This is a list of the world's largest law firms. Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association.
Rank | Firm | Revenue (US$) | Lawyers | Revenue per lawyer (US$) | Profit per partner (US$) [1] | Country with the most lawyers |
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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 | Allen & Overy Shearman | $3,771,437,000 | 3,095 | $862,000 | $2,496,000 | US UK |
4 | Baker McKenzie (Swiss verein) | $3,126,729,000 | 4,795 | $652,000 | $1,833,000 | US |
5 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $3,022,380,000 | 1,644 | $1,838,000 | $5,088,000 | US |
6 | Dentons (verein) | $2,940,600,000 | 12,064 | $244,000 | $379,000 | China |
7 | White & Case | $2,869,800,000 | 2,464 | $1,165,000 | $3,509,000 | US |
8 | Sidley Austin | $2,795,426,000 | 1,893 | $1,477,000 | $3,718,000 | US |
9 | Clifford Chance | $2,711,508,000 | 2,585 | $1,049,000 | $2,918,000 | UK |
10 | Ropes & Gray | $2,674,046,000 | 1,372 | $1,950,000 | $4,333,000 | US |
11 | Allen & Overy | $2,672,969,000 | 2,668 | $1,002,000 | $2,684,000 | UK |
12 | Hogan Lovells | $2,605,973,000 | 2,532 | $1,029,000 | $2,482,000 | US |
13 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | $2,577,700,000 | 1,992 | $1,294,000 | $1,831,000 | US |
14 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | $2,480,394,000 | 1,538 | $1,613,000 | $4,440,000 | US |
15 | Linklaters | $2,453,846,000 | 2,405 | $1,020,000 | $2,572,000 | UK |
16 | Jones Day | $2,446,000,000 | 2,406 | $1,017,000 | $1,446,000 | US |
17 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $2,341,256,000 | 2,007 | $1,166,000 | $2,691,000 | UK |
18 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $2,224,191,000 | 1,163 | $1,913,000 | $5,980,000 | US |
19 | Norton Rose Fulbright (verein) | $2,100,000,000 | 3,084 | $681,000 | $1,054,000 | US |
20 | CMS (EEIG) | $2,065,838,000 | 4,239 | $487,000 | $1,065,000 | UK |
21 | Greenberg Traurig | $2,003,790,000 | 2,209 | $907,000 | $2,276,000 | US |
22 | Cooley | $1,986,777,000 | 1,267 | $1,568,000 | $4,064,000 | US |
23 | Goodwin Procter | $1,973,368,000 | 1,315 | $1,501,000 | $3,690,000 | 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 |
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