the full table of Global 100 results - Legal Week
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Feature <strong>Global</strong> <strong>100</strong><br />
2009<br />
Rank<br />
2008<br />
Rank<br />
Firm Gross revenue Total<br />
lawyers<br />
Revenue<br />
per lawyer<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> equity<br />
partners<br />
Countries in which<br />
firms have <strong>of</strong>fices<br />
Lawyers outside home<br />
country<br />
1 2 Linklaters (UK) $2,407,000,000 2,367 $1,015,000 428 19 69%<br />
2 3 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (UK) $2,386,500,000 2,263 $1,055,000 415 15 65%<br />
3 1 Clifford Chance (UK) $2,340,500,000 2,837 $825,000 413 21 69%<br />
4 5 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (US) $2,200,000,000 1,995 $1,105,000 440 13 16%<br />
5 4 Baker & McKenzie¹ (US) $2,112,000,000 3,949 $580,000 720 39 82%<br />
6 6 Allen & Overy (UK) $2,023,500,000 2,122 $955,000 372 22 61%<br />
7 7 Latham & Watkins (US) $1,923,000,000 2,147 $915,000 436 12 25%<br />
8 8 Jones Day (US) $1,540,000,000 2,348 $655,000 772 13 27%<br />
9 9 Sidley Austin (US) $1,489,500,000 1,777 $875,000 332 9 16%<br />
10 10 White & Case (US) $1,467,000,000 2,120 $705,000 305 25 65%<br />
11 11 Kirkland & Ellis (US) $1,400,000,000 1,383 $1,050,000 235 4 8%<br />
12 13 Mayer Brown (US) $1,294,000,000 1,841 $720,000 324 9 43%<br />
13 14 Weil Gotshal & Manges (US) $1,231,000,000 1,248 $1,035,000 184 8 24%<br />
14 12 Greenberg Traurig (US) $1,204,000,000 1,760 $695,000 294 5 5%<br />
15 15 DLA Piper US² (US) $1,178,000,000 1,386 $855,000 237 1 0%<br />
16 17 Morgan Lewis & Bockius (US) $1,120,500,000 1,360 $820,000 252 7 6%<br />
17 16 DLA Piper International² (UK) $1,085,000,000 2,459 $440,000 175 28 60%<br />
18 - Dewey & LeBoeuf (US) $1,030,500,000 1,260 $815,000 200 12 31%<br />
19 20 Paul Hastings Jan<strong>of</strong>sky & Walker (US) $986,000,000 1,062 $930,000 203 8 22%<br />
20 18 Sullivan & Cromwell (US) $985,000,000 703 $1,480,000 170 7 22%<br />
21 22 Lovells (UK) $984,500,000 1,421 $695,000 240 18 82%<br />
22 29 Reed Smith (US) $979,500,000 1,482 $660,000 303 7 30%<br />
23 19 McDermott Will & Emery (US) $966,000,000 1,104 $915,000 266 5 11%<br />
24 27 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (US) $965,000,000 993 $970,000 191 8 43%<br />
25 37 K&L Gates³ (US) $959,500,000 1,569 $620,000 284 6 15%<br />
26 26 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (US) $957,000,000 970 $1,035,000 274 7 12%<br />
27 23 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr (US) $955,000,000 974 $1,025,000 329 5 9%<br />
28 30 Hogan & Hartson (US) $922,500,000 1,111 $835,000 292 12 23%<br />
29 27 Morrison & Foerster (US) $911,000,000 1,040 $875,000 247 6 22%<br />
30 24 O’Melveny & Myers (US) $907,500,000 987 $970,000 224 5 12%<br />
31 21 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (US) $904,000,000 852 $1,130,000 173 4 11%<br />
32 25 Shearman & Sterling (US) $876,000,000 892 $1,020,000 182 12 45%<br />
33 36 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (US) $835,000,000 1,033 $855,000 173 8 31%<br />
34 31 Herbert Smith (UK) $823,500,000 979 $840,000 137 12 42%<br />
35 33 Dechert (US) $816,000,000 946 $915,000 152 7 19%<br />
36 32 Slaughter and May (UK) $800,500,000 550 $1,455,000 124 4 14%<br />
37 40 Ropes & Gray (US) $797,000,000 871 $975,000 253 3 1%<br />
38 34 Davis Polk & Wardwell (US) $789,000,000 697 $1,210,000 167 7 13%<br />
39 38 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (US) $780,500,000 913 $965,000 157 4 7%<br />
40 39 Bingham McCutchen (US) $767,000,000 852 $950,000 137 4 10%<br />
41 42 Debevoise & Plimpton (US) $761,000,000 677 $1,205,000 143 6 26%<br />
42 43 Winston & Strawn (US) $745,000,000 955 $860,000 184 5 9%<br />
43 41 Foley & Lardner (US) $731,000,000 982 $785,000 224 4
2009<br />
Rank<br />
2008<br />
Rank<br />
Firm Gross Revenue Total<br />
lawyers<br />
Revenue<br />
per lawyer<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> equity<br />
partners<br />
Countries in which<br />
firms have <strong>of</strong>fices<br />
Lawyers outside home<br />
country<br />
52 61 Baker Botts (US) $613,500,000 777 $825,000 199 6 7%<br />
53 51 Holland & Knight (US) $606,000,000 1,027 $590,000 195 2