List of largest law firms by revenue
This is a list of the world's largest law firms by revenue, using data from fiscal year 2019.[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 |
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| 1 | Kirkland & Ellis | $4,154,600,000 | 2,598 | $1,599,000 | $5,195,000 |  United States
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| 2 | Latham & Watkins | $3,767,623,000 | 2,720 | $1,385,000 | $3,352,000 | United States
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| 3 | DLA Piper (verein) | $3,112,130,000 | 3,894 | $799,000 | $1,874,000 | United States
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| 4 | Baker McKenzie (verein) | $2,920,000,000 | 4,809 | $607,000 | $1,443,000 | United States
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| 5 | Dentons (verein) | $2,899,600,000 | 10,977 | $264,000 | $533,000 | United States
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| 6 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $2,632,615,000 | 1,694 | $1,554,000 | $3,919,000 | United States
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| 7 | Clifford Chance | $2,500,000,000 | 2,489 | $1,005,000 | $2,350,000 |  United Kingdom
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| 8 | Sidley Austin | $2,337,803,000 | 1,922 | $1,217,000 | $2,551,000 | United States
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| 9 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | $2,265,000,000 | 2,063 | $1,098,000 | $1,391,000 | United States
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| 10 | Hogan Lovells (verein) | $2,246,050,000 | 2,642 | $850,000 | $1,381,000 | United States
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| 11 | White & Case | $2,184,850,000 | 2,204 | $991,000 | $2,400,000 | United States
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| 12 | Allen & Overy | $2,160,729,000 | 2,447 | $883,000 | $2,215,000 | United Kingdom
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| 13 | Linklaters | $2,093,569,000 | 2,393 | $875,000 | $2,270,000 | United Kingdom
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| 14 | Jones Day | $2,077,000,000 | 2,514 | $826,000 | $1,093,000 | United States
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| 15 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | $2,008,334,000 | 1,351 | $1,486,000 | $3,345,000 | United States
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| 16 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | $1,942,013,000 | 1,812 | $1,072,000 | $2,485,000 | United Kingdom
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| 17 | Norton Rose Fulbright | $1,904,019,000 | 3,266 | $583,000 | $907,000 | United States
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| 18 | Ropes & Gray | $1,903,616,000 | 1,247 | $1,527,000 | $2,552,000 | United States
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| 19 | Greenberg Traurig | $1,641,790,000 | 2,070 | $793,000 | $1,750,000 | United States
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| 20 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | $1,618,633,000 | 996 | $1,625,000 | $4,417,000 | United States
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| 21 | CMS (EEIG) | $1,596,128,000 | 3,765 | $424,000 | $766,000 | United Kingdom
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| 22 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | $1,517,889,000 | 1,126 | $1,348,000 | $4,028,000 | United States
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| 23 | Mayer Brown | $1,484,000,000 | 1,632 | $909,000 | $1,702,000 | United States
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| 24 | Sullivan & Cromwell | $1,467,398,000 | 809 | $1,814,000 | $4,653,000 | United States
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| 25 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | $1,444,000,000 | 975 | $1,481,000 | $4,514,000 | United States
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| 26 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | $1,387,694,000 | 1,020 | $1,360,000 | $4,699,000 | United States
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| 27 | King & Spalding | $1,338,607,000 | 1,165 | $1,149,000 | $2,847,000 | United States
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| 28 | Goodwin Procter | $1,330,176,000 | 1,091 | $1,219,000 | $2,463,000 | United States
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| 29 | Cooley | $1,329,329,000 | 1,009 | $1,318,000 | $2,382,000 | United States
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| 30 | Paul Hastings | $1,268,910,000 | 954 | $1,330,000 | $3,254,000 | United States
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| 31 | Herbert Smith Freehills | $1,263,904,000 | 2,228 | $567,000 | $1,269,000 | United Kingdom
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| 32 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | $1,252,062,000 | 827 | $1,514,000 | $4,556,000 | United States
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| 33 | Reed Smith | $1,246,926,000 | 1,602 | $778,000 | $1,261,000 | United States
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| 34 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | $1,211,009,000 | 1,210 | $1,001,000 | $3,162,000 | United States
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| 35 | Eversheds Sutherland | $1,206,000,000 | 2,563 | $471,000 | $1,161,000 | United Kingdom
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| 36 | Covington & Burling | $1,187,388,000 | 1,112 | $1,068,000 | $1,734,000 | United States
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| 37 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | $1,184,336,000 | 844 | $1,403,000 | $2,151,000 | United States
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| 38 | McDermott, Will & Emery | $1,172,114,000 | 1,051 | $1,115,000 | $1,884,000 | United States
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| 39 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | $1,158,537,000 | 990 | $1,170,000 | $1,989,000 | United States
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| 40 | Morrison & Foerster | $1,147,200,000 | 1,005 | $1,141,000 | $1,982,000 | United States
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| 41 | Dechert | $1,135,502,000 | 974 | $1,116,000 | $2,728,000 | United States
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| 42 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | $1,135,014,000 | 910 | $1,247,000 | $2,402,000 | United States
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| 43 | King & Wood Mallesons (verein) | $1,079,000,000 | 3,258 | $331,000 | $921,000 |  China
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| 44 | Milbank | $1,069,027,000 | 765 | $1,398,000 | $3,874,000 | United States
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| 45 | Debevoise & Plimpton | $1,049,459,000 | 710 | $1,304,000 | $3,265,000 | United States
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| 46 | Squire Patton Boggs (verein) | $1,035,000,000 | 1,485 | $697,000 | $1,027,000 | United States
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| 47 | Holland & Knight | $1,026,809,000 | 1,212 | $847,000 | $1,424,000 | United States
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| 48 | K&L Gates | $1,026,626,000 | 1,691 | $607,000 | $990,000 | United States
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| 49 | Winston & Strawn | $1,012,310,000 | 879 | $1,152,000 | $2,162,000 | United States
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| 50 | Proskauer Rose | $1,004,942,000 | 744 | $1,351,000 | $2,660,000 | United States
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| 51 | Shearman & Sterling | $968,164,000 | 849 | $1,140,000 | $2,431,000 | United States
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| 52 | Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati | $961,000,000 | 842 | $1,142,000 | $2,350,000 | United States
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| 53 | Arnold & Porter | $951,900,000 | 919 | $1,036,000 | $1,242,000 | United States
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| 54 | Perkins Coie | $934,810,000 | 1,042 | $897,000 | $1,287,000 | United States
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| 55 | Foley & Lardner | $920,427,000 | 1,023 | $900,000 | $1,251,000 | United States
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| 56 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | $882,086,000 | 265 | $3,329,000 | $6,330,000 | United States
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| 57 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | $869,057,000 | 1,399 | $621,000 | $844,000 | United States
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| 58 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | $868,000,000 | 696 | $1,247,000 | $3,089,000 | United States
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| 59 | McGuireWoods | $853,505,000 | 989 | $863,000 | $1,360,000 | United States
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| 60 | Kim & Chang | $846,114,000 | 1,050 | $806,000 | $1,302,000 |  South Korea
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| 61 | Alston & Bird | $835,865,000 | 796 | $1,050,000 | $2,087,000 | United States
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| 62 | O’Melveny & Myers | $835,342,000 | 667 | $1,252,000 | $2,262,000 | United States
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| 63 | Ashurst | $822,259,000 | 1,512 | $554,000 | $1,299,000 |  Australia
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| 64 | Clyde & Co | $800,554,000 | 1,756 | $456,000 | $922,000 | United Kingdom
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| 65 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | $799,555,000 | 526 | $1,520,000 | $4,414,000 | United States
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| 66 | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton | $799,139,000 | 780 | $1,025,000 | $1,689,000 | United States
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| 67 | Vinson & Elkins | $792,597,000 | 656 | $1,208,000 | $2,517,000 | United States
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| 68 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | $776,000,000 | 538 | $1,442,000 | $3,268,000 | United States
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| 69 | Yingke | $762,873,000 | 8,862 | $86,000 | $172,000 | China
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| 70 | Hunton Andrews Kurth | $756,000,000 | 861 | $878,000 | $1,097,000 | United States
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| 71 | Baker Botts | $751,070,000 | 734 | $1,023,000 | $1,662,000 | United States
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| 72 | Slaughter & May | $737,990,000 | 598 | $1,234,000 | $3,073,000 | United Kingdom
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| 73 | Baker & Hostetler | $732,494,000 | 890 | $823,000 | $1,035,000 | United States
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| 74 | Seyfarth Shaw | $717,370,000 | 882 | $813,000 | $1,140,000 | United States
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| 75 | $701,787,000 | 582 | $1,207,000 | $1,884,000 | United States
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| 76 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | $677,320,000 | 643 | $1,053,000 | $1,500,000 | United States
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| 77 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | $669,709,000 | 675 | $993,000 | $1,682,000 | United States
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| 78 | Venable | $657,038,000 | 735 | $894,000 | $1,165,000 | United States
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| 79 | Gowling WLG | $645,550,000 | 1,283 | $503,000 | $535,000 |  Canada
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| 80 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | $642,000,000 | 1,528 | $428,000 | $951,000 | United States
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| 81 | Pinsent Masons | $632,654,000 | 1,678 | $377,000 | $817,000 | United Kingdom
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| 82 | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt | $617,493,000 | 478 | $1,292,000 | $1,372,000 | Canada
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| 83 | Littler Mendelson | $590,038,000 | 1,066 | $553,000 | $521,000 | United States
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| 84 | Polsinelli | $580,437,000 | 849 | $684,000 | $739,000 | United States
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| 85 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | $557,987,000 | 740 | $754,000 | $996,000 | United States
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| 86 | Fox Rothschild | $555,000,000 | 860 | $645,000 | $695,000 | United States
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| 87 | Troutman Sanders | $549,617,000 | 664 | $828,000 | $1,074,000 | United States
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| 88 | Zhong Lun | $535,314,000 | 1,554 | $344,000 | $809,000 | China
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| 89 | Blake, Cassels & Graydon | $524,160,000 | 638 | $822,000 | $747,000 | Canada
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| 90 | Faegre Baker Daniels | $521,138,000 | 674 | $773,000 | $896,000 | United States
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| 91 | $520,099,000 | 862 | $604,000 | $776,000 | United States
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| 92 | Cozen O’Connor | $517,301,000 | 675 | $767,000 | $828,000 | United States
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| 93 | Duane Morris | $510,341,000 | 658 | $775,000 | $1,010,000 | United States
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| 94 | AllBright Law Offices | $506,652,000 | 3,178 | $159,000 | $403,000 | China
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| 95 | Nixon Peabody | $505,520,000 | 591 | $856,000 | $1,503,000 | United States
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| 96 | McCarthy Tetrault | $498,545,000 | 642 | $777,000 | $762,000 | Canada
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| 97 | Simmons & Simmons | $497,952,000 | 1,056 | $472,000 | $949,000 | United Kingdom
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| 98 | Locke Lord | $496,433,000 | 611 | $812,000 | $1,035,000 | United States
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| 99 | Jackson Lewis | $486,149,000 | 865 | $562,000 | $634,000 | United States
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| 100 | Bird & Bird | $485,312,000 | 1,200 | $404,000 | $757,000 | United Kingdom
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See also[]
- List of largest law firms by profits per partner
- List of largest United States-based law firms
- List of largest United Kingdom-based law firms by revenue
- List of largest Canada-based law firms by revenue
- List of largest Europe-based law firms by revenue
- List of largest Japan-based law firms by head count
- List of largest China-based law firms by revenue
References[]
- ^ "The 2020 Global 200: Ranked by Revenue". Law.com | The American Lawyer. ALM. 21 September 2020.
- ^ American Lawyer Magazine, "The 2019 Global 100: Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner", September 24, 2019.
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