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This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
| Rank |
Name |
Revenue |
Client Base |
Headquarters |
| 1 |
Clifford Chance |
£1,030.2m |
International |
UK |
| 2 |
Linklaters |
£935.2m |
International |
UK |
| 3 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
£884.6m |
New York City |
USA |
| 4 |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer |
£882.1m |
International |
UK |
| 5 |
Latham & Watkins |
£776.1m |
National |
USA |
| 6 |
Baker & McKenzie |
£742.9m |
International |
USA |
| 7 |
Allen & Overy |
£736.3m |
International |
UK |
| 8 |
Jones Day |
£706.0m |
International |
USA |
| 9 |
Sidley Austin |
£617.6m |
International |
USA |
| 10 |
White & Case |
£574.7m |
International |
USA |
| 11 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
£558.5m |
New York City |
USA |
| 12 |
Mayer Brown |
£538.5m |
International |
USA |
| 13 |
Kirkland & Ellis |
£533.0m |
Chicago |
USA |
| 14 |
DLA Piper |
£489.3m |
National |
USA |
| 15 |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
£480.8m |
New York City |
USA |
| 16 |
Greenberg Traurig |
£472.8m |
National |
USA |
| 17 |
Shearman & Sterling |
£458.8m |
International |
USA |
| 18 |
Wilmer Hale |
£447.8m |
Washington, D.C. |
USA |
| 19 |
O’Melveny & Myers |
£444.0m |
Los Angeles |
USA |
| 20 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
£442.0m |
National |
USA |
| 21 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
£439.3m |
National |
USA |
| 22 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton |
£417.6m |
New York City |
USA |
| 23 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
£409.9m |
Los Angeles |
USA |
| 24 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
£399.5m |
New York City |
USA |
| 25 |
Lovells |
£396.2m |
International |
UK |
| 26 |
Hogan & Hartson |
£384.6m |
National |
USA |
| 27 |
Morrison & Foerster |
£377.5m |
San Francisco |
USA |
| 28 |
DLA Piper (Europe) |
£366.5m |
International |
UK |
| 29 |
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker |
£366.5m |
National |
USA |
| 30 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
£339.6m |
National |
USA |
| 31 |
Foley & Lardner |
£335.4m |
Milwaukee |
USA |
| 32 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
£332.1m |
New York City |
USA |
| 33 |
Bingham McCutchen |
£325.8m |
National |
USA |
| 34 |
Eversheds |
£323.1m |
International |
UK |
| 35 |
Slaughter and May |
£321.2m |
London |
UK |
| 36 |
Holland & Knight |
£319.5m |
National |
USA |
| 37 |
Dechert |
£317.0m |
National |
USA |
| 38 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
£315.4m |
National |
USA |
| 39 |
Winston & Strawn |
£313.7m |
Chicago |
USA |
| 40 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
£309.3m |
New York City |
USA |
| 41 |
Reed Smith |
£309.1m |
Pittsburgh |
USA |
| 42 |
Ropes & Gray |
£306.6m |
Boston |
USA |
| 43 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
£304.4m |
San Francisco |
USA |
| 44 |
Fulbright & Jaworski |
£296.2m |
Houston |
USA |
| 45 |
Herbert Smith |
£296.2m |
International |
UK |
| 46 |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
£294.2m |
New York City |
USA |
| 47 |
King & Spalding |
£282.7m |
Atlanta |
USA |
| 48 |
Vinson & Elkins |
£280.2m |
Houston |
USA |
| 49 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
£275.0m |
New York City |
USA |
| 50 |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
£272.5m |
New York City |
USA |
| 51 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft |
£265.4m |
New York City |
USA |
| 52 |
Heller Ehrman |
£261.0m |
San Francisco |
USA |
| 53 |
Hunton & Williams |
£261.0m |
Richmond, Virginia |
USA |
| 54 |
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham |
£257.71m |
National |
USA |
| 55 |
Arnold & Porter |
£255.8m |
Washington, D.C. |
USA |
| 56 |
Proskauer Rose |
£249.2m |
New York City |
USA |
| 57 |
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal |
£246.2m |
Chicago |
USA |
| 58 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
£243.4m |
New York City |
USA |
| 59 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
£243.4m |
New York City |
USA |
| 60 |
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae |
£241.8m |
National |
USA |
| 61 |
Baker Botts |
£238.7m |
Houston |
USA |
| 62 |
Goodwin Procter |
£228.0m |
Boston |
USA |
| 63 |
Simmons & Simmons |
£226.9m |
International |
UK |
| 64 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
£226.4m |
Palo Alto |
USA |
| 65 |
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey |
£225.3m |
National |
USA |
| 66 |
Bryan Cave |
£219.0m |
National |
USA |
| 67 |
Alston & Bird |
£217.0m |
Atlanta |
USA |
| 68 |
Dewey Ballantine |
£215.7m |
New York City |
USA |
| 69 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson |
£214.3m |
New York City |
USA |
| 70 |
Ashurst |
£214.0m |
International |
UK |
| 71 |
Katten Muchin Rosenman |
£212.4m |
Chicago |
USA |
| 72 |
Howrey |
£211.3m |
Washington, D.C. |
USA |
| 73 |
Kaye Scholer |
£210.7m |
New York City |
USA |
| 74 |
Norton Rose |
£210.2m |
International |
UK |
| 75 |
Covington & Burling |
£208.8m |
Washington, D.C. |
USA |
| 76 |
Nixon Peabody |
£205.2m |
National |
USA |
| 77 |
McCarthy Tétrault |
£203.8m |
National |
Canada |
| 78 |
Freehills |
£194.8m |
National |
Australia |
| 79 |
Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
£190.7m |
National |
Australia |
| 80 |
McGuireWoods |
£187.4m |
Richmond, Virginia |
USA |
| 81 |
Seyfarth Shaw |
£184.9m |
National |
USA |
| 82 |
CMS Cameron McKenna |
£181.3m |
International |
UK |
| 83 |
Fidal |
£181.3m |
National |
France |
| 84 |
Schulte Roth & Zabel |
£176.4m |
New York City |
USA |
| 85 |
Dorsey & Whitney |
£175.0m |
Minneapolis |
USA |
| 86 |
Perkins Coie |
£174.7m |
Seattle |
USA |
| 87 |
Pinsent Masons |
£172.0m |
International |
UK |
| 88 |
Minter Ellison |
£171.7m |
National |
Australia |
| 89 |
Clayton Utz |
£163.7m |
National |
Australia |
| 90 |
Cooley Godward |
£163.7m |
Palo Alto |
USA |
| 91 |
Addleshaw Goddard |
£161.3m |
National |
UK |
| 92 |
Duane Morris |
£159.6m |
Philadelphia |
USA |
| 93 |
Jenner & Block |
£158.0m |
Chicago |
USA |
| 94 |
Baker & Hostetler |
£156.0m |
Cleveland |
USA |
| 95 |
Allens Arthur Robinson |
£154.9m |
National |
Australia |
| 96 |
SJ Berwin |
£154.9m |
International |
UK |
| 97 |
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge |
£153.0m |
Boston |
USA |
| 98 |
Thelen Reid & Priest |
£152.7m |
San Francisco |
USA |
| 99 |
Loyens & Loeff |
£151.9m |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
| 100 |
Denton Wilde Sapte |
£147.5m |
International |
UK |
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ The Lawyer Global 100 from The Lawyer published in association with The American Lawyer in November 2006
