the full table of Global 100 results - Legal Week
the full table of Global 100 results - Legal Week the full table of Global 100 results - Legal Week
Feature Global 100 2009 Rank 2008 Rank Firm Gross revenue Total lawyers Revenue per lawyer Number of equity partners Countries in which firms have offices Lawyers outside home country 1 2 Linklaters (UK) $2,407,000,000 2,367 $1,015,000 428 19 69% 2 3 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (UK) $2,386,500,000 2,263 $1,055,000 415 15 65% 3 1 Clifford Chance (UK) $2,340,500,000 2,837 $825,000 413 21 69% 4 5 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (US) $2,200,000,000 1,995 $1,105,000 440 13 16% 5 4 Baker & McKenzie¹ (US) $2,112,000,000 3,949 $580,000 720 39 82% 6 6 Allen & Overy (UK) $2,023,500,000 2,122 $955,000 372 22 61% 7 7 Latham & Watkins (US) $1,923,000,000 2,147 $915,000 436 12 25% 8 8 Jones Day (US) $1,540,000,000 2,348 $655,000 772 13 27% 9 9 Sidley Austin (US) $1,489,500,000 1,777 $875,000 332 9 16% 10 10 White & Case (US) $1,467,000,000 2,120 $705,000 305 25 65% 11 11 Kirkland & Ellis (US) $1,400,000,000 1,383 $1,050,000 235 4 8% 12 13 Mayer Brown (US) $1,294,000,000 1,841 $720,000 324 9 43% 13 14 Weil Gotshal & Manges (US) $1,231,000,000 1,248 $1,035,000 184 8 24% 14 12 Greenberg Traurig (US) $1,204,000,000 1,760 $695,000 294 5 5% 15 15 DLA Piper US² (US) $1,178,000,000 1,386 $855,000 237 1 0% 16 17 Morgan Lewis & Bockius (US) $1,120,500,000 1,360 $820,000 252 7 6% 17 16 DLA Piper International² (UK) $1,085,000,000 2,459 $440,000 175 28 60% 18 - Dewey & LeBoeuf (US) $1,030,500,000 1,260 $815,000 200 12 31% 19 20 Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker (US) $986,000,000 1,062 $930,000 203 8 22% 20 18 Sullivan & Cromwell (US) $985,000,000 703 $1,480,000 170 7 22% 21 22 Lovells (UK) $984,500,000 1,421 $695,000 240 18 82% 22 29 Reed Smith (US) $979,500,000 1,482 $660,000 303 7 30% 23 19 McDermott Will & Emery (US) $966,000,000 1,104 $915,000 266 5 11% 24 27 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (US) $965,000,000 993 $970,000 191 8 43% 25 37 K&L Gates³ (US) $959,500,000 1,569 $620,000 284 6 15% 26 26 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (US) $957,000,000 970 $1,035,000 274 7 12% 27 23 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (US) $955,000,000 974 $1,025,000 329 5 9% 28 30 Hogan & Hartson (US) $922,500,000 1,111 $835,000 292 12 23% 29 27 Morrison & Foerster (US) $911,000,000 1,040 $875,000 247 6 22% 30 24 O’Melveny & Myers (US) $907,500,000 987 $970,000 224 5 12% 31 21 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (US) $904,000,000 852 $1,130,000 173 4 11% 32 25 Shearman & Sterling (US) $876,000,000 892 $1,020,000 182 12 45% 33 36 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (US) $835,000,000 1,033 $855,000 173 8 31% 34 31 Herbert Smith (UK) $823,500,000 979 $840,000 137 12 42% 35 33 Dechert (US) $816,000,000 946 $915,000 152 7 19% 36 32 Slaughter and May (UK) $800,500,000 550 $1,455,000 124 4 14% 37 40 Ropes & Gray (US) $797,000,000 871 $975,000 253 3 1% 38 34 Davis Polk & Wardwell (US) $789,000,000 697 $1,210,000 167 7 13% 39 38 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (US) $780,500,000 913 $965,000 157 4 7% 40 39 Bingham McCutchen (US) $767,000,000 852 $950,000 137 4 10% 41 42 Debevoise & Plimpton (US) $761,000,000 677 $1,205,000 143 6 26% 42 43 Winston & Strawn (US) $745,000,000 955 $860,000 184 5 9% 43 41 Foley & Lardner (US) $731,000,000 982 $785,000 224 4
Feature <strong>Global</strong> <strong>100</strong><br />
2009<br />
Rank<br />
2008<br />
Rank<br />
Firm Gross revenue Total<br />
lawyers<br />
Revenue<br />
per lawyer<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> equity<br />
partners<br />
Countries in which<br />
firms have <strong>of</strong>fices<br />
Lawyers outside home<br />
country<br />
1 2 Linklaters (UK) $2,407,000,000 2,367 $1,015,000 428 19 69%<br />
2 3 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (UK) $2,386,500,000 2,263 $1,055,000 415 15 65%<br />
3 1 Clifford Chance (UK) $2,340,500,000 2,837 $825,000 413 21 69%<br />
4 5 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (US) $2,200,000,000 1,995 $1,105,000 440 13 16%<br />
5 4 Baker & McKenzie¹ (US) $2,112,000,000 3,949 $580,000 720 39 82%<br />
6 6 Allen & Overy (UK) $2,023,500,000 2,122 $955,000 372 22 61%<br />
7 7 Latham & Watkins (US) $1,923,000,000 2,147 $915,000 436 12 25%<br />
8 8 Jones Day (US) $1,540,000,000 2,348 $655,000 772 13 27%<br />
9 9 Sidley Austin (US) $1,489,500,000 1,777 $875,000 332 9 16%<br />
10 10 White & Case (US) $1,467,000,000 2,120 $705,000 305 25 65%<br />
11 11 Kirkland & Ellis (US) $1,400,000,000 1,383 $1,050,000 235 4 8%<br />
12 13 Mayer Brown (US) $1,294,000,000 1,841 $720,000 324 9 43%<br />
13 14 Weil Gotshal & Manges (US) $1,231,000,000 1,248 $1,035,000 184 8 24%<br />
14 12 Greenberg Traurig (US) $1,204,000,000 1,760 $695,000 294 5 5%<br />
15 15 DLA Piper US² (US) $1,178,000,000 1,386 $855,000 237 1 0%<br />
16 17 Morgan Lewis & Bockius (US) $1,120,500,000 1,360 $820,000 252 7 6%<br />
17 16 DLA Piper International² (UK) $1,085,000,000 2,459 $440,000 175 28 60%<br />
18 - Dewey & LeBoeuf (US) $1,030,500,000 1,260 $815,000 200 12 31%<br />
19 20 Paul Hastings Jan<strong>of</strong>sky & Walker (US) $986,000,000 1,062 $930,000 203 8 22%<br />
20 18 Sullivan & Cromwell (US) $985,000,000 703 $1,480,000 170 7 22%<br />
21 22 Lovells (UK) $984,500,000 1,421 $695,000 240 18 82%<br />
22 29 Reed Smith (US) $979,500,000 1,482 $660,000 303 7 30%<br />
23 19 McDermott Will & Emery (US) $966,000,000 1,104 $915,000 266 5 11%<br />
24 27 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (US) $965,000,000 993 $970,000 191 8 43%<br />
25 37 K&L Gates³ (US) $959,500,000 1,569 $620,000 284 6 15%<br />
26 26 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (US) $957,000,000 970 $1,035,000 274 7 12%<br />
27 23 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (US) $955,000,000 974 $1,025,000 329 5 9%<br />
28 30 Hogan & Hartson (US) $922,500,000 1,111 $835,000 292 12 23%<br />
29 27 Morrison & Foerster (US) $911,000,000 1,040 $875,000 247 6 22%<br />
30 24 O’Melveny & Myers (US) $907,500,000 987 $970,000 224 5 12%<br />
31 21 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (US) $904,000,000 852 $1,130,000 173 4 11%<br />
32 25 Shearman & Sterling (US) $876,000,000 892 $1,020,000 182 12 45%<br />
33 36 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (US) $835,000,000 1,033 $855,000 173 8 31%<br />
34 31 Herbert Smith (UK) $823,500,000 979 $840,000 137 12 42%<br />
35 33 Dechert (US) $816,000,000 946 $915,000 152 7 19%<br />
36 32 Slaughter and May (UK) $800,500,000 550 $1,455,000 124 4 14%<br />
37 40 Ropes & Gray (US) $797,000,000 871 $975,000 253 3 1%<br />
38 34 Davis Polk & Wardwell (US) $789,000,000 697 $1,210,000 167 7 13%<br />
39 38 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (US) $780,500,000 913 $965,000 157 4 7%<br />
40 39 Bingham McCutchen (US) $767,000,000 852 $950,000 137 4 10%<br />
41 42 Debevoise & Plimpton (US) $761,000,000 677 $1,205,000 143 6 26%<br />
42 43 Winston & Strawn (US) $745,000,000 955 $860,000 184 5 9%<br />
43 41 Foley & Lardner (US) $731,000,000 982 $785,000 224 4
2009<br />
Rank<br />
2008<br />
Rank<br />
Firm Gross Revenue Total<br />
lawyers<br />
Revenue<br />
per lawyer<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> equity<br />
partners<br />
Countries in which<br />
firms have <strong>of</strong>fices<br />
Lawyers outside home<br />
country<br />
52 61 Baker Botts (US) $613,500,000 777 $825,000 199 6 7%<br />
53 51 Holland & Knight (US) $606,000,000 1,027 $590,000 195 2
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