,0004,015$154,000$405,000 China
93Grandall Law Firm$620,078,0004,134$150,000$364,000 China
95Bird & Bird$613,324,0001,347$455,000$900,000 UK
96 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft$608,953,000413$1,474,000$4,382,000 US
97Barnes & Thornburg$608,755,000798$881,000$1,170,000 US
98Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo$588,500,000488$1,206,000$2,102,000 US
99Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart$585,198,000873$670,000$1,051,000 US
100Cozen O’Connor$584,802,000701$834,000$1,097,000 US

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 2022 Global 100 Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner . 2023-03-01 . Law.com International . en-us.
  2. Web site: DLA Piper Posts 8th Consecutive Year of Revenue Growth Thanks to 'Horizontal Scale'. 2024-06-28 . Law.com International . en-us.