List of largest law firms by revenue

Last updated December 14, 2024

This is a list of the world's largest law firms based on the Global 200 Rankings.^[1]

Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association.

Rank	Firm	Revenue (US$)	Lawyers	Revenue per lawyer (US$)	Profit per partner (US$)^[2]	Country with the most lawyers
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	DLA Piper (Swiss verein) ^[3]	$3,829,531,000	4,561	$840,000	$3,122,000	US UK
4	Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (LLP)	$3,696,421,000	4000	$924,102	$2,750,000	UK US
6	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	$3,022,380,000	1,644	$1,838,000	$5,088,000	US
7	Sidley Austin	$2,795,426,000	1,893	$1,477,000	$3,718,000	US
8	White & Case	$2,869,800,000	2,464	$1,165,000	$3,509,000	US
9	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius	$2,577,700,000	1,992	$1,294,000	$1,831,000	US
10	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	$2,480,394,000	1,538	$1,613,000	$4,440,000	US
11	Ropes & Gray	$2,674,046,000	1,372	$1,950,000	$4,333,000	US
12	Allen & Overy (now "A&O Shearman")	$2,597,910,000	2,821	$920,922	$2,251,522	UK
13	Clifford Chance	$2,711,508,000	2,585	$1,049,000	$2,918,000	UK
14	Jones Day	$2,446,000,000	2,406	$1,017,000	$1,446,000	US
15	Hogan Lovells	$2,605,973,000	2,532	$1,029,000	$2,482,000	US
16	Linklaters	$2,453,846,000	2,405	$1,020,000	$2,572,000	UK
17	Freshfields	$2,341,256,000	2,007	$1,166,000	$2,691,000	UK
18	Goodwin Procter	$1,973,368,000	1,315	$1,501,000	$3,690,000	US
19	Greenberg Traurig	$2,003,790,000	2,209	$907,000	$2,276,000	US
20	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	$2,224,191,000	1,163	$1,913,000	$5,980,000	US
21	Norton Rose Fulbright (verein)	$2,100,000,000	3,084	$681,000	$1,054,000	US
22	CMS (EEIG)	$2,065,838,000	4,239	$487,000	$1,065,000	EU
23	Cooley	$1,986,777,000	1,267	$1,568,000	$4,064,000	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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↑ "The 2022 Global 100 Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner". Law.com International. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
↑ "DLA Piper Posts 8th Consecutive Year of Revenue Growth Thanks to 'Horizontal Scale'". Law.com International. Retrieved 2024-06-28.

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[1] "The 2023 Global 200 Ranked by Revenue". Law.com International. Retrieved 2024-09-08.

[2] "The 2022 Global 100 Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner". Law.com International. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[3] "DLA Piper Posts 8th Consecutive Year of Revenue Growth Thanks to 'Horizontal Scale'". Law.com International. Retrieved 2024-06-28.

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