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.
"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.
In the United States, a white-shoe firm is a term used to describe prestigious professional services firms that have been traditionally associated with the upper-class elite who graduated from Ivy League colleges. The term is most often used to describe leading old-line law firms and Wall Street financial institutions, as well as accounting firms that are over a century old, typically in New York City and Boston.
Proskauer Rose LLP is an international law firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1875 and currently employs more than 800 attorneys in twelve offices worldwide.
Nixon Peabody LLP is a Global 100 Boston-based law firm with over 700 attorneys collaborating across major practice areas in cities across the U.S. and in international offices in London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. In addition to the firm's Boston headquarters, it maintains U.S. office locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Albany, Buffalo, Manchester, Rochester, and Providence. The firm ranks 67th on Vault's top 100 law firms and, as of 2015, 75th on American Lawyer 100.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is an American international law firm with approximately 1,100 attorneys, headquartered in New York City. With a gross annual revenue in excess of $1.8 billion, it is among the world's largest law firms according to The American Lawyer's AmLaw 100 survey.
Harvey Robert Miller was an American lawyer. The New York Times called him "the most prominent bankruptcy lawyer in the nation." Born in New York City, Miller graduated from Brooklyn College and Columbia University, and was admitted to the bar in New York State in 1959.
Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP is a full service law firm with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., and London.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP,, is a New York-headquartered international law firm with 250 attorneys in 19 offices worldwide.
Jill M. Friedman is an American lawyer. She is known for her legal work pertaining to the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay. Friedman is a member of the Washington office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a law firm that provided free representation for five Saudis detained at Guantanamo Bay. Friedman and Anant Raut wrote "The Saudi Repatriates Report," released in May 2007. The report is a statistical analysis of the cases of 24 repatriated Saudis, a group representing nearly half of the 53 Saudi nationals who had then been released from Guantanamo Bay.
Nabarro LLP was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. In 2014/15 it achieved total revenues of £126 million, making it the 34th-largest UK-based law firm by this measurement, and profits per equity partner of £576,000. It is part of an international alliance with other independent law firms covering Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK.
Jeffrey L. Kessler is a partner at the international law firm Winston & Strawn, where he also serves as Co-Executive Chairman and Co-Chair of the firm's Antitrust/Competition Practice and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Until May 2012, he was the global litigation chair at the international law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, where he was also the co-chair of the sports litigation practice group and served on the firm's executive and leadership committees. His major clients include the Panasonic Corporation, National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), William Morris Endeavor, Activision Blizzard, Avanci, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) soccer players, NTN Corporation, Relevent Sports, and Actors' Equity Association.
Macfarlanes LLP is a London-based law firm.
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP is a law firm headquartered in Singapore, with affiliate offices in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Founded in 1976, it is a member firm of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of law firms in Southeast Asia with over 970 fee earners.
DWF is a global legal business, headquartered in Manchester, England, with 31 offices across the world. In March 2019, DWF was listed on the London Stock Exchange. With a £366m valuation and offer size of £95m, DWF became the UK's largest listed law firm.
Sylvan H. Gotshal was an American lawyer, known for his advocacy of industrial design rights. He was a founding partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1931.
Horace S. Manges was an American lawyer, specializing in copyright law. He was a founding partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1931.
Frank Leopold Weil was an American lawyer. He was a founding partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in 1931.
The Online Compliance Consortium (OCC) is a group of top global law firms who work together to establish global best practice for compliance.
Ira Martin Millstein is an American antitrust lawyer, professor, and author. He is a senior partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and the longest-practicing partner in big law, according to Reuters.
