A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.
Vinson & Elkins LLP is an international law firm with approximately 700 lawyers worldwide headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas.
Clifford Chance LLP is a British multinational law firm headquartered in London, England, and a member of the "Magic Circle", a group of London-based multinational law firms. Clifford Chance is the largest law firm headquartered in the UK by revenue, having a total revenue of £2.04 billion in 2022–2023. It ranks as one of top ten largest law firms in the world measured both by number of lawyers and revenue with profits per equity partner exceeding £2 million.
"The Magic Circle" is an informal term describing the five most prestigious London-headquartered multinational law firms, which generally outperform the rest of the London law firms on profitability. The term has also been used to describe the most prestigious barristers' chambers in London. All of the 'Magic Circle' law firms and barristers' chambers specialise primarily in corporate law.
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, AM was an Indian jurist who served as Attorney-General for India from 1989 to 1990, and again from 1998 to 2004. In 2002, he received the Padma Vibhushan for his defence of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights.
Addleshaw Goddard LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. It is structured as an LLP and has circa 1,400 lawyers including 325 partners in 17 offices located in Aberdeen, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Leeds, London, Luxembourg, Manchester, Munich, Muscat, Paris, Singapore and Tokyo. The firm advises FTSE 100 and other major companies across corporate, commercial, finance and project, real estate and litigation business divisions with specialist fields such as private capital; energy, financial services, health and life sciences, real estate, retail and consumer, construction and transport sectors; and has a strong interest in tech.
Zia Mody is an Indian corporate lawyer and businesswoman. Zia is the daughter of Soli Sorabjee, a former Attorney General of India.
Legal outsourcing, also known as legal process outsourcing (LPO), refers to the practice of a law firm or corporation obtaining legal support services from an outside law firm or legal support services company. When the LPO provider is based in another country, the practice is called offshoring and involves the practice of outsourcing any activity except those where personal presence or contact is required, e.g. appearances in court and face-to-face negotiations. When the LPO provider is based in the same country, the practice of outsourcing includes agency work and other services requiring a physical presence, such as court appearances. This process is one of the incidents of the larger movement towards outsourcing. The most commonly offered services have been agency work, document review, legal research and writing, drafting of pleadings and briefs, and patent services.
Harney Westwood & Riegels is a global offshore law firm that provides advice on British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Bermuda and Anguilla law to an international client base that includes law firms, financial institutions, investment funds, and private individuals. They have locations in major financial centers across Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Caribbean.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is an American multinational law firm with approximately 2,200 legal professionals in 31 offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Mergers with other law firms stimulated global growth and led to a ranking of eighth on The American Lawyer's 2018 top 100 firms by gross revenue list. It is also the largest law firm chaired by a woman and represents "three-quarters of the Fortune 100 companies."
Edwards Wildman was an AmLaw 100 law firm. It was formed from the 2011 merger of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon. Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge had been formed by the 2005 merger of Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer & Dodge LLP. In 2008, Boston-based Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge also merged with London-based Kendall Freeman, a 40-attorney firm with specialties in dispute resolution, litigation, and both contentious and regulatory insurance and reinsurance.
Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice headquartered in London, England, UK with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, China, India via BTG Legal, Singapore, the United States and Poland. The firm has over 320 partners and more than 2,440 employees spread across its 25 offices around the world. The firm's headquarters are located in London, United Kingdom.
Sandeep Parekh, born 1971, is an Indian financial sector lawyer who founded Finsec Law Advisors, Mumbai. He attended St. Columba's School in New Delhi, India. He then attended Hindu College at Delhi University, which gave him a distinguished alumni award in 2008. 10. He then obtained a degree in law from Delhi University Law Centre II, which also recognised him as a distinguished alumni in 2007. He was profiled in 2006 by CNBC in its program 'Young Turks' by Shereen Bhan as a young leader.
Krogerus is one of the largest business law firms in Finland. It is headquartered in Helsinki and has offices in Kuopio and Turku. The firm's revenue was approximately €53 million, as of the financial period ending 31 March 2023. Krogerus employs approximately 260 professionals.
Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co or AMSS in short, was the largest law firm in India with headquarters in Delhi and Mumbai. It had offices in 8 cities, namely New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Pune. In 2013, the firm had nearly 600 lawyers including 85 partners. The firm split into two different law firms in May 2015 - Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.
Shardul Suresh Shroff is an Indian corporate lawyer. He is the executive chairman of the law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Prior to the split in the Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co", which was India's largest law firm, Shardul used to be the managing partner of the north India region of the firm headquartered in New Delhi.
Allen & Gledhill LLP is a Singapore law firm with a regional network of associate firms and offices. It is the largest law firm in Singapore, and is a regional market leader in many practices, particularly banking, finance, capital markets, corporate law, M&A law, and other transactional and advisory matters. The firm provides legal services to local companies and MNCs, financial institutions, and individual clients.
Touchstone Partners is an Indian corporate law firm with cross border transactional expertise. Headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in New Delhi and Bangalore, it advises national and multinational corporations and financial institutions in the context of corporate law and transnational mergers and acquisitions.
Khaitan & Co is one of India's oldest, full-service law firms comprising over 1000 fee earners and consultants, including 200 partners and directors. The law firm was founded in 1911 by Debi Prasad Khaitan, a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and one of the 7 members of the Drafting Committee, which framed the Constitution of India. Khaitan & Co has offices in 5 cities in India: Kolkata, New Delhi, Bengaluru (1994), Mumbai (2001) and Chennai (2021). It also has an office in Singapore (2021).
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Company is a full-service Indian law firm. The Firm came into existence on May 11, 2015, from its predecessor Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff.
