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TO LEADING LAW FIRMS

THE AM LAW 100/200THE GLOBAL 100

THE A-LISTTHE CORPORATE SCORECARD

ZEUGHAUSER GROUP’S 2015 POCKET GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN LAWYER RANKINGS

Dear Clients and Other Friends:

We are delighted to present you with The ZGuide to

the 2015 Am Law 200 and 2014 Global 100. These

lists may be described more accurately as “back to

the future” than as the “new normal.” Close to 10%

of the Am Law 200 comprise an elite group of firms

with a significant presence in New York City, nearly

all of them predominantly corporate. The next 25% or

so are highly successful full-service corporate firms

anxious about sustaining and enhancing their ability

to compete for top clients, work, and talent. The

balance are harder to pigeonhole into one category

or another. One could have said the same things

about the same lists a quarter-century ago. Perhaps

this is unsurprising; the 2015 Am Law 200 lists reflect

the return to a healthy U.S economy dominated by

healthy large-cap companies and financial institutions.

Digging under the numbers, though, little remains

the same. Now the top 200 nearly always compete for

work on every matter, and costs and fee arrangements

are nearly always material drivers of client hiring

decisions. Client work commonly spans the globe.

What was once a seller’s market for first-year associates

has been disrupted and, according to some pundits, is

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evaporating. Summer associate programs, once a series

of indulgent recruiting events designed to produce high

yields, are now real work-a-thons, shrinking in size and,

in some instances, disappearing. An army of contract

lawyers, augmented with LPOs and e-discovery

companies, has replaced brigades of young associates.

Fourteen- and fifteen-year tracks to full equity

partnership abound. The gap between high-earning and

low-earning partners in any given firm is likely double

or more what it was a quarter-century ago. The legal

industry has been restructured, and it isn’t over yet.

Perhaps the most stunning event of 2014 was

Dacheng Denton’s formation of a 6,000-lawyer

firm that has proclaimed a growth strategy, which,

if achieved, will make it 10,000 lawyers in short

order. Suddenly, much of the Am Law 200 seem like

Small Law, not Big Law. The next-largest firms in

an industry that has been consolidating slowly for

nearly three decades seem to have acquired a sense

of urgency to get much bigger much more quickly.

Size (relative to market) has emerged alongside

profitability as a major driver of success, particularly

for the “nifty fifty” occupying the second tier.

Stirring the pot, The American Lawyer and Citibank,

the granddaddies of law firm rankings and peer group

studies, have redefined financial success. The former

has introduced profits per lawyer as a new metric,

and the latter now is underscoring contribution per

lawyer as a key metric. The upshot is that after two

decades of the industry simultaneously attacking

and embracing profits per equity partner as a key

metric of success, the deck has been shuffled. The new

metrics have created a new set of winners and losers.

More change lies ahead for Big Law. According to

McKinsey, there are 8,000 large companies in the world

today (companies with over $1 billion in revenue).

Over the next ten years, as the rebalancing of the global

economy and its shift to Asia comes to fruition, 7,000

new large companies will be added to the mix. Just

shy of 5,000 of them will be in emerging economies;

almost 3,000 of those will be in China alone. Twenty

percent of the Fortune 500 will be in China. Disneyland

will open in Shanghai next year. Three hundred and

thirty million people will live within a three- hour

drive of the new amusement park. Metaphorically,

China will be Big Law’s new Disneyland.

History often predicts the future. In each year’s

ZGuide, we espouse our belief that market leadership

will become a still stronger imperative not just for

success, but for sustainability, and that relentless

focus on being at the top will be the only solve for

surviving the legal industry’s crucible of change.

We also reiterate the imperative of surpassing the

expectations of increasingly sophisticated clients and

maintaining high levels of profitability. We underscore

those imperatives again here. For firms that achieve

market leadership, the opportunities remain boundless.

In 2015 we are evermore grateful to our clients,

the many Am Law 200 and Global 100 firms

that participate in our Chair, COO, and CMO

Roundtables, and our many other friends in the

industry for your interest in and enduring support

of our work. We also want to express our gratitude

for your extraordinary contributions of time and

money to pro bono representations and to your

communities across the globe. You inspire us. We

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MethodologyThe Am Law 200, The A-List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

The Am Law 200

Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Am Law 200Ranked by Value Per Lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Methodology

The Global 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The Global 100Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

MethodologyThe Corporate Scorecard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

The Corporate ScorecardMergers and Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Buyouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49U.S. IPOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Equities by U.S. Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Investment-Grade Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51High-Yield Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Project Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Law Firm Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table of Contentsjoin all of you in your belief that these contributions

are essential underpinnings of your success and

the success of the legal system we cherish.

We look forward to working with you in choosing,

achieving, and sustaining market leadership!

Sincerely,

Ron Beard R. Bruce McLean

Norm Rubenstein Jack Walker

Mary K Young Peter Zeughauser

Kent Zimmermann Lonnie Zwerin

© ALM Media Properties, LLC and Zeughauser Group, LLC

Chart information reprinted with permission from the April, May, June, August 2015 and October 2014 issues of The American Lawyer (The Am Law 100, The Am Law 200, The Corporate Scorecard, The A-List, and The Global 100).

© 2014 and 2015 ALM Media Properties, LLC

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Methodology • Profits Per Equity Partner (PPEP) is calculated by dividing net operating income by the number of equity partners.

• Revenue Per Lawyer (RPL) is calculated by dividing gross revenue by the number of lawyers.

• Compensation Average, All Partners, is the net operating income plus fixed-income compensation to nonequity part-ners divided by the number of equity and nonequity partners.

• Value Per Lawyer (VPL) is calculated by dividing the net operating income plus fixed-income compensation to non-equity partners by the total number of lawyers. That num-ber is then divided into $10 million to determine how many lawyers it takes to generate that amount.

Location of FirmsSome firms are identified as “international” or “national,” rather than identifying them by city, according to the percentage of the firm‘s attorneys in various regions of the country and the percentage who work outside the United States. Those breakouts are obtained from the most recent National Law Journal NLJ 350 survey. If 40 percent or more of the firm‘s lawyers were located outside the U.S., the firm is identified as “international.” If no more than 45 percent of the firm‘s attorneys were located in any one region of the country, the firm is identified as “national.”

Vereins are broken out separately because their organizational structure, particularly regarding profit sharing, differs significantly from that of traditionally structured Am Law firms.

The A-ListThe A-List, comprised of just 20 firms, is determined by rankings in four surveys — The American Lawyer‘s Revenue Per Lawyer (from the Am Law 200), Pro Bono, and Midlevel Associate Surveys, and The Minority Law Journal ‘s Diversity Scorecard. To determine each firm‘s score, points are doubled for both Revenue Per Lawyer and Pro Bono rankings and then added to the scores for the Midlevel Associate Survey and Diversity Scorecard rankings.

Additional information about the A-List is available on americanlawyer.com and in the August 2015 issue of The American Lawyer. u

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The Am Law 200

The Am Law 200 is reported by ALM Media‘s publications throughout the United States, including The American Lawyer, The Connecticut Law Tribune, Daily Business Review (Miami), Daily Report (Atlanta), The Legal Intelligencer (Philadelphia), The National Law Journal/Legal Times, The New Jersey Law Journal, The Recorder (San Francisco), and Texas Lawyer.

Most law firms provide their financials voluntarily for this report, but all data, whether it comes officially from the firm or not, is investigated by reporters.

DefinitionsGross revenue is fee income from legal work only. It does not include disbursements or income from nonlegal ancillary businesses. Net is compensation paid to equity partners.

Equity partners are those who receive no more than half their compensation on a fixed-income basis. Nonequity partners are those who receive more than half their compensation on a fixed-income basis. Retired partners and of counsel are not counted as partners.

Lawyer numbers are full-time-equivalent figures for the 2014 calendar year taken from The National Law Journal ’s most recent NLJ 350 survey. Temp and contract attorneys are not included.

Calculations• Gross Revenue is rounded to the nearest $500,000. • Profits Per Equity Partner, Revenue Per Lawyer, and

Compensation Average, All Partners are rounded to the nearest $5,000.

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1 1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 267 Lawyers, 83 Equity Partners, New York $5,500,000 $702,500,000 44 $2,630,000 1 $5,500,000

2 2 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 710 Lawyers, 147 Equity Partners, National $4,925,000 $1,103,500,000 23 $1,555,000 3 $3,865,000

3 5 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 943 Lawyers, 135 Equity Partners, New York $3,845,000 $1,036,500,000 26 $1,100,000 27 $3,845,000

4 4 Sullivan & Cromwell 805 Lawyers, 170 Equity Partners, New York $3,680,000 $1,276,000,000 13 $1,585,000 2 $3,680,000

5 6 Irell & Manella 159 Lawyers, 45 Equity Partners, Los Angeles

$3,625,000 $247,500,000 125 $1,555,000 3 $3,625,000

6 3 Cahill Gordon & Reindel 327 Lawyers, 62 Equity Partners, New York $3,615,000 $380,000,000 82 $1,165,000 18 $3,310,000

7 8 Kirkland & Ellis 1,576 Lawyers, 337 Equity Partners, National $3,510,000 $2,150,000,000 5 $1,365,000 8 $1,870,000

8 9 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 929 Lawyers, 187 Equity Partners, New York $3,485,000 $1,245,500,000 17 $1,340,000 9 $3,485,000

9 7 Cravath, Swaine & Moore 442 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, New York $3,365,000 $648,000,000 52 $1,465,000 5 $3,365,000

10 12 Davis Polk & Wardwell 871 Lawyers, 153 Equity Partners, New York $3,295,000 $1,072,000,000 24 $1,230,000 14 $3,295,000

11 13 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 1,178 Lawyers, 185 Equity Partners, International $3,230,000 $1,250,000,000 16 $1,060,000 32 $3,230,000

12 11 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 1,204 Lawyers, 292 Equity Partners, National $3,045,000 $1,466,000,000 11 $1,215,000 16 $2,725,000

13 10 Boies, Schiller & Flexner 282 Lawyers, 43 Equity Partners, National $3,025,000 $345,000,000 91 $1,225,000 15 $1,590,000

14 14 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 1,654 Lawyers, 383 Equity Partners, National $2,905,000 $2,315,000,000 4 $1,400,000 6 $2,905,000

15 17 Latham & Watkins 2,100 Lawyers, 457 Equity Partners, National $2,900,000 $2,612,000,000 1 $1,245,000 11 $2,350,000

16 37 BuckleySandler 142 Lawyers, 32 Equity Partners, Washington, DC

$2,815,000 $155,000,000 165 $1,090,000 28 $2,815,000

17 16 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 614 Lawyers, 144 Equity Partners, New York $2,745,000 $761,000,000 40 $1,240,000 12 $2,645,000

18 19 Willkie Farr & Gallagher 554 Lawyers, 138 Equity Partners, New York $2,560,000 $640,000,000 55 $1,155,000 19 $2,560,000

19 24 Weil, Gotshal & Manges 1,072 Lawyers, 171 Equity Partners, National $2,405,000 $1,151,000,000 20 $1,075,000 29 $1,890,000

20 18 Debevoise & Plimpton 615 Lawyers, 134 Equity Partners, New York $2,380,000 $710,500,000 41 $1,155,000 19 $2,380,000

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The Am Law 200The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner

Names of firms ranked 101 to 200 on The Am Law 200 are in bold. Firms noted with a star () are on The American Lawyer's “A-List.” (See the methodology on pages 2 and 3.)

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21 21 Paul Hastings 873 Lawyers, 197 Equity Partners, National $2,360,000 $1,000,500,000 27 $1,145,000 22 $2,015,000

22 23 King & Spalding 886 Lawyers, 170 Equity Partners, National $2,355,000 $934,000,000 29 $1,055,000 34 $1,465,000

23 22 Dechert 877 Lawyers, 163 Equity Partners, National $2,315,000 $839,500,000 35 $955,000 55 $1,570,000

23 20 Schulte Roth & Zabel 351 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, New York $2,315,000 $400,500,000 76 $1,140,000 23 $2,315,000

25 15 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft 452 Lawyers, 56 Equity Partners, New York $2,210,000 $481,500,000 65 $1,065,000 31 $1,680,000

26 25 Hughes Hubbard & Reed 332 Lawyers, 77 Equity Partners, New York $2,145,000 $394,000,000 78 $1,185,000 17 $1,885,000

27 25 Proskauer Rose 721 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, New York $2,100,000 $818,500,000 36 $1,135,000 24 $1,715,000

28 28 White & Case 1,878 Lawyers, 275 Equity Partners, International $2,005,000 $1,503,000,000 10 $800,000 81 $1,540,000

29 27 Sidley Austin 1,761 Lawyers, 306 Equity Partners, National $1,990,000 $1,753,500,000 9 $995,000 45 $1,280,000

30 54 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman 337 Lawyers, 51 Equity Partners, New York

$1,965,000 $263,000,000 119 $780,000 86 $1,245,000

31 35 Ropes & Gray 1,041 Lawyers, 268 Equity Partners, National $1,930,000 $1,115,500,000 22 $1,070,000 30 $1,930,000

32 35 Vinson & Elkins 624 Lawyers, 144 Equity Partners, Houston $1,925,000 $653,500,000 50 $1,045,000 37 $1,590,000

33 31 Munger, Tolles & Olson 190 Lawyers, 85 Equity Partners, Los Angeles

$1,910,000 $266,000,000 118 $1,400,000 6 $1,910,000

33 32 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 670 Lawyers, 125 Equity Partners, Palo Alto $1,910,000 $646,000,000 53 $965,000 53 $1,600,000

35 30 Shearman & Sterling 821 Lawyers, 157 Equity Partners, International $1,905,000 $845,000,000 34 $1,030,000 41 $1,715,000

36 29 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 822 Lawyers, 189 Equity Partners, National $1,885,000 $868,000,000 33 $1,055,000 34 $1,455,000

37 43 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy 469 Lawyers, 62 Equity Partners, International $1,835,000 $441,000,000 69 $940,000 58 $1,355,000

38 41 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 414 Lawyers, 107 Equity Partners, New York $1,815,000 $460,000,000 66 $1,110,000 26 $1,670,000

38 33 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel 308 Lawyers, 67 Equity Partners, New York $1,815,000 $320,500,000 99 $1,040,000 38 $1,525,000

40 39 Choate Hall & Stewart 157 Lawyers, 59 Equity Partners, Boston

$1,810,000 $194,500,000 151 $1,240,000 12 $1,445,000

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41 42 Goodwin Procter 755 Lawyers, 189 Equity Partners, Boston $1,745,000 $785,500,000 38 $1,040,000 38 $1,305,000

42 47 Cooley 755 Lawyers, 176 Equity Partners, Palo Alto $1,735,000 $802,000,000 37 $1,060,000 32 $1,415,000

43 59 Baker Botts 694 Lawyers, 176 Equity Partners, Houston $1,700,000 $653,000,000 51 $940,000 58 $1,260,000

44 57 Winston & Strawn 808 Lawyers, 158 Equity Partners, National $1,685,000 $785,500,000 38 $970,000 52 $1,090,000

45 43 Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell 128 Lawyers, 39 Equity Partners, Los Angeles

$1,640,000 $107,000,000 190 $835,000 74 $1,020,000

46 46 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler 179 Lawyers, 48 Equity Partners, New York

$1,625,000 $189,000,000 155 $1,055,000 34 $1,610,000

47 70 Jenner & Block 401 Lawyers, 105 Equity Partners, Chicago $1,615,000 $408,000,000 74 $1,015,000 43 $1,110,000

48 43 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle 311 Lawyers, 26 Equity Partners, International

$1,610,000 $187,000,000 156 $600,000 143 $910,000

48 47 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius1 1,338 Lawyers, 360 Equity Partners, National $1,610,000 $1,317,000,000 12 $985,000 47 $1,345,000

50 50 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 926 Lawyers, 286 Equity Partners, National $1,605,000 $1,071,000,000 25 $1,155,000 19 $1,605,000

51 34 O’Melveny & Myers 663 Lawyers, 169 Equity Partners, National $1,595,000 $665,000,000 47 $1,005,000 44 $1,540,000

51 38 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe 891 Lawyers, 141 Equity Partners, National $1,595,000 $877,000,000 31 $985,000 47 $1,110,000

53 40 Alston & Bird 759 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, Atlanta $1,545,000 $645,500,000 54 $850,000 70 $940,000

54 67 Fenwick & West 288 Lawyers, 85 Equity Partners, Mountain View, CA $1,540,000 $327,000,000 97 $1,135,000 24 $1,410,000

55 49 McDermott Will & Emery 997 Lawyers, 203 Equity Partners, National $1,530,000 $900,000,000 30 $900,000 66 $850,000

56 56 Williams & Connolly 307 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,515,000 $399,000,000 77 $1,300,000 10 $1,515,000

57 54 Loeb & Loeb 271 Lawyers, 42 Equity Partners, National

$1,505,000 $245,500,000 127 $905,000 65 $755,000

58 63 DLA Piper 3,702 Lawyers, 448 Equity Partners, Verein $1,490,000 $2,480,500,000 3 $670,000 121 $835,000

59 66 Mayer Brown 1,486 Lawyers, 280 Equity Partners, International $1,450,000 $1,223,000,000 18 $825,000 77 $825,000

60 60 Greenberg Traurig 1,730 Lawyers, 299 Equity Partners, National $1,425,000 $1,270,500,000 15 $735,000 99 $765,000

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1 Census numbers and financials do not include the lawyers who joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius from the former Bingham McCutchen in late November.

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61 53 Morrison & Foerster 988 Lawyers, 261 Equity Partners, National $1,415,000 $968,500,000 28 $980,000 51 $1,205,000

62 58 Kaye Scholer 368 Lawyers, 99 Equity Partners, New York $1,410,000 $375,000,000 83 $1,020,000 42 $1,260,000

63 62 Katten Muchin Rosenman 632 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, National $1,395,000 $537,500,000 63 $850,000 70 $850,000

64 61 Arnold & Porter 699 Lawyers, 233 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,385,000 $694,500,000 45 $995,000 45 $1,385,000

64 70 Brown Rudnick 203 Lawyers, 59 Equity Partners, National

$1,385,000 $191,500,000 153 $945,000 57 $1,025,000

66 51 Lowenstein Sandler 275 Lawyers, 48 Equity Partners, Roseland, NJ

$1,365,000 $229,500,000 131 $835,000 74 $925,000

66 68 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 584 Lawyers, 114 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $1,365,000 $510,500,000 64 $875,000 69 $890,000

68 76 Covington & Burling 774 Lawyers, 248 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,335,000 $709,000,000 43 $915,000 62 $1,335,000

69 52 Bingham McCutchen2 715 Lawyers, 130 Equity Partners, National $1,330,000 $665,000,000 47 $930,000 60 $885,000

69 65 Bracewell & Giuliani 450 Lawyers, 79 Equity Partners, Houston $1,330,000 $337,500,000 94 $750,000 95 $795,000

71 74 Baker & McKenzie 4,245 Lawyers, 705 Equity Partners, Verein $1,290,000 $2,540,000,000 2 $600,000 143 $870,000

72 72 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips 336 Lawyers, 60 Equity Partners, Los Angeles

$1,245,000 $303,000,000 108 $900,000 66 $630,000

73 76 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan 280 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, New York

$1,230,000 $260,500,000 120 $930,000 60 $1,230,000

74 89 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner 314 Lawyers, 101 Equity Partners, Washington, DC

$1,220,000 $309,000,000 105 $985,000 47 $1,040,000

75 73 Hogan Lovells 2,360 Lawyers, 509 Equity Partners, Verein $1,215,000 $1,779,500,000 8 $755,000 93 $965,000

75 82 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi 213 Lawyers, 74 Equity Partners, Minneapolis

$1,215,000 $210,000,000 138 $985,000 47 $1,110,000

77 64 Fish & Richardson 345 Lawyers, 105 Equity Partners, National $1,210,000 $357,500,000 88 $1,035,000 40 $885,000

78 84 Andrews Kurth 337 Lawyers, 87 Equity Partners, Houston

$1,205,000 $307,000,000 106 $910,000 64 $850,000

78 78 Reed Smith 1,638 Lawyers, 302 Equity Partners, National $1,205,000 $1,152,000,000 19 $705,000 111 $750,000

80 79 Stevens & Lee 151 Lawyers, 47 Equity Partners, Reading, PA

$1,180,000 $108,500,000 187 $720,000 104 $730,000

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2 Bingham McCutchen ceased operations in December 2014.

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81 80 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 591 Lawyers, 165 Equity Partners, National $1,165,000 $560,000,000 60 $950,000 56 $880,000

82 87 Holland & Knight 1,009 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, National $1,135,000 $688,500,000 46 $680,000 116 $650,000

83 69 Chadbourne & Parke 345 Lawyers, 68 Equity Partners, New York

$1,110,000 $254,500,000 122 $735,000 99 $880,000

84 75 Wiley Rein 267 Lawyers, 75 Equity Partners, Washington, DC

$1,105,000 $224,500,000 132 $840,000 73 $975,000

85 84 Foley Hoag 229 Lawyers, 50 Equity Partners, Boston

$1,100,000 $174,000,000 160 $760,000 90 $755,000

86 81 Perkins Coie 913 Lawyers, 181 Equity Partners, Seattle $1,095,000 $710,000,000 42 $780,000 86 $725,000

87 90 Foley & Lardner 849 Lawyers, 153 Equity Partners, National $1,065,000 $665,000,000 47 $785,000 83 $675,000

88 95 Crowell & Moring 450 Lawyers, 97 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,030,000 $368,500,000 85 $820,000 78 $745,000

89 83 Chapman and Cutler 238 Lawyers, 100 Equity Partners, Chicago

$1,015,000 $195,500,000 148 $820,000 78 $810,000

90 128 Dickstein Shapiro 200 Lawyers, 42 Equity Partners, Washington, DC

$1,010,000 $192,000,000 152 $960,000 54 $700,000

91 106 Hunton & Williams3 707 Lawyers, 212 Equity Partners, National $1,000,000 $568,000,000 59 $805,000 80 $805,000

92 86 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan 395 Lawyers, 90 Equity Partners, National

$990,000 $300,500,000 110 $760,000 90 $700,000

93 93 Locke Lord4 578 Lawyers, 160 Equity Partners, Dallas $970,000 $426,500,000 71 $740,000 97 $690,000

93 88 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter 260 Lawyers, 32 Equity Partners, Morristown, NJ

$970,000 $120,000,000 180 $460,000 192 $485,000

93 98 Venable 564 Lawyers, 163 Equity Partners, National $970,000 $442,000,000 68 $785,000 83 $735,000

96 97 Morris, Manning & Martin 156 Lawyers, 44 Equity Partners, Atlanta

$965,000 $113,500,000 184 $725,000 103 $730,000

97 91 McGuireWoods 939 Lawyers, 182 Equity Partners, Richmond $960,000 $620,000,000 57 $660,000 125 $660,000

97 106 Winstead 312 Lawyers, 108 Equity Partners, Dallas

$960,000 $204,500,000 142 $655,000 128 $700,000

99 91 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo3 417 Lawyers, 61 Equity Partners, Boston

$955,000 $316,000,000 101 $760,000 90 $605,000

100 103 Pepper Hamilton 508 Lawyers, 139 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $945,000 $384,500,000 80 $755,000 93 $750,000

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3 Fiscal year ends on March 31. Results are projected in order to meet The Am Law 100’s publication deadline. 4 Locke Lord merged with Edwards Wildman Palmer in January 2015. Results are for the legacy operation only.

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101 96 Seyfarth Shaw 772 Lawyers, 195 Equity Partners, National $940,000 $555,000,000 61 $720,000 104 $630,000

102 100 Arent Fox 346 Lawyers, 105 Equity Partners, Washington, DC

$935,000 $276,500,000 117 $800,000 81 $720,000

103 102 Jones Day 2,510 Lawyers, 933 Equity Partners, National $930,000 $1,850,000,000 6 $735,000 99 $930,000

104 141 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 571 Lawyers, 111 Equity Partners, Atlanta $925,000 $411,500,000 73 $720,000 104 $655,000

105 123 Moore & Van Allen 276 Lawyers, 80 Equity Partners, Charlotte

$920,000 $181,000,000 157 $655,000 128 $620,000

106 130 Jackson Walker 328 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, Dallas

$915,000 $214,500,000 137 $655,000 128 $570,000

107 98 Steptoe & Johnson 385 Lawyers, 128 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $910,000 $352,500,000 89 $915,000 62 $910,000

108 103 Duane Morris 620 Lawyers, 122 Equity Partners, National $900,000 $428,000,000 70 $690,000 113 $560,000

109 125 Haynes and Boone 502 Lawyers, 129 Equity Partners, Dallas $855,000 $339,000,000 92 $675,000 119 $695,000

109 108 Thompson & Knight 281 Lawyers, 90 Equity Partners, Dallas

$855,000 $201,500,000 145 $720,000 104 $655,000

111 118 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis 173 Lawyers, 96 Equity Partners, Los Angeles

$850,000 $152,500,000 166 $880,000 68 $815,000

112 — Squire Patton Boggs5 1,356 Lawyers, 154 Equity Partners, Verein $840,000 $870,500,000 32 $640,000 133 $525,000

113 108 Barnes & Thornburg 517 Lawyers, 214 Equity Partners, Indianapolis $835,000 $346,000,000 90 $670,000 121 $645,000

114 133 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 225 Lawyers, 66 Equity Partners, Denver

$830,000 $166,000,000 162 $735,000 99 $605,000

114 — Carlton Fields Jorden Burt6 339 Lawyers, 74 Equity Partners, Miami

$830,000 $215,500,000 136 $635,000 134 $515,000

114 108 Gibbons 193 Lawyers, 31 Equity Partners, Newark

$830,000 $110,000,000 186 $570,000 160 $485,000

114 113 K&L Gates 1,952 Lawyers, 252 Equity Partners, National $830,000 $1,145,500,000 21 $585,000 153 $475,000

118 118 Blank Rome 472 Lawyers, 117 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $825,000 $331,000,000 96 $700,000 112 $600,000

118 100 McKenna Long & Aldridge7 454 Lawyers, 70 Equity Partners, National

$825,000 $305,000,000 107 $670,000 121 $515,000

118 117 Vedder Price 286 Lawyers, 132 Equity Partners, Chicago

$825,000 $224,500,000 132 $785,000 83 $765,000

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121 126 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn 230 Lawyers, 127 Equity Partners, Detroit

$820,000 $196,000,000 147 $850,000 70 $715,000

121 118 Snell & Wilmer 406 Lawyers, 81 Equity Partners, Phoenix

$820,000 $253,000,000 123 $625,000 138 $600,000

123 123 Bryan Cave 977 Lawyers, 214 Equity Partners, National $815,000 $635,500,000 56 $650,000 132 $620,000

124 93 Baker & Hostetler 878 Lawyers, 171 Equity Partners, National $810,000 $579,000,000 58 $660,000 125 $610,000

124 121 Schiff Hardin 324 Lawyers, 96 Equity Partners, Chicago

$810,000 $241,000,000 128 $745,000 96 $580,000

126 126 Gardere Wynne Sewell 219 Lawyers, 62 Equity Partners, Dallas

$805,000 $143,000,000 172 $655,000 128 $565,000

126 113 Shook, Hardy & Bacon 458 Lawyers, 126 Equity Partners, Kansas City, MO

$805,000 $316,000,000 101 $690,000 113 $620,000

126 130 Troutman Sanders 593 Lawyers, 197 Equity Partners, Atlanta $805,000 $422,500,000 72 $715,000 108 $665,000

129 103 Kelley Drye & Warren 277 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, National

$780,000 $216,000,000 135 $780,000 86 $645,000

130 132 Faegre Baker Daniels 672 Lawyers, 239 Equity Partners, Minneapolis $770,000 $456,500,000 67 $680,000 116 $635,000

131 112 Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto 153 Lawyers, 51 Equity Partners, New York

$765,000 $104,000,000 194 $680,000 116 $765,000

132 138 Nixon Peabody 573 Lawyers, 145 Equity Partners, National $760,000 $407,000,000 75 $710,000 109 $545,000

133 134 Cozen O’Connor 502 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, National

$740,000 $313,000,000 103 $625,000 138 $540,000

133 143 Goulston & Storrs 167 Lawyers, 97 Equity Partners, Boston

$740,000 $139,000,000 174 $830,000 76 $740,000

135 134 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani8 501 Lawyers, 38 Equity Partners, San Diego

$735,000 $246,500,000 126 $490,000 187 $315,000

136 140 Drinker Biddle & Reath 553 Lawyers, 176 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $720,000 $381,000,000 81 $690,000 113 $615,000

137 159 Armstrong Teasdale 221 Lawyers, 78 Equity Partners, St. Louis

$715,000 $115,000,000 181 $520,000 176 $740,000

138 111 Sullivan & Worcester 156 Lawyers, 40 Equity Partners, Boston

$705,000 $103,000,000 195 $660,000 125 $535,000

139 147 Shutts & Bowen 235 Lawyers, 82 Equity Partners, Miami

$700,000 $136,500,000 175 $580,000 157 $450,000

140 161 Day Pitney 255 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, Hartford

$690,000 $150,500,000 167 $590,000 148 $1,025,000

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140 149 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough 500 Lawyers, 155 Equity Partners, Columbia, SC

$690,000 $298,000,000 111 $595,000 147 $485,000

142 113 Kenyon & Kenyon 146 Lawyers, 41 Equity Partners, New York

$680,000 $108,000,000 189 $740,000 97 $635,000

143 153 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings 430 Lawyers, 204 Equity Partners, Birmingham

$675,000 $250,500,000 124 $585,000 153 $590,000

144 146 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 466 Lawyers, 115 Equity Partners, Pittsburgh

$670,000 $296,000,000 113 $635,000 134 $495,000

144 138 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith 891 Lawyers, 103 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $670,000 $364,000,000 87 $410,000 199 $365,000

146 — Hinckley, Allen & Snyder 145 Lawyers, 49 Equity Partners, Boston

$660,000 $96,500,000 197 $665,000 124 $470,000

147 142 Polsinelli 693 Lawyers, 112 Equity Partners, Kansas City, MO $650,000 $368,000,000 86 $530,000 172 $415,000

147 — Smith, Gambrell & Russell 184 Lawyers, 49 Equity Partners, Atlanta

$650,000 $90,500,000 200 $495,000 182 $425,000

147 153 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 494 Lawyers, 159 Equity Partners, Winston-Salem, NC

$650,000 $296,500,000 112 $600,000 143 $460,000

150 134 Herrick, Feinstein 136 Lawyers, 34 Equity Partners, New York

$645,000 $105,500,000 193 $775,000 89 $500,000

151 157 Akerman 548 Lawyers, 188 Equity Partners, Miami $640,000 $324,000,000 98 $590,000 148 $530,000

151 149 Fox Rothschild9 560 Lawyers, 166 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $640,000 $331,500,000 95 $590,000 148 $540,000

153 145 McCarter & English 373 Lawyers, 87 Equity Partners, Newark

$630,000 $219,500,000 134 $590,000 148 $435,000

154 147 Norton Rose Fulbright 3,461 Lawyers, 944 Equity Partners, Verein $625,000 $1,814,000,000 7 $525,000 174 $595,000

155 143 Edwards Wildman Palmer10 498 Lawyers, 66 Equity Partners, Boston

$620,000 $292,000,000 114 $585,000 153 $390,000

156 170 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart 701 Lawyers, 151 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $615,000 $373,000,000 84 $530,000 172 $410,000

156 158 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker 745 Lawyers, 148 Equity Partners, National

$615,000 $303,000,000 108 $405,000 200 $460,000

158 166 Dorsey & Whitney 500 Lawyers, 191 Equity Partners, National $605,000 $338,500,000 93 $675,000 119 $535,000

158 156 Ice Miller 278 Lawyers, 122 Equity Partners, Indianapolis

$605,000 $157,500,000 163 $565,000 162 $510,000

158 161 Jackson Lewis 751 Lawyers, 225 Equity Partners, National $605,000 $390,500,000 79 $520,000 176 $445,000


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161 153 Thompson Hine 358 Lawyers, 102 Equity Partners, Cleveland

$600,000 $204,500,000 142 $570,000 160 $465,000

162 169 Porter Wright Morris & Arthur 209 Lawyers, 75 Equity Partners, Columbus

$575,000 $123,000,000 178 $590,000 148 $415,000

162 161 Saul Ewing 245 Lawyers, 82 Equity Partners, Philadelphia

$575,000 $148,000,000 169 $605,000 141 $475,000

164 165 Ballard Spahr 497 Lawyers, 231 Equity Partners, Philadelphia

$570,000 $312,000,000 104 $630,000 137 $570,000

165 129 Sedgwick 311 Lawyers, 58 Equity Partners, San Francisco

$565,000 $190,000,000 154 $610,000 140 $440,000

166 174 Dykema Gossett 334 Lawyers, 70 Equity Partners, Chicago

$560,000 $178,500,000 159 $535,000 171 $390,000

166 166 Thompson Coburn 341 Lawyers, 152 Equity Partners, St. Louis

$560,000 $198,000,000 146 $580,000 157 $450,000

168 170 Stoel Rives 349 Lawyers, 122 Equity Partners, Portland, OR

$555,000 $205,000,000 140 $585,000 153 $455,000

169 161 Husch Blackwell 517 Lawyers, 143 Equity Partners, St. Louis

$545,000 $289,000,000 115 $560,000 164 $405,000

170 182 Davis Wright Tremaine 473 Lawyers, 185 Equity Partners, Seattle

$540,000 $285,000,000 116 $605,000 141 $455,000

170 — Stinson Leonard Street11 459 Lawyers, 182 Equity Partners, Minneapolis

$540,000 $259,000,000 121 $565,000 162 $415,000

172 175 Adams and Reese 299 Lawyers, 122 Equity Partners, New Orleans

$525,000 $157,000,000 164 $525,000 174 $420,000

172 173 Michael Best & Friedrich 197 Lawyers, 78 Equity Partners, Milwaukee

$525,000 $114,000,000 182 $580,000 157 $415,000

174 175 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz 616 Lawyers, 210 Equity Partners, Memphis $520,000 $318,500,000 100 $515,000 178 $455,000

175 175 Fisher & Phillips 275 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, National

$515,000 $148,000,000 169 $540,000 168 $450,000

175 178 Hinshaw & Culbertson 459 Lawyers, 106 Equity Partners, Chicago

$515,000 $209,000,000 139 $455,000 194 $340,000

175 186 Littler Mendelson 1,088 Lawyers, 370 Equity Partners, National $515,000 $543,500,000 62 $500,000 180 $440,000

178 178 Dickinson Wright 349 Lawyers, 117 Equity Partners, Troy, MI

$510,000 $172,000,000 161 $495,000 182 $390,000

179 188 Clark Hill 295 Lawyers, 81 Equity Partners, Detroit

$500,000 $135,000,000 176 $460,000 192 $395,000

179 180 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear 275 Lawyers, 141 Equity Partners, Irvine, CA

$500,000 $195,000,000 150 $710,000 109 $490,000

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179 186 Robinson & Cole 193 Lawyers, 70 Equity Partners, Hartford

$500,000 $106,000,000 192 $550,000 167 $465,000

182 151 Dentons12 2,285 Lawyers, 484 Equity Partners, Decentralized (Verein) $495,000 $1,275,000,000 14 $560,000 164 $380,000

182 184 Lewis Roca Rothgerber 222 Lawyers, 100 Equity Partners, Phoenix

$495,000 $122,500,000 179 $555,000 166 $420,000

184 184 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease 366 Lawyers, 150 Equity Partners, Columbus

$485,000 $179,000,000 158 $490,000 187 $445,000

185 180 Burr & Forman 258 Lawyers, 115 Equity Partners, Birmingham

$480,000 $127,000,000 177 $495,000 182 $415,000

186 192 Frost Brown Todd 429 Lawyers, 163 Equity Partners, Cincinnati

$475,000 $204,000,000 144 $475,000 190 $370,000

186 189 Holland & Hart 436 Lawyers, 211 Equity Partners, Denver

$475,000 $234,500,000 130 $540,000 168 $465,000

186 182 Lathrop & Gage 289 Lawyers, 75 Equity Partners, Kansas City, MO

$475,000 $147,500,000 171 $510,000 179 $345,000

189 198 Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone 227 Lawyers, 75 Equity Partners, Detroit

$470,000 $112,000,000 185 $495,000 182 $370,000

190 172 Dinsmore & Shohl 443 Lawyers, 137 Equity Partners, Cincinnati

$455,000 $195,500,000 148 $440,000 197 $355,000

191 193 Phelps Dunbar 251 Lawyers, 108 Equity Partners, New Orleans

$450,000 $114,000,000 182 $455,000 194 $450,000

192 — Greenspoon Marder 147 Lawyers, 70 Equity Partners, Fort Lauderdale

$445,000 $93,500,000 198 $635,000 134 $445,000

192 189 Quarles & Brady 438 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, Milwaukee

$445,000 $237,500,000 129 $540,000 168 $390,000

194 195 GrayRobinson 284 Lawyers, 153 Equity Partners, Orlando

$440,000 $142,000,000 173 $500,000 180 $410,000

194 151 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick 224 Lawyers, 112 Equity Partners, Tampa

$440,000 $108,500,000 187 $485,000 189 $385,000

196 193 Kutak Rock 473 Lawyers, 222 Equity Partners, National

$430,000 $205,000,000 140 $435,000 198 $385,000

197 199 Lane Powell 151 Lawyers, 65 Equity Partners, Seattle

$415,000 $91,000,000 199 $600,000 143 $365,000

197 189 Williams Mullen 217 Lawyers, 73 Equity Partners, Richmond

$415,000 $107,000,000 190 $495,000 182 $405,000

199 197 Strasburger & Price 211 Lawyers, 70 Equity Partners, Dallas

$385,000 $99,000,000 196 $470,000 191 $320,000

200 199 LeClairRyan 339 Lawyers, 143 Equity Partners, National

$370,000 $150,500,000 167 $445,000 196 $290,000

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12Dentons joined with Dacheng in January 2015 to form the Dacheng Dentons verein. Results are for the legacy operation only.

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FY 2014

Lawyers Needed

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21 Davis Polk & Wardwell $580,000 17.24

22 Hughes Hubbard & Reed $570,000 17.54

23 Proskauer Rose $565,000 17.70

24 King & Spalding $560,000 17.86

25 Schulte Roth & Zabel $555,000 18.02

25 Vinson & Elkins $555,000 18.02

27 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison $550,000 18.18

28 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld $540,000 18.52

28 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn $540,000 18.52

30 Goodwin Procter $525,000 19.05

31 Brown Rudnick $520,000 19.23

31 Debevoise & Plimpton $520,000 19.23

31 Jenner & Block $520,000 19.23

34 Dechert $515,000 19.42

34 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel $515,000 19.42

36 Baker Botts $510,000 19.61

37 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis $505,000 19.80

37 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton $505,000 19.80

39 Day Pitney $495,000 20.20

39 Ropes & Gray $495,000 20.20

Firms noted with a star () are on The American Lawyer's “A-List.” (See the methodology on pages 2 and 3.) Names of firms ranked 101 to 200 on The Am Law 200 are in bold. See headnotes on the chart ranking firms by Profits Per Equity Partner for information about changes in firms' status in 2014/2015.

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1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $1,710,000 5.85

2 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sul-livan $1,090,000 9.17

3 Irell & Manella $1,025,000 9.76

4 Kirkland & Ellis $870,000 11.49

5 Munger, Tolles & Olson $855,000 11.70

6 Sullivan & Cromwell $775,000 12.90

7 Choate Hall & Stewart $755,000 13.25

7 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $755,000 13.25

9 Cahill Gordon & Reindel $710,000 14.08

9 Latham & Watkins $710,000 14.08

11 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $700,000 14.29

12 Cravath, Swaine & Moore $690,000 14.49

13 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom $670,000 14.93

14 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy $655,000 15.27

15 Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell $645,000 15.50

16 BuckleySandler $635,000 15.75

16 Willkie Farr & Gallagher $635,000 15.75

18 Boies, Schiller & Flexner $630,000 15.87

19 Paul Hastings $620,000 16.13

20 Williams & Connolly $585,000 17.09

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61 Katten Muchin Rosenman $435,000 22.99

61 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton $435,000 22.99

61 Vedder Price $435,000 22.99

64 Goulston & Storrs $430,000 23.26

64 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati $430,000 23.26

66 Barnes & Thornburg $425,000 23.53

66 Covington & Burling $425,000 23.53

66 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner $425,000 23.53

66 Morrison & Foerster $425,000 23.53

70 Kaye Scholer $420,000 23.81

70 O’Melveny & Myers $420,000 23.81

72 Alston & Bird $410,000 24.39

73 Greenberg Traurig $405,000 24.69

74 Shearman & Sterling $400,000 25.00

74 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan $400,000 25.00

76 Jackson Walker $390,000 25.64

77 Morris, Manning & Martin $385,000 25.97

77 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe $385,000 25.97

79 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft $380,000 26.32

79 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips $380,000 26.32

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39 Sidley Austin $495,000 20.20

39 Stevens & Lee $495,000 20.20

39 Weil, Gotshal & Manges $495,000 20.20

39 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr $495,000 20.20

45 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson $490,000 20.41

45 McDermott Will & Emery $490,000 20.41

45 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius $490,000 20.41

45 Wiley Rein $490,000 20.41

49 Chapman and Cutler $480,000 20.83

49 Fenwick & West $480,000 20.83

51 Cooley $470,000 21.28

51 Winston & Strawn $470,000 21.28

53 Arnold & Porter $460,000 21.74

53 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman $460,000 21.74

55 Andrews Kurth $455,000 21.98

55 Armstrong Teasdale $455,000 21.98

57 Fish & Richardson $450,000 22.22

57 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler $450,000 22.22

57 Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi $450,000 22.22

60 Loeb & Loeb $440,000 22.73


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100 Gardere Wynne Sewell $340,000 29.41

100 Shutts & Bowen $340,000 29.41

103 Bingham McCutchen $335,000 29.85

103 Mayer Brown $335,000 29.85

105 Foley & Lardner $330,000 30.30

105 Pepper Hamilton $330,000 30.30

107 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo $325,000 30.77

107 Sutherland Asbill & Brennan $325,000 30.77

107 Troutman Sanders $325,000 30.77

110 Dickstein Shapiro $320,000 31.25

110 Hogan Lovells $320,000 31.25

110 Reed Smith $320,000 31.25

113 Hinckley, Allen & Snyder $315,000 31.75

113 Ice Miller $315,000 31.75

113 Thompson Coburn $315,000 31.75

116 Crowell & Moring $310,000 32.26

116 Duane Morris $310,000 32.26

116 Snell & Wilmer $310,000 32.26

119 Steptoe & Johnson $305,000 32.79

119 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice $305,000 32.79

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81 Bracewell & Giuliani $375,000 26.67

81 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman $375,000 26.67

81 Winstead $375,000 26.67

84 Hunton & Williams $370,000 27.03

85 Locke Lord $365,000 27.40

85 Lowenstein Sandler $365,000 27.40

87 Arent Fox $360,000 27.78

87 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck $360,000 27.78

87 Moore & Van Allen $360,000 27.78

87 Perkins Coie $360,000 27.78

87 Thompson & Knight $360,000 27.78

92 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings $350,000 28.57

92 Carlton Fields Jorden Burt $350,000 28.57

92 Foley Hoag $350,000 28.57

92 Schiff Hardin $350,000 28.57

92 Venable $350,000 28.57

97 Holland & Knight $345,000 28.99

97 Jones Day $345,000 28.99

97 White & Case $345,000 28.99

100 Faegre Baker Daniels $340,000 29.41


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140 Akerman $270,000 37.04

140 Davis Wright Tremaine $270,000 37.04

140 Dorsey & Whitney $270,000 37.04

140 Michael Best & Friedrich $270,000 37.04

145 Ballard Spahr $265,000 37.74

145 Gibbons $265,000 37.74

145 Saul Ewing $265,000 37.74

148 GrayRobinson $260,000 38.46

148 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear $260,000 38.46

150 Bryan Cave $255,000 39.22

150 Chadbourne & Parke $255,000 39.22

150 Dickinson Wright $255,000 39.22

150 Fisher & Phillips $255,000 39.22

150 Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto $255,000 39.22

150 Herrick, Feinstein $255,000 39.22

150 Lewis Roca Rothgerber $255,000 39.22

157 Porter Wright Morris & Arthur $250,000 40.00

157 Smith, Gambrell & Russell $250,000 40.00

157 Thompson Hine $250,000 40.00

160 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney $245,000 40.82

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121 Seyfarth Shaw $300,000 33.33

122 Baker & McKenzie $295,000 33.90

122 Blank Rome $295,000 33.90

122 Haynes and Boone $295,000 33.90

122 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough $295,000 33.90

126 Cozen O’Connor $290,000 34.48

126 McGuireWoods $290,000 34.48

128 Nixon Peabody $285,000 35.09

129 Baker & Hostetler $280,000 35.71

129 DLA Piper $280,000 35.71

129 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy $280,000 35.71

129 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton $280,000 35.71

129 Stinson Leonard Street $280,000 35.71

129 Stoel Rives $280,000 35.71

135 Drinker Biddle & Reath $275,000 36.36

135 Kelley Drye & Warren $275,000 36.36

135 Shook, Hardy & Bacon $275,000 36.36

135 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick $275,000 36.36

135 Sullivan & Worcester $275,000 36.36

140 Adams and Reese $270,000 37.04


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180 Kenyon & Kenyon $215,000 46.51

180 Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone $215,000 46.51

180 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease $215,000 46.51

184 Greenspoon Marder $210,000 47.62

185 LeClairRyan $205,000 48.78

185 Littler Mendelson $205,000 48.78

185 Norton Rose Fulbright $205,000 48.78

188 Clark Hill $200,000 50.00

188 McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter $200,000 50.00

188 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker $200,000 50.00

191 Dinsmore & Shohl $195,000 51.28

191 Phelps Dunbar $195,000 51.28

191 Strasburger & Price $195,000 51.28

194 Lathrop & Gage $190,000 52.63

195 Edwards Wildman Palmer $175,000 57.14

195 Squire Patton Boggs $175,000 57.14

197 Dentons $165,000 60.61

198 Sedgwick $160,000 62.50

199 Williams Mullen $155,000 64.52

200 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani $150,000 66.67

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160 Frost Brown Todd $245,000 40.82

160 Jackson Lewis $245,000 40.82

160 Lane Powell $245,000 40.82

160 Polsinelli $245,000 40.82

165 Burr & Forman $240,000 41.67

165 Holland & Hart $240,000 41.67

165 Husch Blackwell $240,000 41.67

165 McKenna Long & Aldridge $240,000 41.67

165 Quarles & Brady $240,000 41.67

170 Kutak Rock $235,000 42.55

171 Fox Rothschild $230,000 43.48

171 K&L Gates $230,000 43.48

171 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith $230,000 43.48

171 McCarter & English $230,000 43.48

175 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz $225,000 44.44

175 Hinshaw & Culbertson $225,000 44.44

175 Robinson & Cole $225,000 44.44

178 Dykema Gossett $220,000 45.45

178 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart $220,000 45.45

180 Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle $215,000 46.51


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Number of LawyersThe ranking in the last column of the Global 100 chart is based on the average number of full-time-equivalent lawyers at the firm. The firms on this chart are the world’s 100 largest.

Location of FirmsFirms are identified as “international” if 40 percent or more of their lawyers work outside their home country. Firms identified as “national” have no more than 45 percent of their lawyers located in one region of their home country. The home country designation of international, verein, and EEIG firms is based on which country contains the most lawyers. The geographic breakdown comes from the most recent National Law Journal survey of the 350 largest U.S. firms (the NLJ 350), or from the firms directly if they are not included in that report.

Vereins and European Economic Interest Groups (EEIGs) differ structurally from other Global 100 firms, especially in regard to profit sharing. u

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The Global 100 charts rank the world’s largest law firms by profits per equity partner, revenue, and head count. The charts, which include data for the fiscal year most recently published by ALM, were published in the October 2014 issue of The American Lawyer. Although foreign law firms differ in structure from U.S. law firms, The American Lawyer took steps to level the playing field. Currency conversion rates for non-U.S. firms (except vereins) are based on the annual average conversion rate of 2014 published by the U.S. Federal Reserve. A total of 123 firms were included on the global charts.

Profits Per Equity PartnerFirms are ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner (PPEP). PPEP figures were rounded to the nearest $5,000 and were obtained from the same sources that provided the revenue figures. Only firms included in the Gross Revenue or Number of Lawyers rankings were considered for PPEP ranking.

Gross RevenueThe firms ranked by Gross Revenue are the world’s 100 highest-grossing law firms. Revenue figures are rounded to the nearest $500,000. Financial information for U.S.-based law firms is obtained from The American Lawyer’s The Am Law 100 report. All other firms were surveyed directly.

Methodology

The Global 100

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The Global 100The World’s Largest Firms, Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner

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1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 260 Lawyers, 81 Equity Partners, New York $4,755,000 $601,000,000 63 $2,310,000 —

2 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 673 Lawyers, 133 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $4,485,000 $972,500,000 33 $1,445,000 92

3 Cahill Gordon & Reindel 322 Lawyers, 62 Equity Partners, New York $3,780,000 $386,500,000 98 $1,200,000 —

4 Sullivan & Cromwell 804 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, New York $3,675,000 $1,278,000,000 17 $1,590,000 66

5 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 854 Lawyers, 131 Equity Partners, New York $3,620,000 $934,500,000 35 $1,095,000 56

6 Cravath, Swaine & Moore 430 Lawyers, 86 Equity Partners, New York $3,290,000 $614,000,000 61 $1,430,000 —

7 Kirkland & Ellis 1,554 Lawyers, 334 Equity Partners, Chicago $3,280,000 $2,016,000,000 6 $1,295,000 25

8 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 835 Lawyers, 185 Equity Partners, New York $3,165,000 $1,128,500,000 25 $1,350,000 60

9 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 1,154 Lawyers, 290 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $2,945,000 $1,386,500,000 15 $1,200,000 34

9 Slaughter and May 516 Lawyers, 112 Equity Partners, London $2,945,000 $645,500,000 55 $1,250,000 —

11 Davis Polk & Wardwell 810 Lawyers, 153 Equity Partners, New York $2,940,000 $975,000,000 32 $1,205,000 63

12 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 1,192 Lawyers, 194 Equity Partners, New York $2,875,000 $1,190,000,000 21 $1,000,000 31

13 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 1,664 Lawyers, 399 Equity Partners, New York $2,730,000 $2,235,000,000 4 $1,345,000 21

14 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft 437 Lawyers, 56 Equity Partners, New York $2,610,000 $481,500,000 76 $1,100,000 —

15 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 592 Lawyers, 137 Equity Partners, New York $2,565,000 $706,000,000 49 $1,195,000 —

16 Latham & Watkins 2,060 Lawyers, 441 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $2,490,000 $2,285,000,000 3 $1,110,000 16

17 Debevoise & Plimpton 595 Lawyers, 138 Equity Partners, New York $2,310,000 $688,000,000 50 $1,155,000 —

18 Willkie Farr & Gallagher 526 Lawyers, 132 Equity Partners, New York $2,235,000 $559,000,000 68 $1,065,000 —

19 Schulte Roth & Zabel 346 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, New York $2,215,000 $389,000,000 94 $1,125,000 —

20 Paul Hastings 889 Lawyers, 198 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $2,175,000 $941,000,000 34 $1,060,000 51



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21 Dechert 845 Lawyers, 163 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $2,150,000 $777,000,000 42 $920,000 58

22 King & Spalding 874 Lawyers, 164 Equity Partners, Atlanta $2,140,000 $861,500,000 39 $985,000 52

23 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2,334 Lawyers, 427 Equity Partners, London $2,115,000 $1,927,000,000 9 $825,000 11

24 Linklaters 2,195 Lawyers, 416 Equity Partners, London $2,095,000 $1,963,000,000 7 $895,000 14

25 Weil, Gotshal & Manges 1,157 Lawyers, 174 Equity Partners, New York $2,065,000 $1,137,000,000 24 $985,000 33

26 Hughes Hubbard & Reed 351 Lawyers, 76 Equity Partners, New York $1,950,000 $396,000,000 92 $1,130,000 —

26 Proskauer Rose 712 Lawyers, 171 Equity Partners, New York $1,950,000 $768,500,000 44 $1,080,000 89

28 Sidley Austin 1,696 Lawyers, 292 Equity Partners, Chicago $1,875,000 $1,601,000,000 13 $945,000 19

29 White & Case 1,895 Lawyers, 273 Equity Partners, New York $1,870,000 $1,440,000,000 14 $760,000 18

30 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 809 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,835,000 $828,500,000 40 $1,025,000 64

31 Shearman & Sterling 809 Lawyers, 159 Equity Partners, New York $1,800,000 $820,500,000 41 $1,015,000 64

32 Clifford Chance 2,480 Lawyers, 401 Equity Partners, London $1,790,000 $2,125,500,000 5 $855,000 8

33 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 620 Lawyers, 123 Equity Partners, Palo Alto $1,765,000 $575,000,000 66 $925,000 100

34 Allen & Overy 2,196 Lawyers, 444 Equity Partners, London $1,755,000 $1,930,500,000 8 $880,000 13

35 O'Melveny & Myers 721 Lawyers, 178 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $1,730,000 $733,000,000 48 $1,015,000 86

36 Ropes & Gray 1,006 Lawyers, 266 Equity Partners, Boston $1,710,000 $997,500,000 31 $990,000 41

36 Vinson & Elkins 650 Lawyers, 160 Equity Partners, Houston $1,710,000 $630,500,000 59 $970,000 98

38 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe 954 Lawyers, 117 Equity Partners, San Francisco $1,695,000 $867,500,000 38 $910,000 47

39 Alston & Bird 789 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, Atlanta $1,665,000 $675,000,000 52 $855,000 70

40 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 450 Lawyers, 119 Equity Partners, New York $1,635,000 $458,500,000 78 $1,020,000 —


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41 Goodwin Procter 769 Lawyers, 196 Equity Partners, Boston $1,625,000 $752,500,000 46 $980,000 73

42 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy 443 Lawyers, 60 Equity Partners, New York $1,610,000 $387,000,000 97 $875,000 —

43 Cooley 673 Lawyers, 173 Equity Partners, Palo Alto $1,565,000 $674,000,000 53 $1,000,000 92

43 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1,363 Lawyers, 366 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $1,565,000 $1,291,000,000 16 $945,000 28

45 McDermott Will & Emery 1,021 Lawyers, 192 Equity Partners, Chicago $1,545,000 $881,000,000 37 $865,000 39

46 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 988 Lawyers, 297 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,500,000 $1,073,000,000 28 $1,085,000 43

47 Bingham McCutchen 795 Lawyers, 145 Equity Partners, Boston $1,475,000 $762,000,000 45 $960,000 68

48 Morrison & Foerster 1,020 Lawyers, 264 Equity Partners, San Francisco $1,465,000 $1,011,000,000 30 $990,000 40

49 Winston & Strawn 822 Lawyers, 174 Equity Partners, Chicago $1,410,000 $741,000,000 47 $900,000 62

50 Baker Botts 681 Lawyers, 180 Equity Partners, Houston $1,355,000 $586,000,000 65 $860,000 91

51 Greenberg Traurig 1,690 Lawyers, 299 Equity Partners, New York $1,350,000 $1,230,500,000 20 $730,000 20

52 Arnold & Porter 720 Lawyers, 239 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,335,000 $686,000,000 51 $955,000 87

53 Katten Muchin Rosenman 612 Lawyers, 143 Equity Partners, Chicago $1,330,000 $506,000,000 73 $825,000 —

54 DLA Piper 3,962 Lawyers, 454 Equity Partners, London and Chicago (Verein) $1,325,000 $2,481,000,000 2 $625,000 2

55 Baker & McKenzie 4,245 Lawyers, 705 Equity Partners, Chicago (Verein) $1,290,000 $2,540,000,000 1 $600,000 1

56 Mayer Brown 1,470 Lawyers, 269 Equity Partners, Chicago $1,285,000 $1,146,000,000 23 $780,000 26

57 Ashurst1 1,571 Lawyers, 262 Equity Partners, London $1,265,000 $916,500,000 36 $585,000 23

58 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 549 Lawyers, 106 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $1,245,000 $466,500,000 77 $850,000 —

59 Hogan Lovells 2,313 Lawyers, 520 Equity Partners, London and Washington, DC (Verein) $1,210,000 $1,717,500,000 12 $745,000 12

60 Minter Ellison 750 Lawyers, 145 Equity Partners, Sydney $1,200,000 $435,000,000 82 $580,000 77


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61 Loyens & Loeff 791 Lawyers, 103 Equity Partners, Rotterdam $1,185,000 $384,000,000 100 $485,000 69

62 Herbert Smith Freehills 2,091 Lawyers, 313 Equity Partners, London and Sydney $1,160,000 $1,251,500,000 19 $600,000 15

63 Covington & Burling 760 Lawyers, 246 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $1,155,000 $657,000,000 54 $865,000 74

64 Eversheds 1,218 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, London $1,140,000 $597,000,000 64 $490,000 30

64 Reed Smith 1,555 Lawyers, 295 Equity Partners, Pittsburgh $1,140,000 $1,075,000,000 27 $690,000 24

66 Allens 729 Lawyers, 156 Equity Partners, International $1,100,000 $414,000,000 87 $570,000 83

66 Clayton Utz 835 Lawyers, 156 Equity Partners, Sydney $1,100,000 $405,000,000 91 $485,000 60

66 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 591 Lawyers, 164 Equity Partners, New York $1,100,000 $543,500,000 70 $920,000 —

69 Perkins Coie 861 Lawyers, 167 Equity Partners, Seattle $1,080,000 $635,500,000 58 $740,000 54

70 Holland & Knight 956 Lawyers, 170 Equity Partners, Tampa $1,030,000 $627,000,000 60 $655,000 46

71 Foley & Lardner 844 Lawyers, 157 Equity Partners, Milwaukee $960,000 $644,000,000 56 $765,000 59

72 McGuireWoods 931 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, Richmond $950,000 $609,500,000 62 $655,000 48

73 Baker & Hostetler 798 Lawyers, 151 Equity Partners, Cleveland $935,000 $540,000,000 71 $675,000 67

73 Clyde & Co. 1,151 Lawyers, 155 Equity Partners, London $935,000 $571,000,000 67 $495,000 35

73 Locke Lord 536 Lawyers, 155 Equity Partners, Dallas $935,000 $415,000,000 86 $775,000 —

76 Seyfarth Shaw 779 Lawyers, 190 Equity Partners, Chicago $925,000 $540,000,000 71 $695,000 71

77 Venable 533 Lawyers, 160 Equity Partners, Washington, DC $905,000 $409,500,000 89 $770,000 —

78 Jones Day 2,464 Lawyers, 927 Equity Partners, Cleveland $880,000 $1,766,000,000 11 $715,000 9

79 Duane Morris 613 Lawyers, 121 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $875,000 $421,500,000 84 $685,000 —

80 Hunton & Williams 726 Lawyers, 216 Equity Partners, Richmond $865,000 $545,000,000 69 $750,000 84



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80 Simmons & Simmons 740 Lawyers, 135 Equity Partners, London $865,000 $420,000,000 85 $570,000 80

82 K&L Gates 1,975 Lawyers, 264 Equity Partners, Pittsburgh $830,000 $1,159,000,000 22 $585,000 17

83 Berwin Leighton Paisner 655 Lawyers, 94 Equity Partners, London $825,000 $385,500,000 99 $590,000 97

84 Squire Patton Boggs2 1,227 Lawyers, 132 Equity Partners, International (Verein) $810,000 $775,500,000 43 $630,000 29

85 Bryan Cave 985 Lawyers, 219 Equity Partners, St. Louis $805,000 $643,000,000 57 $655,000 44

86 CMS Legal Services 2,343 Lawyers, 503 Equity Partners, Frankfurt $765,000 $1,118,500,000 26 $475,000 10

87 Troutman Sanders 567 Lawyers, 189 Equity Partners, Atlanta $750,000 $394,000,000 93 $695,000 —

88 Faegre Baker Daniels 673 Lawyers, 241 Equity Partners, Minneapolis $735,000 $452,000,000 79 $670,000 92

89 Garrigues 1,417 Lawyers, 234 Equity Partners, Madrid $730,000 $441,000,000 80 $310,000 27

90 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith 902 Lawyers, 97 Equity Partners, Los Angeles $710,000 $363,500,000 — — 50

90 Nixon Peabody 584 Lawyers, 162 Equity Partners, Rochester $710,000 $411,500,000 88 $705,000 —

92 Drinker Biddle & Reath 571 Lawyers, 187 Equity Partners, Philadelphia $705,000 $388,000,000 96 $680,000 —

93 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 561 Lawyers, 156 Equity Partners, Atlanta $700,000 $388,500,000 95 $695,000 —

94 Bird & Bird 1,036 Lawyers, 92 Equity Partners, London $685,000 $406,000,000 90 $390,000 37

95 Taylor Wessing 927 Lawyers, 185 Equity Partners, London $665,000 $377,000,000 — — 49

96 Norton Rose Fulbright3 3,537 Lawyers, 997 Equity Partners, London (Verein) $660,000 $1,904,000,000 10 $540,000 4

97 DWF 750 Lawyers, 62 Equity Partners, Manchester, UK $645,000 $299,000,000 — — 77

98 Pinsent Masons 1,600 Lawyers, 159 Equity Partners, London $630,000 $505,000,000 74 $315,000 22

99 Dentons4 2,503 Lawyers, 387 Equity Partners, Decentralized (Verein) $625,000 $1,261,500,000 18 $505,000 7

100 Addleshaw Goddard 734 Lawyers, 102 Equity Partners, London $610,000 $268,000,000 — — 81

2 Squire Sanders joined with Patton Boggs in June 2014 to form the Squire Patton Boggs verein. Results are for the legacy operation only.

3 Fulbright & Jaworski joined with Norton Rose in June 2013 to form the Norton Rose Fulbright verein. 4 SNR Denton joined with Fraser Milner Casgrain and Salans in March 2013 to form the Dentons verein.

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IPOs include offerings by U.S. and foreign corporations in the U.S. marketplace. Source: Thomson Reuters

Equities include worldwide issues by U.S. corporations, including secondaries, convertible bonds, and convertible and nonconvertible preferred stock. It excludes asset-backed securities and REITs. Source: Thomson Reuters

Corporate Debt includes both investment-grade and high-yield securities. Investment-grade debt includes securities with a Standard & Poor’s rating equal to or greater than BBB- and a Moody’s rating equal to or greater than Baa3, and split junk-rated securities. High-yield debt includes securities with an S&P rating equal to or less than BB+ and a Moody’s rating equal to or less than Ba1, but excludes split junk-rated securities. Securities not rated by either agency are assumed to be high yield. Both areas exclude certificate of deposit, general term notes, and issues by federal credit agencies, sovereigns, and national governments. Source: Thomson Reuters

Project Finance data is based on deals signed and funded in 2014 and includes only nonrecourse and limited recourse facilities. Firms are credited for advising borrowers, concession awarders, commercial lenders, multilateral lenders, export credit agencies, guarantors, and divestors. Source: Dealogic u

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The Corporate Scorecard

The Corporate Scorecard is published by The American Lawyer each April and details the performance of the law firms with the most active corporate finance and capital markets practices. The data for the rankings, culled by a number of third-party sources, is gathered by ALM Legal Intelligence. Unless otherwise noted, data includes only public, registered, underwritten offerings or deals transacted in the previous calendar year, including firmly underwritten rule 144a transactions, but not pure private placements or the filing of shelf registrations. Rankings are based on data reported as of February each year.

On the charts ranking merger and acquisitions and buyouts, firms’ primary rankings are based on the value of the transactions or assets at filing. On all other charts, firms are ranked by the number of issues or deals.

Mergers and Acquisitions and Buyouts data includes deals with a North American–based target that were announced but not necessarily completed in 2014, and are valued at $100 million or more, including debt. Only counsel to bidders that billed more than $100,000 are given credit. In some cases, a firm’s involvement is prorated, depending on its role, and the firm is given partial credit. Source: Mergermarket

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Number of Deals 2015

Kirkland & Ellis $35,350 1 42 1

Latham & Watkins $23,481 2 20 2

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $22,379 3 15 5

Stikeman Elliott $16,710 4 8 7

Weil, Gotshal & Manges $11,038 5 16 4

Ropes & Gray $8,193 6 17 3

Conyers Dill & Pearman $7,350 7 2 —

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati $7,188 8 1 —

Debevoise & Plimpton $6,100 9 7 9

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt $5,637 10 3 —

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson $5,255 11 9 6

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton $4,721 12 6 10

King & Spalding $4,400 13 1 —

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison $4,390 14 8 8

Loyens & Loeff $4,100 15 2 —

Fangda Partners $3,942 16 3 —

Vinson & Elkins $3,920 17 5 12

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom $3,657 18 6 11

Accura $3,200 19 1 —

Willkie Farr & Gallagher $3,050 20 5 13

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom $490,508 1 8 133 3 3

Weil, Gotshal & Manges $371,034 2 13 101 4 6

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $366,610 3 1 67 8 8

Sullivan & Cromwell $295,306 4 12 54 14 8

Latham & Watkins $276,894 5 7 145 2 1

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $237,113 6 2 94 5 4

Davis Polk & Wardwell $221,301 7 14 51 15 13

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton $217,896 8 — 55 13 13

Jones Day $195,376 9 6 93 6 5

Richards, Layton & Finger $163,798 10 — 37 — —

Stikeman Elliott $162,053 11 — 48 18 10

Slaughter and May $161,140 12 4 21 — —

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison $159,499 13 — 68 7 —

Baker Botts $159,301 14 — 40 — —

Kirkland & Ellis $155,301 15 10 146 1 1

Arthur Cox $140,400 16 — 10 — —

Blake, Cassels & Graydon $136,675 17 19 43 — —

Ropes & Gray $122,654 18 18 57 10 —

Willkie Farr & Gallagher $121,724 19 — 44 — 17

Covington & Burling $120,864 20 — 22 — —


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White & Case $284,900 1 3 53 1 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton $211,926 2 17 16 8 15

Sullivan & Cromwell $175,438 3 6 27 3 8

Shearman & Sterling $160,758 4 12 20 4 4

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson $144,315 5 8 20 5 3

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $118,595 6 9 10 16 10

Cravath, Swaine & Moore $118,459 7 7 15 9 13

Davis Polk & Wardwell $102,092 8 1 30 2 2

Debevoise & Plimpton $91,763 9 — 6 20 —

Latham & Watkins $86,418 10 4 12 13 8

Jones Day $70,412 11 13 4 — —

Alston & Bird $61,905 12 14 14 11 4

Kirkland & Ellis $61,552 13 — 10 17 17

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom $56,818 14 20 17 7 15

Ashurst $55,553 15 — 2 — —


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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher $51,784 16 11 18 6 11

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison $51,321 17 — 12 14 —

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer $46,558 18 — 2 — —

Matheson $46,397 19 — 2 — —

Blake, Cassels & Graydon $44,392 20 — 1 — —



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Latham & Watkins 34 1 4 $9,990 4 —

Vinson & Elkins 33 2 1 $10,888 2 3

Cooley 28 3 1 $3,278 12 —

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 21 4 1 $5,792 10 1

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 21 4 5 $10,174 3 4

Kirkland & Ellis 18 6 — $6,779 6 —

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 18 6 — $13,630 1 2

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 16 8 — $7,918 5 —

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan 16 8 — $1,306 — —

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 15 10 — $2,704 15 —

Goodwin Procter 14 11 — $2,670 16 —

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 13 12 — $3,720 11 —

Davis Polk & Wardwell 12 13 — $6,767 7 —

DLA Piper 12 13 — $1,043 37 —

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 12 13 — $2,841 14 —

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 11 16 — $2,416 17 —

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Andrews Kurth 10 17 — $1,762 24 —

Debevoise & Plimpton 10 17 — $6,006 8 —

Ropes & Gray 10 17 — $1,652 — —

Sullivan & Cromwell 10 17 — $5,923 9 —

Baker Botts 9 21 — $3,197 13 5

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 9 21 — $1,813 22 —

Fenwick & West 8 23 — $2,022 19 —

K&L Gates 8 23 — $930 — —

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 8 23 — $1,773 23 —

Venable 8 23 — $472 — —

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Cooley 25 1 2 $2,428 7 —

Latham & Watkins 17 2 1 $2,914 3 3

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 15 3 2 $1,912 10 4

Vinson & Elkins 12 4 4 $6,088 1 1

Kirkland & Ellis 11 5 — $2,758 4 —

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 9 6 — $1,206 15 5

Fenwick & West 8 7 — $2,212 9 —

Goodwin Procter 8 7 5 $899 16 —

Ropes & Gray 7 9 — $2,500 6 —

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 7 9 — $2,517 5 2

DLA Piper 6 11 — $616 22 —

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 6 11 — $327 28 —

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 6 11 — $448 24 —

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo 4 14 — $160 — —

Proskauer Rose 4 14 — $492 23 —

Weil, Gotshal & Manges 4 14 — $1,823 11 —

Baker Botts 3 17 — $1,469 13 —

Conyers Dill & Pearman 3 17 — $803 18 —

Davis Polk & Wardwell 3 17 — $6,065 2 —

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 3 17 — $764 20 —

K&L Gates 3 17 — $107 — —

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan 3 17 — $258 — —

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 3 17 — $2,307 8 —


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Davis Polk & Wardwell 59 1 3 $90,703 1 4


Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 40 3 4 $51,561 5 6

Sidley Austin 39 4 6 $23,879 7 —

Sullivan & Cromwell 38 5 1 $56,579 4 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 37 6 5 $64,505 2 5

Shearman & Sterling 28 7 10 $20,658 8 9

Allen & Overy 26 8 8 $14,231 17 7

Willkie Farr & Gallagher 25 9 9 $15,443 15 —

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 20 10 — $32,260 6 —

Latham & Watkins 20 10 — $17,706 13 —

Mayer Brown 20 10 7 $15,166 16 —

White & Case 19 13 — $16,642 14 —

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 17 14 — $5,190 34 —

Jones Day 16 15 — $12,683 19 —

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 16 15 — $4,935 — —

Clifford Chance 15 17 — $18,625 12 —

Cravath, Swaine & Moore 15 17 — $18,755 11 8

Hogan Lovells 13 19 — $20,066 9 10

Linklaters 13 19 — $8,287 24 —

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 12 21 — $12,388 20 —

Proskauer Rose 11 22 — $12,914 18 —

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 9 23 — $6,155 — —

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan 9 23 — $915 — —

Baker & McKenzie 8 25 — $1,714 — —

Debevoise & Plimpton 8 25 — $10,279 21 3

McCarthy Tetrault 8 25 — $7,648 — —

McGuireWoods 8 25 — $9,387 22 —

Vinson & Elkins 8 25 — $5,009 — —




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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 52 2 1 $24,320 4 1

Kirkland & Ellis 49 3 3 $31,392 1 4


Vinson & Elkins 27 5 5 $15,443 7 9

White & Case 27 5 10 $26,614 3 —

Davis Polk & Wardwell 23 7 7 $17,741 5 5

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 20 8 — $6,684 16 10

Shearman & Sterling 20 8 7 $13,542 8 —

Cravath, Swaine & Moore 16 10 — $7,068 15 —

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 16 10 — $10,935 9 6

Linklaters 15 12 — $8,518 14 —

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 14 13 — $8,623 13 —

Sullivan & Cromwell 12 14 6 $9,216 11 7

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 11 15 — $4,403 19 —

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 10 16 — $4,825 17 —

Allen & Overy 10 16 — $9,831 10 —

Baker & McKenzie 9 18 — $2,470 — —

Jones Day 9 18 — $4,616 18 8

Winston & Strawn 9 18 — $3,100 — —

Andrews Kurth 8 21 — $2,161 — —

DLA Piper 8 21 — $2,874 — —

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 8 21 — $1,444 — —

Sidley Austin 8 21 — $3,374 23 —

Weil, Gotshal & Manges 8 21 — $3,053 — —



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Allen & Overy (U.K.) 77 1 2 $33,915 1 1

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (U.S.) 72 2 5 $13,026 7 7

Norton Rose Fulbright (U.K. - Verein) 64 3 3 $12,324 8 6

Clifford Chance (U.K.) 63 4 1 $16,885 4 2

Latham & Watkins (U.S.) 52 5 4 $21,274 2 3

Herbert Smith Freehills (U.K. and Australia) 51 6 6 $17,128 3 8

White & Case (U.S.) 48 7 8 $13,384 5 5

Linklaters (U.K.) 44 8 7 $11,146 9 4

Ashurst (U.K.) 38 9 11 $13,276 6 14

Amarchand Mangaldas (India) 36 10 — $10,426 10 —

Desai & Diwanji (India) 35 11 19 $5,723 14 —

King & Wood Mallesons (China and Australia) 34 12 13 $6,582 13 12

Allens (International) 32 13 9 $9,531 11 10

Chadbourne & Parke (U.S.) 28 14 18 $4,089 18 —

Shearman & Sterling (U.S.) 28 14 12 $4,135 16 11

DLA Piper (U.K. and U.S. - Verein) 25 16 — $4,094 17 —

Baker & McKenzie (U.S. - Verein) 24 17 17 $9,102 12 —

Davis Polk & Wardwell (U.S.) 24 17 14 $3,360 20 —

Pinheiro Neto Advogados (Brazil) 21 19 — $1,688 23 —

Watson Farley & Williams (U.K.) 21 19 — $1,639 24 —

Link Legal India Law Services (India) 20 21 — $2,816 21 —

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (U.S.) 20 21 — $4,475 15 —

Machado, Meyer, Sendacz & Opice (Brazil) 18 23 — $2,150 22 —

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr & Quiroga (Brazil) 17 24 — $1,324 26 —

R & A Legal Advocates (India) 17 24 — $930 29 —

Mayer Brown (U.S.) 15 26 — $3,719 19 —

SJ Law Advocates & Solicitors (India) 15 26 — $1,288 27 —

Eversheds (U.K.) 14 28 — $493 30 —

Torys (Canada) 14 28 — $1,490 25 —

Salans FMC SNR Denton Group (Decentralized Verein) 13 30 — $1,196 28 —

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AAccura, 49Adams and Reese, 20, 30Addleshaw Goddard, 44Akerman, 18, 31Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 6, 25, 38, 50, 52Allen & Overy, 38, 51, 52, 53Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, 14, 25Allens, 42, 53Alston & Bird, 8, 27, 38, 48Amarchand Mangaldas, 53Andrews Kurth, 10, 26, 51, 52Arent Fox, 14, 28Armstrong Teasdale, 16, 26Arnold & Porter, 10, 26, 40Arthur Cox, 48Ashurst, 40, 48, 53

BBaker & Hostetler, 16, 30, 42Baker & McKenzie, 10, 30, 40, 51, 52, 53Baker Botts, 8, 25, 40, 48, 50, 51Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, 20, 32Ballard Spahr, 20, 31Barnes & Thornburg, 14, 27Berwin Leighton Paisner, 44Bingham McCutchen, 10, 29, 40Bird & Bird, 44Blake, Cassels & Graydon, 48, 49Blank Rome, 14, 30Boies, Schiller & Flexner, 4, 24Bracewell & Giuliani, 10, 28Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, 18, 28Brown Rudnick, 10, 25Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, 14, 28Bryan Cave, 16, 31, 44Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, 18, 31BuckleySandler, 4, 24Burr & Forman, 22, 32

C Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 6, 27, 36Cahill Gordon & Reindel, 4, 24, 36Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, 14, 28Chadbourne & Parke, 12, 31, 53Chapman and Cutler, 12, 26Choate Hall & Stewart, 6, 24

Clark Hill, 20, 33Clayton Utz, 42Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, 4, 25, 36, 48, 49, 51, 52Clifford Chance, 38, 51, 53Clyde & Co., 42CMS Legal Services, 44 Conyers Dill & Pearman, 49, 50Cooley, 8, 26, 40, 50Covington & Burling, 10, 27, 42, 48Cozen O’Connor, 16, 30Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 4, 24, 36, 48, 51, 52Crowell & Moring, 12, 29Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, 8, 32

DDavis Polk & Wardwell, 4, 25, 36, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53Davis Wright Tremaine, 20, 31Day Pitney, 16, 25Debevoise & Plimpton, 4, 25, 36, 48, 49, 51Dechert, 6, 25, 38Dentons, 22, 33, 44Desai & Diwanji, 53Dickinson Wright, 20, 31Dickstein Shapiro, 12, 29Dinsmore & Shohl, 22, 33DLA Piper, 8, 30, 40, 50, 52, 53Dorsey & Whitney, 18, 31Drinker Biddle & Reath, 16, 30, 44Duane Morris, 14, 29, 42DWF, 44Dykema Gossett, 20, 32

E Edwards Wildman Palmer, 18, 33Eversheds, 42, 53

F Faegre Baker Daniels, 16, 28, 44Fangda Partners, 49Fenwick & West, 8, 26, 50, 51Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, 10, 27Fish & Richardson, 10, 26Fisher & Phillips, 20, 31Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, 16, 31Foley & Lardner, 12, 29, 42Foley Hoag, 12, 28Fox Rothschild, 18, 32Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, 6, 30, 40Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 38, 49Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, 6, 26, 38, 48, 49, 52Frost Brown Todd, 22, 32

G Gardere Wynne Sewell, 16, 29Garrigues, 44Gibbons, 14, 31Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 4, 24, 36, 49, 50, 51, 52Goodwin Procter, 8, 25, 40, 50Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, 16, 33Goulston & Storrs, 16, 27

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MMachado, Meyer, Sendacz & Opice, 53Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, 10, 27Matheson, 49 Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr & Quiroga, 53Mayer Brown, 8, 29, 40, 51, 53McCarter & English, 18, 32McCarthy Tetrault, 51McDermott Will & Emery, 8, 26, 40McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, 12, 33McGuireWoods, 12, 30, 42, 51McKenna Long & Aldridge, 14, 32Michael Best & Friedrich, 20, 31Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 4, 24, 36, 51, 52, 53Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, 22, 33Minter Ellison, 40Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, 12, 29, 50Moore & Van Allen, 14, 28Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 8, 26, 40, 50, 51Morris, Manning & Martin, 12, 27Morrison & Foerster, 10, 27, 40Munger, Tolles & Olson, 6, 24

N Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, 18, 30Nixon Peabody, 16, 30, 44Norton Rose Fulbright, 18, 33, 44, 53

OOgletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, 18, 32O’Melveny & Myers, 8, 27, 38 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, 8, 27, 38Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, 49 P Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, 8, 26Paul Hastings, 6, 24, 36Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 4, 25, 36, 48, 49, 51, 52Pepper Hamilton, 12, 29Perkins Coie, 12, 28, 42Phelps Dunbar, 22, 33Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, 12, 26, 42, 51Pinheiro Neto Advogados, 53Pinsent Masons, 44Polsinelli, 18, 32Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, 20, 31Proskauer Rose, 6, 25, 38, 50, 51

QQuarles & Brady, 22, 32Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, 4, 24, 36

R R & A Legal Advocates, 53Reed Smith, 10, 29, 42Richards, Layton & Finger, 48Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, 10, 26Robinson & Cole, 22, 32Ropes & Gray, 6, 25, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51

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GrayRobinson, 22, 31Greenberg Traurig, 8, 27, 40Greenspoon Marder, 22, 33

H Haynes and Boone, 14, 30Herbert Smith Freehills, 42, 53Herrick, Feinstein, 18, 31Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, 18, 29Hinshaw & Culbertson, 20, 32Hogan Lovells, 10, 29, 40, 51Holland & Hart, 22, 32Holland & Knight, 12, 28, 42Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, 16, 25Hughes Hubbard & Reed, 6, 25, 38Hunton & Williams, 12, 28, 42Husch Blackwell, 20, 32

IIce Miller, 18, 29Irell & Manella, 4, 24

JJackson Lewis, 18, 32Jackson Walker, 14, 27Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, 8, 24Jenner & Block, 8, 25Jones Day, 14, 28, 42, 48, 51, 52 K K&L Gates, 14, 32, 44, 50, 51Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, 6, 28Katten Muchin Rosenman, 10, 27, 40Kaye Scholer, 10, 27Kelley Drye & Warren, 16, 30Kenyon & Kenyon, 18, 33Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, 14, 30, 44King & Spalding, 6, 25, 38, 49King & Wood Mallesons, 53Kirkland & Ellis, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 50, 52Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, 20, 31Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, 6, 25Kutak Rock, 22, 32

LLane Powell, 22, 32Latham & Watkins, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53Lathrop & Gage, 22, 33LeClairRyan, 22, 33Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, 18, 32, 44Lewis Roca Rothgerber, 22, 31Link Legal India Law Services, 53Linklaters, 38, 51, 52, 53Littler Mendelson, 20, 33Locke Lord, 12, 28, 42Loeb & Loeb, 8, 26Lowenstein Sandler, 10, 28Loyens & Loeff, 42, 49


S Salans FMC SNR Denton Group, 53Saul Ewing, 20, 31Schiff Hardin, 16, 28Schulte Roth & Zabel, 6, 25, 36Sedgwick, 20, 33Seyfarth Shaw, 14, 30, 42Shearman & Sterling, 6, 27, 38, 48, 51, 52, 53Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, 10, 27, 40Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 16, 30Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, 22, 30Shutts & Bowen, 16, 29Sidley Austin, 6, 26, 38, 51, 52Simmons & Simmons, 44Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53SJ Law Advocates & Solicitors, 53Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52Slaughter and May, 36, 48Smith, Gambrell & Russell, 18, 31Snell & Wilmer, 16, 29Squire Patton Boggs, 14, 33, 44Steptoe & Johnson, 14, 29Stevens & Lee, 10, 26Stikeman Elliott, 48, 49Stinson Leonard Street, 20, 30Stoel Rives, 20, 30Strasburger & Price, 22, 33Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, 10, 27Sullivan & Cromwell, 4, 24, 36, 48, 51, 52Sullivan & Worcester, 16, 30Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, 12, 29, 50, 51

T Taylor Wessing, 44Thompson & Knight, 14, 28Thompson Coburn, 20, 29Thompson Hine, 20, 31Torys, 53Troutman Sanders, 16, 29, 44

V Vedder Price, 14, 27Venable, 12, 28, 42, 51Vinson & Elkins, 6, 25, 38, 49, 50, 51, 52Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, 22, 33

W Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 4, 24, 36, 48, 50Watson Farley & Williams, 53Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 4, 26, 38, 48, 49, 50, 52White & Case, 6, 28, 38, 48, 51, 52, 53Wiley Rein, 12, 26Williams & Connolly, 8, 24Williams Mullen, 22, 33Willkie Farr & Gallagher, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 51Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, 8, 26, 40, 50Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, 18, 33Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 6, 27, 38, 49, 50Winstead, 12, 28Winston & Strawn, 8, 26, 40, 52Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, 18, 29

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