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| This chart contains a number of firsts. This is the first Global 100; in previous years, we've presented only the top 50 firms in the world. It's the first time a non-U.S. firm, Clifford Chance, has claimed the top spot, which had been the exclusive territory of New York's Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. This is the first appearance by the legal arm of one of the Big Five accounting firms; Andersen Legal makes its remarkable debut in a tie for ninth place. And this is the first time firms from Australia and Canada appear on this chart, which ranks firms by fee revenue.
Revenue figures for American firms are from The Am Law 100, in the July issue of The American Lawyer. Figures for British firms are from The Legal Business 100, in the September issue of Legal Business. Revenue figures for Australian firms are from BRW.com.au, September 27, October 3, 2001. Figures for Canadian firms were obtained through reporting by The American Lawyer. Conversion rates are averages for fiscal year 2000-2001. Lawyer numbers are average full-time equivalent numbers for the firm's most recent fiscal year. Firms classified as international have 40 percent or more of their lawyers working outside their home country. Firms classified as national have no more than 45 percent of their lawyers working in any one region of their home country. |
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| Rank |
Firm |
2000-2001 Gross Revenue |
Number of Lawyers/Fee Earners |
Average Revenue Per Lawyer/Fee Earner |
| 1 |
Clifford Chance International (U.K.) |
$1,405,500,000 |
2,868 |
$490,500 |
| 2 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York |
$1,154,000,000 |
1,504 |
$800,000 |
| 3 |
Baker & McKenzie International (U.S.) |
$940,000,000 |
2,923 |
$345,000 |
| 4 |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer International (U.K.) |
$937,500,000 |
2,030 |
$465,000 |
| 5 |
Linklaters International (U.K.) |
$750,000,000 |
1,400 |
$535,500 |
| 6 |
Allen & Overy International (U.K.) |
$741,000,000 |
1,912 |
$387,000 |
| 7 |
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue National (U.S.) |
$675,000,000 |
1,330 |
$520,000 |
| 8 |
Latham & Watkins Los Angeles |
$642,500,000 |
1,034 |
$675,000 |
| 9 |
Andersen Legal International (U.K., the Netherlands) |
$590,000,000 |
2,880 |
$205,000 |
| 9 |
Shearman & Sterling New York |
$590,000,000 |
887 |
$735,000 |
| 11 |
Mayer, Brown & Platt Chicago |
$533,500,000 |
884 |
$625,000 |
| 12 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell New York |
$525,000,000 |
565 |
$980,000 |
| 13 |
Sullivan & Cromwell New York |
$516,500,000 |
538 |
$1,045,000 |
| 14 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National (U.S.) |
$515,500,000 |
1,005 |
$515,000 |
| 15 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York |
$505,500,000 |
797 |
$675,000 |
| 16 |
McDermott, Will & Emery National (U.S.) |
$503,000,000 |
906 |
$600,000 |
| 17 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York |
$500,000,000 |
575 |
$940,000 |
| 18 |
White & Case1 International (U.S.) |
$491,000,000 |
1,150 |
$485,000 |
| 19 |
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison San Francisco |
$476,000,000 |
796 |
$660,000 |
| 20 |
Sidley & Austin2 Chicago |
$473,000,000 |
837 |
$595,000 |
| 21 |
Kirkland & Ellis Chicago |
$470,000,000 |
659 |
$710,000 |
| 22 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Los Angeles |
$469,000,000 |
737 |
$725,000 |
| 23 |
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton New York |
$460,000,000 |
589 |
$835,000 |
| 24 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto |
$450,000,000 |
708 |
$555,000 |
| 25 |
Lovells International (U.K.) |
$442,500,000 |
1,130 |
$391,500 |
| 26 |
Morrison & Foerster San Francisco |
$437,000,000 |
884 |
$540,000 |
| 27 |
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld National (U.S.) |
$430,000,000 |
943 |
$485,000 |
| 28 |
O'Melveny & Myers Los Angeles |
$400,500,000 |
737 |
$565,000 |
| 29 |
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker National (U.S.) |
$388,500,000 |
712 |
$595,000 |
| 30 |
Vinson & Elkins Houston |
$386,500,000 |
710 |
$560,000 |
| 31 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York |
$380,000,000 |
385 |
$1,105,000 |
| 32 |
Winston & Strawn Chicago |
$370,500,000 |
761 |
$515,000 |
| 33 |
Holland & Knight Tampa |
$363,500,000 |
1,035 |
$390,000 |
| 34 |
Foley & Lardner Milwaukee |
$363,000,000 |
727 |
$515,000 |
| 34 |
Slaughter and May London |
$363,000,000 |
633 |
$573,000 |
| 36 |
Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe National (U.S.) |
$353,500,000 |
783 |
$475,000 |
| 37 |
Cooley Godward Palo Alto |
$345,000,000 |
576 |
$590,000 |
| 37 |
Greenberg Traurig National (U.S.) |
$345,000,000 |
699 |
$545,000 |
| 39 |
Fulbright & Jaworski Houston |
$343,000,000 |
767 |
$450,000 |
| 40 |
Eversheds National (U.K.) |
$340,650,000 |
1,864 |
$202,500 |
| 41 |
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae National (U.S.) |
$340,000,000 |
750 |
$470,000 |
| 42 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York |
$324,500,000 |
431 |
$790,000 |
| 43 |
Hogan & Hartson Washington, D.C. |
$320,000,000 |
744 |
$430,000 |
| 43 |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe San Francisco |
$320,000,000 |
552 |
$600,000 |
| 45 |
Hunton & Williams Richmond |
$318,000,000 |
702 |
$455,000 |
| 46 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York |
$317,000,000 |
146 |
$2,170,000 |
| 47 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York |
$315,000,000 |
463 |
$680,000 |
| 48 |
Herbert Smith London |
$313,500,000 |
918 |
$342,000 |
| 49 |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York |
$312,500,000 |
468 |
$745,000 |
| 50 |
Baker Botts Houston |
$311,500,000 |
578 |
$570,000 |
| 51 |
Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C. |
$310,000,000 |
535 |
$640,000 |
| 52 |
Dewey Ballantine New York |
$306,500,000 |
510 |
$645,000 |
| 53 |
King & Spalding Atlanta |
$299,000,000 |
572 |
$525,000 |
| 54 |
Pillsbury Madison & Sutro3 San Francisco |
$295,000,000 |
543 |
$570,000 |
| 54 |
Proskauer Rose New York |
$295,000,000 |
520 |
$600,000 |
| 56 |
Debevoise & Plimpton New York |
$291,000,000 |
444 |
$705,000 |
| 57 |
Dechert National (U.S.) |
$285,500,000 |
644 |
$490,000 |
| 58 |
Norton Rose London |
$265,500,000 |
772 |
$343,500 |
| 59 |
DLA National (U.K.) |
$264,000,000 |
996 |
$247,500 |
| 60 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York |
$262,000,000 |
435 |
$670,000 |
| 61 |
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe San Francisco |
$261,500,000 |
452 |
$595,000 |
| 62 |
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Minneapolis |
$261,000,000 |
215 |
$1,185,000 |
| 63 |
Hale and Dorr Boston |
$259,000,000 |
414 |
$665,000 |
| 64 |
Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis |
$254,000,000 |
601 |
$425,000 |
| 65 |
Jenkens & Gilchrist Dallas |
$249,000,000 |
475 |
$525,000 |
| 66 |
Denton Wilde Sapte London |
$243,600,000 |
796 |
$306,000 |
| 67 |
CMS Cameron McKenna London |
$243,000,000 |
754 |
$322,500 |
| 68 |
Howrey Simon Arnold & White Washington, D.C. |
$241,000,000 |
435 |
$555,000 |
| 69 |
Ropes & Gray Boston |
$240,000,000 |
391 |
$650,000 |
| 70 |
Covington & Burling Washington, D.C. |
$237,000,000 |
444 |
$595,000 |
| 71 |
Kaye Scholer New York |
$236,000,000 |
361 |
$655,000 |
| 72 |
Ashurst Morris Crisp London |
$232,500,000 |
685 |
$339,000 |
| 73 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York |
$231,000,000 |
351 |
$660,000 |
| 74 |
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Cleveland |
$230,000,000 |
683 |
$335,000 |
| 75 |
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault Boston |
$225,000,000 |
352 |
$620,000 |
| 76 |
Bryan Cave St. Louis |
$223,500,000 |
589 |
$395,000 |
| 76 |
Simmons & Simmons London |
$223,500,000 |
740 |
$301,500 |
| 78 |
Alston & Bird Atlanta |
$223,000,000 |
490 |
$480,000 |
| 79 |
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Pittsburgh |
$216,500,000 |
593 |
$415,000 |
| 80 |
Perkins Coie Seattle |
$216,000,000 |
503 |
$455,000 |
| 81 |
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Missouri |
$214,500,000 |
568 |
$415,000 |
| 82 |
Katten Muchin Zavis Chicago |
$212,500,000 |
428 |
$525,000 |
| 83 |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo Boston |
$210,500,000 |
377 |
$600,000 |
| 84 |
McGuireWoods Richmond |
$210,000,000 |
526 |
$410,000 |
| 85 |
Mallesons Stephen Jaques National (Australia) |
$209,880,000 |
987 |
$213,000 |
| 86 |
Bingham Dana Boston |
$208,500,000 |
370 |
$570,000 |
| 87 |
McCarthy Tétrault National (Canada) |
$205,500,000 |
739 |
$278,000 |
| 87 |
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Chicago |
$205,500,000 |
452 |
$450,000 |
| 89 |
Minter Ellison National (Australia) |
$202,884,000 |
804 |
$252,000 |
| 90 |
Goodwin Procter Boston |
$200,000,000 |
447 |
$490,000 |
| 91 |
Seyfarth Shaw National (U.S.) |
$197,000,000 |
489 |
$415,000 |
| 92 |
Nixon Peabody Rochester |
$196,000,000 |
499 |
$400,000 |
| 93 |
Coudert Brothers International (U.S.) |
$193,500,000 |
560 |
$400,000 |
| 94 |
Brown & Wood4 New York |
$193,000,000 |
393 |
$525,000 |
| 94 |
Reed Smith Pittsburgh |
$193,000,000 |
603 |
$325,000 |
| 96 |
Chadbourne & Parke New York |
$191,000,000 |
277 |
$690,000 |
| 97 |
Baker & Hostetler Cleveland |
$190,500,000 |
491 |
$395,000 |
| 97 |
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering Washington, D.C. |
$190,500,000 |
361 |
$575,000 |
| 99 |
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich Palo Alto |
$190,000,000 |
402 |
$500,000 |
| 100 |
Freehills National (Australia) |
$189,475,000 |
626 |
$303,000 |
Footnotes:
1 White & Case merged in July, 2000 with Feddersen Laule Ewerwahn Scherzberg Finkelnburg Clemm; lawyer numbers are averaged for the year.
2 Sidley & Austin and Brown & Wood merged in 2001 to become Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
3 Pillsbury Madison & Sutro merged with Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts in 2001 to become Pillsbury Winthrop.
4 Sidley & Austin and Brown & Wood merged in 2001 to become Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. |
| Compiled in cooperation with Legal Business (London). |
| (The American Lawyer, November 2001) |
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