Gross revenue for The Global 100 grew by 6.4% in 2017 to $105.7bn. That surpasses 2016’s increase in gross revenue of 2.8%. This year, 77 of the world’s top-grossing firms have more lawyers in the US than anywhere else, while 12 have the greatest share of their lawyers in the UK. Eight firms are structured as vereins or European Economic Interest Groups (EEIGs). Forty firms had more than $1bn in revenues, compared with 34 last year.
In most cases, gross revenues for US firms are derived from The Am Law 100. Other firms were surveyed directly for The American Lawyer’s Global 100, Legal Week’s UK Top 100 or The American Lawyer’s Asia/China report.
