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THE AM LAW 100/200
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THE A-LIST
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Dear Clients and Other Friends:
We are delighted to present you with the ZGuide to the
2016 Am Law 200 and 2015 Global 100. In our prefatory
letter to last year’s guide, we noted that the complexion
of the firms comprising Am Law lists was as much “back
to the future” as it was the “new normal.” This certainly
has not changed. Measured by the key financial metrics,
an elite 10 percent are massed in New York City and/or
in London, nearly all of them predominantly corporate.
The “nifty fifty” in the next tier are highly successful
full-service corporate firms anxious about sustaining
and enhancing their ability to compete for top clients,
work, and talent. The balance: a mixed bag of strong
and challenged practices.
But evidence of the restructuring of the legal industry
continued to mount over the past year. Most strikingly,
the GC of one of the industry’s most demanding
discounters, Wal-Mart, widely applauded the $2,000-anhour rates of a top-ten-percent law firm, while another
GC squealed and demanded 35% discounts from his
select group of providers, in essence demanding that
they work for free! Just a few months later, industry
leader Cravath, always concerned that the best and
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the brightest might find careers in investment banking
more attractive than law, led the industry with a
dramatic pay bump for associates, capping a ten-fold
increase in starting pay over the past 40 years.
More change lies ahead for Big Law. Brexit may upend
the New York/London financial axis, complicating and
increasing the cost of vexing strategy choices for growing
international firms. A group of leading indigenous
Chinese firms already dominating the market for highend legal work in China are positioning themselves to
debut in international markets. We seem to be at an
impending tipping point in artificial intelligence that
portends material changes in the leverage model and
the skill sets needed to succeed in Big Law. Although
there were no ground-breaking mergers in 2015, the
cacophony of mating calls in Big Law is louder and
more persistent than ever.
In each year’s ZGuide, we espouse our belief that
market leadership is an 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 and demanding clients while
maintaining high levels of profitability. We underscore
those imperatives again here. For firms that achieve
market leadership, the opportunities remain boundless.
In 2016 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 their interest in and
enduring support of our work. We also want to express
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our gratitude for their extraordinary contributions of
time and money to pro bono representations and to
their communities across the globe. You inspire us. We
join 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
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Table of Contents
Methodology
The Am Law 200, The A-List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Am Law 200
Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Am Law 200
Ranked by Value Per Lawyer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Methodology
The Global 100 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Global 100
Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Methodology
The Corporate Scorecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The Corporate Scorecard
Mergers and Acquisitions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Buyouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
U.S. IPOs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Non-U.S. IPOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Equities by U.S. Corporations .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Equities by Non-U.S. Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Investment-Grade Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
High-Yield Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Asset-Backed Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mortgage-Backed Securities .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Municipal Bonds .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Project Finance .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
REIT Equities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
REIT Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Law Firm Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ZGuide • 1
The Am Law 200
Methodology
The Am Law 200 is reported by ALM publications
throughout the United States, including The
American Lawyer, the Connecticut Law Tribune, the
Daily Business Review (Miami), the 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.
Definitions
Gross 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 2015
calendar year taken from The National Law Journal ’s most
recent NLJ 350 survey. Temporary 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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• Profits Per Equity Partner (PPEP) is calculated by dividing
net operating income by the number of equity partners.
• Revenue Per Lawyer (RPL) is the gross revenue divided by
the total number of lawyers.
• Compensation Average, All Partners, is the net operating income plus the fixed-income compensation paid to
nonequity partners, divided by the total number of partners,
both equity and nonequity.
• Value Per Lawyer (VPL) is the compensation–all partners
divided by the total number of lawyers. That number is then
divided into $10 million to determine how many lawyers it
takes to generate that amount.
Location of Firms
Some firms are identified as “international” or “national,” rather
than identifying them by city, according to the distribution of
their lawyers. International firms are those with 40 percent
or more of their lawyers outside the United States. National
firms are those with no more than 45 percent of their lawyers
located in any single region of the U.S.
Vereins are broken out separately on the charts because their
organizational structure, particularly regarding profit sharing
among offices, differs significantly from traditionally structured
Am Law firms.
The A-List
The 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 2016 issue of The
American Lawyer.
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ZGuide • 3
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
7
6
9
7
8
8
6
9
10
10
5
11
12
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 
12
14
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 
13
13
14
11
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 
15
15
Latham & Watkins 
16
17
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy 
17
20
Debevoise & Plimpton 
18
16
19
18
20
19
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Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
261 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, New York
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
674 Lawyers, 156 Equity Partners, National
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
949 Lawyers, 140 Equity Partners, New York
Sullivan & Cromwell
792 Lawyers, 168 Equity Partners, New York
Kirkland & Ellis 
1,619 Lawyers, 351 Equity Partners, National
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
472 Lawyers, 90 Equity Partners, New York
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
961 Lawyers, 187 Equity Partners, New York
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
312 Lawyers, 62 Equity Partners, New York
Davis Polk & Wardwell
894 Lawyers, 153 Equity Partners, New York
Irell & Manella 
126 Lawyers, 39 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
1,212 Lawyers, 297 Equity Partners, National
1,677 Lawyers, 375 Equity Partners, National
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
300 Lawyers, 47 Equity Partners, National
1,203 Lawyers, 189 Equity Partners, International
2,177 Lawyers, 454 Equity Partners, National
649 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, New York
615 Lawyers, 134 Equity Partners, New York
BuckleySandler
144 Lawyers, 34 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Willkie Farr & Gallagher 
570 Lawyers, 140 Equity Partners, New York
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
1,063 Lawyers, 164 Equity Partners, National
Am Law 200 Rank
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
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.)
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
37
$3,185,000
1
$6,600,000
$1,042,500,000
26
$1,545,000
4
$3,515,000
$4,085,000
$1,109,500,000
22
$1,170,000
23
$4,085,000
$3,870,000
$1,314,000,000
15
$1,660,000
2
$3,870,000
$3,605,000
$2,305,000,000
5
$1,425,000
6
$1,935,000
$3,555,000
$666,500,000
50
$1,410,000
7
$3,515,000
$3,470,000
$1,278,000,000
16
$1,330,000
8
$3,470,000
$3,360,000
$364,500,000
85
$1,170,000
23
$3,010,000
$3,305,000
$1,100,000,000
23
$1,230,000
16
$3,305,000
$3,205,000
$200,000,000
145
$1,590,000
3
$3,205,000
$3,185,000
$1,535,500,000
11
$1,265,000
11
$2,860,000
$3,125,000
$2,410,000,000
4
$1,435,000
5
$3,125,000
$3,085,000
$380,000,000
83
$1,265,000
11
$1,625,000
$3,080,000
$1,212,500,000
18
$1,010,000
47
$3,080,000
$2,905,000
$2,650,000,000
1
$1,215,000
19
$2,370,000
$2,765,000
$771,000,000
40
$1,190,000
21
$2,625,000
$2,625,000
$757,000,000
41
$1,230,000
16
$2,625,000
$2,615,000
$145,500,000
170
$1,010,000
47
$2,615,000
$2,605,000
$658,000,000
51
$1,155,000
27
$2,605,000
$2,520,000
$1,164,000,000
19
$1,095,000
31
$1,880,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
$6,600,000
$831,500,000
$4,420,000
ZGuide • 5
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
21
22
22
23
23
21
24
23
25
33
26
38
27
27
28
29
29
25
30
28
31
31
32
41
33
36
34
40
35
26
36
42
36
32
38
33
39
37
40
30
6 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
King & Spalding
936 Lawyers, 178 Equity Partners, National
Dechert
884 Lawyers, 163 Equity Partners, National
Paul Hastings 
912 Lawyers, 195 Equity Partners, National
Schulte Roth & Zabel
355 Lawyers, 85 Equity Partners, New York
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
698 Lawyers, 132 Equity Partners, Palo Alto
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
412 Lawyers, 104 Equity Partners, New York
Proskauer Rose
701 Lawyers, 169 Equity Partners, New York
Sidley Austin
1,779 Lawyers, 342 Equity Partners, National
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
448 Lawyers, 47 Equity Partners, New York
White & Case
1,914 Lawyers, 287 Equity Partners, International
Ropes & Gray 
1,106 Lawyers, 282 Equity Partners, National
Goodwin Procter
790 Lawyers, 195 Equity Partners, Boston
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 
851 Lawyers, 210 Equity Partners, National
Choate Hall & Stewart
160 Lawyers, 59 Equity Partners, Boston
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
316 Lawyers, 74 Equity Partners, New York
Cooley
801 Lawyers, 196 Equity Partners, Palo Alto
Vinson & Elkins
608 Lawyers, 145 Equity Partners, Houston
Munger, Tolles & Olson 
202 Lawyers, 86 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
519 Lawyers, 64 Equity Partners, International
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman
282 Lawyers, 44 Equity Partners, New York
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
Am Law 200 Rank
RPL Rank
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
$2,515,000
$1,018,500,000
27
$1,090,000
34
$1,510,000
$2,510,000
$890,000,000
34
$1,005,000
50
$1,695,000
$2,505,000
$1,056,500,000
25
$1,160,000
26
$2,045,000
$2,330,000
$405,500,000
78
$1,140,000
29
$2,330,000
$2,215,000
$735,000,000
45
$1,055,000
38
$1,860,000
$2,205,000
$504,500,000
64
$1,225,000
18
$1,930,000
$2,150,000
$822,500,000
38
$1,175,000
22
$1,780,000
$2,065,000
$1,867,000,000
7
$1,050,000
40
$1,360,000
$2,060,000
$463,500,000
70
$1,035,000
43
$1,500,000
$2,020,000
$1,523,500,000
12
$795,000
86
$1,500,000
$2,015,000
$1,390,000,000
13
$1,255,000
14
$2,015,000
$1,990,000
$865,500,000
35
$1,095,000
31
$1,455,000
$1,915,000
$930,000,000
29
$1,095,000
31
$1,485,000
$1,910,000
$202,500,000
143
$1,265,000
11
$1,470,000
$1,905,000
$361,500,000
90
$1,145,000
28
$1,675,000
$1,885,000
$912,000,000
32
$1,140,000
29
$1,520,000
$1,885,000
$627,500,000
55
$1,030,000
44
$1,545,000
$1,865,000
$261,000,000
118
$1,290,000
10
$1,865,000
$1,850,000
$494,000,000
65
$950,000
58
$1,315,000
$1,845,000
$234,500,000
127
$830,000
76
$1,110,000
Revenue Per
Lawyer
ZGuide • 7
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
41
35
42
38
43
50
44
43
44
44
46
51
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe 
47
51
O'Melveny & Myers 
48
53
49
47
50
45
51
54
51
46
53
55
54
58
55
66
55
59
55
56
58
61
59
48
60
63
8 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Shearman & Sterling
839 Lawyers, 162 Equity Partners, International
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
315 Lawyers, 68 Equity Partners, New York
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 
907 Lawyers, 280 Equity Partners, National
Baker Botts
699 Lawyers, 167 Equity Partners, Houston
Winston & Strawn
808 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, National
916 Lawyers, 128 Equity Partners, National
634 Lawyers, 170 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Alston & Bird
752 Lawyers, 142 Equity Partners, Atlanta
Jenner & Block 
436 Lawyers, 114 Equity Partners, Chicago
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell
128 Lawyers, 38 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Fenwick & West
303 Lawyers, 87 Equity Partners, Mountain View, CA
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler 
176 Lawyers, 46 Equity Partners, New York
McDermott Will & Emery
981 Lawyers, 195 Equity Partners, National
DLA Piper 1
3,756 Lawyers, 386 Equity Partners, Verein
Lowenstein Sandler
276 Lawyers, 52 Equity Partners, Roseland, NJ
Mayer Brown
1,507 Lawyers, 286 Equity Partners, International
Williams & Connolly
304 Lawyers, 117 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Morrison & Foerster 
941 Lawyers, 242 Equity Partners, National
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
1,880 Lawyers, 520 Equity Partners, National
Katten Muchin Rosenman
623 Lawyers, 149 Equity Partners, National
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Vereins differ structurally from other Am Law 100 firms, especially in regard to profit sharing.
Am Law 200 Rank
1
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
36
$1,025,000
45
$1,675,000
$332,000,000
100
$1,050,000
40
$1,545,000
$1,810,000
$1,140,000,000
20
$1,255,000
14
$1,810,000
$1,805,000
$704,500,000
46
$1,010,000
47
$1,330,000
$1,805,000
$818,500,000
39
$1,015,000
46
$1,110,000
$1,790,000
$913,000,000
31
$995,000
52
$1,150,000
$1,760,000
$689,500,000
47
$1,085,000
35
$1,700,000
$1,745,000
$688,000,000
48
$915,000
64
$1,025,000
$1,720,000
$465,000,000
69
$1,065,000
36
$1,225,000
$1,685,000
$105,500,000
186
$825,000
77
$1,050,000
$1,620,000
$363,500,000
87
$1,200,000
20
$1,495,000
$1,620,000
$187,500,000
149
$1,065,000
36
$1,615,000
$1,580,000
$891,500,000
33
$910,000
66
$875,000
$1,570,000
$2,543,000,000
2
$675,000
122
$825,000
$1,560,000
$252,000,000
122
$915,000
64
$1,025,000
$1,560,000
$1,257,000,000
17
$835,000
75
$890,000
$1,560,000
$403,000,000
79
$1,325,000
9
$1,560,000
$1,555,000
$979,500,000
28
$1,040,000
42
$1,315,000
$1,530,000
$1,844,000,000
8
$980,000
54
$1,280,000
$1,510,000
$561,500,000
59
$900,000
68
$925,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
$1,835,000
$860,500,000
$1,830,000
ZGuide • 9
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
61
77
62
60
63
66
64
57
65
72
66
62
67
64
68
48
69
68
70
75
70
82
72
73
73
78
74
64
75
69
76
81
77
74
78
75
79
71
80
83
10 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Fish & Richardson
338 Lawyers, 106 Equity Partners, National
Greenberg Traurig
1,809 Lawyers, 304 Equity Partners, National
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
606 Lawyers, 121 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Loeb & Loeb
271 Lawyers, 41 Equity Partners, National
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
330 Lawyers, 59 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Kaye Scholer
370 Lawyers, 96 Equity Partners, New York
Brown Rudnick
203 Lawyers, 59 Equity Partners, National
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
317 Lawyers, 15 Equity Partners, International
Covington & Burling 
793 Lawyers, 257 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Hogan Lovells 1
2,516 Lawyers, 533 Equity Partners, Verein
Holland & Knight
1,044 Lawyers, 176 Equity Partners, National
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
270 Lawyers, 90 Equity Partners, New York
Andrews Kurth
320 Lawyers, 73 Equity Partners, Houston
Arnold & Porter
666 Lawyers, 234 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Bracewell & Giuliani
417 Lawyers, 72 Equity Partners, Houston
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
598 Lawyers, 152 Equity Partners, National
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
292 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Robins Kaplan
204 Lawyers, 67 Equity Partners, Minneapolis
Baker & McKenzie 1
4,363 Lawyers, 702 Equity Partners, Verein
Chadbourne & Parke
318 Lawyers, 63 Equity Partners, New York
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Vereins differ structurally from other Am Law 100 firms, especially in regard to profit sharing.
Am Law 200 Rank
1
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
81
$1,170,000
23
$1,070,000
$1,321,500,000
14
$730,000
101
$770,000
$1,445,000
$559,500,000
60
$925,000
63
$975,000
$1,430,000
$245,500,000
125
$910,000
66
$720,000
$1,385,000
$324,000,000
101
$980,000
54
$730,000
$1,380,000
$370,000,000
84
$1,000,000
51
$1,205,000
$1,355,000
$192,500,000
148
$945,000
59
$980,000
$1,345,000
$151,500,000
163
$480,000
189
$530,000
$1,275,000
$742,500,000
44
$935,000
60
$1,275,000
$1,250,000
$1,821,000,000
9
$725,000
102
$995,000
$1,250,000
$744,000,000
43
$710,000
108
$705,000
$1,245,000
$265,500,000
117
$985,000
53
$1,245,000
$1,235,000
$297,000,000
108
$930,000
61
$865,000
$1,210,000
$650,000,000
53
$975,000
56
$1,210,000
$1,190,000
$296,500,000
109
$710,000
108
$700,000
$1,185,000
$557,000,000
61
$930,000
61
$860,000
$1,175,000
$308,000,000
106
$1,055,000
38
$980,000
$1,150,000
$180,000,000
154
$880,000
70
$1,025,000
$1,140,000
$2,430,000,000
3
$555,000
162
$805,000
$1,135,000
$249,000,000
124
$785,000
90
$910,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
$1,490,000
$395,000,000
$1,475,000
ZGuide • 11
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
81
87
82
85
83
84
84
78
85
86
86
96
87
99
88
93
89
97
90
88
91
100
92
89
92
101
92
92
95
103
96
93
96
124
98
97
99
126
100
105
12 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Foley & Lardner
845 Lawyers, 147 Equity Partners, National
Foley Hoag
233 Lawyers, 47 Equity Partners, Boston
Wiley Rein
249 Lawyers, 71 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Reed Smith
1,618 Lawyers, 308 Equity Partners, National
Perkins Coie
938 Lawyers, 185 Equity Partners, Seattle
Morris, Manning & Martin
159 Lawyers, 44 Equity Partners, Atlanta
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo 2
447 Lawyers, 65 Equity Partners, Boston
Venable
596 Lawyers, 162 Equity Partners, National
McGuireWoods
965 Lawyers, 174 Equity Partners, Richmond
Crowell & Moring
441 Lawyers, 96 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Pepper Hamilton
494 Lawyers, 138 Equity Partners, Philadelphia
Chapman and Cutler
235 Lawyers, 98 Equity Partners, Chicago
Seyfarth Shaw
798 Lawyers, 192 Equity Partners, National
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
380 Lawyers, 86 Equity Partners, National
Jones Day
2,562 Lawyers, 928 Equity Partners, National
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
251 Lawyers, 31 Equity Partners, Morristown, NJ
Schiff Hardin
316 Lawyers, 94 Equity Partners, Chicago
Winstead
335 Lawyers, 110 Equity Partners, Dallas
Troutman Sanders
626 Lawyers, 186 Equity Partners, Atlanta
Moore & Van Allen
278 Lawyers, 78 Equity Partners, Charlotte
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Fiscal year ends on March 31. Results were projected in order to meet The Am Law 100’s publication deadline.
Am Law 200 Rank
2
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
49
$805,000
81
$705,000
$173,500,000
155
$745,000
99
$730,000
$1,110,000
$209,000,000
139
$840,000
74
$670,000
$1,105,000
$1,123,000,000
21
$695,000
113
$710,000
$1,100,000
$748,500,000
42
$800,000
84
$725,000
$1,070,000
$121,500,000
175
$760,000
93
$795,000
$1,065,000
$360,000,000
92
$805,000
81
$655,000
$1,060,000
$477,000,000
66
$800,000
84
$790,000
$1,045,000
$653,500,000
52
$675,000
122
$690,000
$1,035,000
$363,000,000
88
$825,000
77
$740,000
$1,025,000
$388,500,000
82
$785,000
90
$795,000
$1,020,000
$193,000,000
147
$820,000
79
$795,000
$1,020,000
$590,000,000
58
$740,000
100
$660,000
$1,020,000
$301,000,000
107
$790,000
88
$710,000
$1,010,000
$1,941,000,000
6
$755,000
96
$1,010,000
$980,000
$118,500,000
176
$470,000
190
$460,000
$980,000
$276,500,000
115
$875,000
71
$715,000
$975,000
$212,500,000
137
$635,000
137
$695,000
$970,000
$468,500,000
67
$750,000
98
$735,000
$965,000
$183,000,000
152
$660,000
127
$640,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
$1,130,000
$682,000,000
$1,125,000
ZGuide • 13
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
101
91
101
109
103
107
104
102
105
124
105
104
105
118
108
111
109
109
109
106
109
132
112
114
112
108
112
150
115
118
115
93
117
113
118
114
119
129
119
—
14 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Hunton & Williams 2
696 Lawyers, 167 Equity Partners, National
Thompson & Knight
272 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, Dallas
Steptoe & Johnson
374 Lawyers, 125 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Arent Fox
349 Lawyers, 107 Equity Partners, Washington, DC
Baker & Hostetler
905 Lawyers, 168 Equity Partners, National
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
574 Lawyers, 109 Equity Partners, Atlanta
Vedder Price
302 Lawyers, 120 Equity Partners, Chicago
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis
171 Lawyers, 88 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Haynes and Boone
524 Lawyers, 131 Equity Partners, Dallas
Jackson Walker
337 Lawyers, 93 Equity Partners, Dallas
Nixon Peabody
634 Lawyers, 150 Equity Partners, National
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
218 Lawyers, 65 Equity Partners, Denver
Duane Morris
626 Lawyers, 119 Equity Partners, National
Herrick, Feinstein
132 Lawyers, 35 Equity Partners, New York
Blank Rome
477 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, Philadelphia
Locke Lord
847 Lawyers, 177 Equity Partners, Dallas
Barnes & Thornburg
521 Lawyers, 219 Equity Partners, Indianapolis
K&L Gates
1,852 Lawyers, 210 Equity Partners, National
Kelley Drye & Warren
281 Lawyers, 82 Equity Partners, National
Sills Cummis & Gross
130 Lawyers, 27 Equity Partners, Newark
Gross Revenue
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Fiscal year ends on March 31. Results were projected in order to meet The Am Law 100’s publication deadline.
Am Law 200 Rank
2
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
$950,000
$528,000,000
62
$760,000
93
$700,000
$950,000
$207,500,000
141
$760,000
93
$740,000
$940,000
$357,500,000
93
$955,000
57
$940,000
$935,000
$282,500,000
113
$810,000
80
$720,000
$930,000
$633,500,000
54
$700,000
112
$665,000
$930,000
$411,500,000
73
$715,000
106
$645,000
$930,000
$240,000,000
126
$795,000
86
$770,000
$910,000
$151,500,000
163
$885,000
69
$830,000
$905,000
$362,000,000
89
$690,000
118
$720,000
$905,000
$221,500,000
133
$660,000
127
$570,000
$905,000
$461,000,000
71
$725,000
102
$580,000
$900,000
$172,000,000
156
$790,000
88
$650,000
$900,000
$434,500,000
72
$695,000
113
$565,000
$900,000
$115,500,000
179
$875,000
71
$635,000
$890,000
$345,000,000
94
$725,000
102
$625,000
$890,000
$597,000,000
57
$705,000
110
$605,000
$880,000
$361,000,000
91
$695,000
113
$680,000
$870,000
$1,065,000,000
24
$575,000
158
$605,000
$865,000
$226,000,000
129
$805,000
81
$705,000
$865,000
$85,000,000
200
$655,000
130
$575,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
ZGuide • 15
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
121
144
122
126
123
—
123
112
125
121
126
114
127
121
128
151
129
123
130
136
130
130
132
114
132
133
134
140
135
135
136
126
136
138
138
133
139
139
140
147
16 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
1,015 Lawyers, 102 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Gardere Wynne Sewell
215 Lawyers, 63 Equity Partners, Dallas
Arnall Golden Gregory
144 Lawyers, 42 Equity Partners, Atlanta
Squire Patton Boggs 1
1,426 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, Verein
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn
257 Lawyers, 139 Equity Partners, Detroit
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt
353 Lawyers, 78 Equity Partners, Miami
Snell & Wilmer
418 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, Phoenix
Fox Rothschild 2
615 Lawyers, 175 Equity Partners, Philadelphia
Bryan Cave
910 Lawyers, 203 Equity Partners, National
Drinker Biddle & Reath
544 Lawyers, 176 Equity Partners, Philadelphia
Faegre Baker Daniels
670 Lawyers, 227 Equity Partners, Minneapolis
Gibbons
176 Lawyers, 37 Equity Partners, Newark
Goulston & Storrs
176 Lawyers, 104 Equity Partners, Boston
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
502 Lawyers, 150 Equity Partners, Columbia, SC
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
564 Lawyers, 42 Equity Partners, San Diego
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
483 Lawyers, 134 Equity Partners, Kansas City, MO
Sullivan & Worcester
144 Lawyers, 38 Equity Partners, Boston
Cozen O'Connor
533 Lawyers, 156 Equity Partners, National
Shutts & Bowen
249 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, Miami
Polsinelli
720 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, Kansas City, MO
Gross Revenue
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Vereins differ structurally from other Am Law 100 firms, especially in regard to profit sharing.
Am Law 200 Rank
1
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
$860,000
$406,000,000
77
$400,000
199
$385,000
$850,000
$149,000,000
165
$695,000
113
$595,000
$845,000
$88,000,000
198
$610,000
144
$590,000
$845,000
$929,000,000
30
$650,000
130
$505,000
$840,000
$201,000,000
144
$780,000
92
$705,000
$835,000
$223,000,000
132
$630,000
138
$515,000
$820,000
$261,000,000
118
$625,000
140
$600,000
$815,000
$364,500,000
85
$595,000
151
$665,000
$805,000
$617,000,000
56
$680,000
119
$605,000
$800,000
$409,500,000
75
$755,000
96
$670,000
$800,000
$466,000,000
68
$695,000
113
$655,000
$775,000
$108,000,000
185
$615,000
142
$485,000
$775,000
$148,500,000
166
$845,000
73
$775,000
$770,000
$321,500,000
103
$640,000
134
$520,000
$755,000
$277,500,000
114
$490,000
185
$315,000
$750,000
$322,500,000
102
$670,000
124
$590,000
$750,000
$101,500,000
188
$705,000
110
$550,000
$745,000
$341,500,000
95
$640,000
134
$545,000
$740,000
$147,000,000
168
$590,000
153
$465,000
$725,000
$410,000,000
74
$570,000
159
$450,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
ZGuide • 17
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
141
146
142
140
143
143
143
131
145
165
146
151
147
153
148
144
149
156
150
—
151
170
152
161
153
162
153
147
155
169
156
158
156
170
158
164
158
158
158
158
18 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
145 Lawyers, 45 Equity Partners, Boston
Day Pitney
264 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, Hartford
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
458 Lawyers, 212 Equity Partners, Birmingham
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
137 Lawyers, 51 Equity Partners, New York
Sedgwick
273 Lawyers, 56 Equity Partners, San Francisco
Akerman
562 Lawyers, 193 Equity Partners, Miami
McCarter & English
374 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, Newark
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
454 Lawyers, 112 Equity Partners, Pittsburgh
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
721 Lawyers, 161 Equity Partners, National
Sherman & Howard
184 Lawyers, 80 Equity Partners, Denver
Davis Wright Tremaine
485 Lawyers, 182 Equity Partners, Seattle
Thompson Hine
366 Lawyers, 100 Equity Partners, Cleveland
Saul Ewing
251 Lawyers, 81 Equity Partners, Philadelphia
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
191 Lawyers, 50 Equity Partners, Atlanta
Husch Blackwell
485 Lawyers, 132 Equity Partners, St. Louis
Ice Miller
279 Lawyers, 119 Equity Partners, Indianapolis
Stinson Leonard Street
422 Lawyers, 156 Equity Partners, Minneapolis
Ballard Spahr
507 Lawyers, 238 Equity Partners, Philadelphia
Dorsey & Whitney
512 Lawyers, 182 Equity Partners, National
Jackson Lewis
755 Lawyers, 236 Equity Partners, National
Gross Revenue
Am Law 200 Rank
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
$710,000
$99,000,000
189
$680,000
119
$500,000
$700,000
$161,000,000
158
$610,000
144
$570,000
$690,000
$274,000,000
116
$600,000
147
$600,000
$690,000
$98,000,000
191
$715,000
106
$690,000
$685,000
$183,000,000
152
$670,000
124
$515,000
$675,000
$337,000,000
97
$600,000
147
$540,000
$670,000
$233,000,000
128
$625,000
140
$450,000
$665,000
$290,500,000
110
$640,000
134
$495,000
$660,000
$399,000,000
80
$555,000
162
$445,000
$650,000
$99,000,000
189
$535,000
173
$535,000
$635,000
$318,500,000
104
$655,000
130
$550,000
$625,000
$207,500,000
141
$570,000
159
$480,000
$620,000
$155,000,000
161
$615,000
142
$495,000
$620,000
$93,000,000
194
$485,000
188
$390,000
$615,000
$284,000,000
112
$585,000
155
$435,000
$605,000
$158,500,000
159
$570,000
159
$500,000
$605,000
$256,000,000
121
$605,000
146
$440,000
$600,000
$337,500,000
96
$665,000
126
$600,000
$600,000
$336,500,000
98
$660,000
127
$515,000
$600,000
$407,000,000
76
$540,000
171
$450,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
ZGuide • 19
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
158
154
158
147
163
—
163
168
165
162
166
186
166
197
168
137
168
192
170
172
170
184
172
175
172
175
172
—
172
166
176
179
176
182
178
178
179
179
179
192
20 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Norton Rose Fulbright 1
3,372 Lawyers, 912 Equity Partners, Verein
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
491 Lawyers, 164 Equity Partners, Winston-Salem, NC
Rutan & Tucker
151 Lawyers, 76 Equity Partners, Costa Mesa, CA
Stoel Rives
349 Lawyers, 113 Equity Partners, Portland, OR
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
212 Lawyers, 74 Equity Partners, Columbus
Lathrop & Gage
282 Lawyers, 71 Equity Partners, Kansas City, MO
Williams Mullen
213 Lawyers, 75 Equity Partners, Richmond
Armstrong Teasdale
225 Lawyers, 78 Equity Partners, St. Louis
Greenspoon Marder
160 Lawyers, 72 Equity Partners, Fort Lauderdale
Michael Best & Friedrich
196 Lawyers, 75 Equity Partners, Milwaukee
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
362 Lawyers, 147 Equity Partners, Columbus
Fisher & Phillips
290 Lawyers, 119 Equity Partners, National
Hinshaw & Culbertson
497 Lawyers, 113 Equity Partners, Chicago
Nossaman
131 Lawyers, 58 Equity Partners, Los Angeles
Thompson Coburn
352 Lawyers, 162 Equity Partners, St. Louis
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
293 Lawyers, 152 Equity Partners, Irvine, CA
Lewis Roca Rothgerber
223 Lawyers, 97 Equity Partners, Phoenix
Dickinson Wright
370 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, Troy, MI
Clark Hill
306 Lawyers, 81 Equity Partners, Detroit
Quarles & Brady
434 Lawyers, 167 Equity Partners, Milwaukee
Gross Revenue
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Vereins differ structurally from other Am Law 100 firms, especially in regard to profit sharing.
Am Law 200 Rank
1
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
$600,000
$1,737,000,000
10
$515,000
178
$570,000
$600,000
$290,000,000
111
$590,000
153
$445,000
$585,000
$90,500,000
196
$600,000
147
$530,000
$585,000
$209,000,000
139
$600,000
147
$465,000
$580,000
$124,000,000
174
$585,000
155
$445,000
$550,000
$154,500,000
162
$550,000
165
$390,000
$550,000
$116,000,000
178
$545,000
169
$495,000
$540,000
$112,000,000
181
$500,000
182
$445,000
$540,000
$104,500,000
187
$655,000
130
$540,000
$530,000
$114,500,000
180
$585,000
155
$425,000
$530,000
$186,000,000
150
$515,000
178
$480,000
$525,000
$158,000,000
160
$545,000
169
$460,000
$525,000
$225,000,000
130
$455,000
194
$340,000
$525,000
$89,000,000
197
$680,000
119
$455,000
$525,000
$194,500,000
146
$550,000
165
$435,000
$520,000
$213,000,000
136
$725,000
102
$520,000
$520,000
$124,500,000
173
$555,000
162
$445,000
$515,000
$185,500,000
151
$500,000
182
$400,000
$510,000
$140,000,000
171
$455,000
194
$395,000
$510,000
$258,500,000
120
$595,000
151
$440,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
ZGuide • 21
The Am Law 200
PPEP Rank 2016
PPEP Rank 2015
The Largest Firms in the U.S., Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
181
166
181
179
183
185
184
186
184
194
186
174
187
172
187
189
189
186
190
194
191
196
191
191
193
197
194
190
195
175
195
156
197
—
198
199
199
200
200
—
22 • ZGuide
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Dykema Gossett
419 Lawyers, 107 Equity Partners, Chicago
Robinson & Cole
198 Lawyers, 69 Equity Partners, Hartford
Burr & Forman
270 Lawyers, 116 Equity Partners, Birmingham
Frost Brown Todd
432 Lawyers, 160 Equity Partners, Cincinnati
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
228 Lawyers, 117 Equity Partners, Toledo
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
652 Lawyers, 218 Equity Partners, Memphis
Adams and Reese
270 Lawyers, 116 Equity Partners, New Orleans
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone
221 Lawyers, 74 Equity Partners, Detroit
Holland & Hart
455 Lawyers, 218 Equity Partners, Denver
GrayRobinson
286 Lawyers, 154 Equity Partners, Orlando
Kutak Rock
475 Lawyers, 233 Equity Partners, National
Phelps Dunbar
249 Lawyers, 108 Equity Partners, New Orleans
Lane Powell
153 Lawyers, 61 Equity Partners, Seattle
Dinsmore & Shohl
504 Lawyers, 160 Equity Partners, Cincinnati
Littler Mendelson
974 Lawyers, 382 Equity Partners, National
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker
779 Lawyers, 143 Equity Partners, National
Archer & Greiner
178 Lawyers, 59 Equity Partners, Haddonfield, NJ
Strasburger & Price
198 Lawyers, 70 Equity Partners, Dallas
LeClairRyan
353 Lawyers, 155 Equity Partners, National
Bond, Schoeneck & King
218 Lawyers, 106 Equity Partners, Syracuse
Gross Revenue
Am Law 200 Rank
Revenue Per
Lawyer
RPL Rank
Compensation
Average,
All Partners
$505,000
$225,000,000
130
$535,000
173
$395,000
$505,000
$109,000,000
184
$550,000
165
$460,000
$500,000
$135,000,000
172
$500,000
182
$425,000
$495,000
$211,500,000
138
$490,000
185
$375,000
$495,000
$118,500,000
176
$520,000
175
$420,000
$490,000
$332,500,000
99
$510,000
180
$430,000
$485,000
$146,000,000
169
$540,000
171
$410,000
$485,000
$112,000,000
181
$510,000
180
$385,000
$480,000
$249,500,000
123
$550,000
165
$470,000
$455,000
$148,500,000
166
$520,000
175
$415,000
$450,000
$217,500,000
135
$460,000
192
$400,000
$450,000
$112,000,000
181
$450,000
196
$450,000
$440,000
$96,000,000
192
$630,000
138
$385,000
$435,000
$219,500,000
134
$435,000
197
$345,000
$425,000
$506,500,000
63
$520,000
175
$390,000
$425,000
$309,000,000
105
$395,000
200
$285,000
$415,000
$87,000,000
199
$490,000
185
$315,000
$380,000
$93,500,000
193
$470,000
190
$315,000
$370,000
$163,000,000
157
$460,000
192
$295,000
$315,000
$92,000,000
195
$420,000
198
$310,000
Profits Per
Equity Partner
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Value Per Lawyer
2016 VPL
Rank
The Am Law 200, Ranked By Value Per Lawyer
Firm
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
1
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
$2,125,000
4.71
2
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
$1,115,000
8.97
3
Irell & Manella 
$995,000
10.05
4
Kirkland & Ellis 
$905,000
11.05
5
Sullivan & Cromwell
$820,000
12.20
6
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 
$800,000
12.50
7
Munger, Tolles & Olson 
$790,000
12.66
8
Choate Hall & Stewart
$775,000
12.90
9
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom 
$700,000
14.29
10
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
$695,000
14.39
11
Latham & Watkins 
$685,000
14.60
12
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
$680,000
14.71
13
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
$675,000
14.81
14
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
$660,000
15.15
15
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley
& McCloy 
$640,000
15.63
15
Paul Hastings 
$640,000
15.63
15
Willkie Farr & Gallagher 
$640,000
15.63
18
BuckleySandler
$620,000
16.13
19
Jeffer Mangels Butler
& Mitchell
$615,000
16.26
20
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison
$600,000
16.67
24 • ZGuide
2016 VPL
Rank
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 2015/2016 .
Firm
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
20
Williams & Connolly
$600,000
16.67
22
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson
$580,000
17.24
22
King & Spalding
$580,000
17.24
22
Proskauer Rose
$580,000
17.24
25
Goodwin Procter
$575,000
17.39
26
Debevoise & Plimpton 
$570,000
17.54
27
Davis Polk & Wardwell
$565,000
17.70
28
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer
& Feld 
$560,000
17.86
28
Schulte Roth & Zabel
$560,000
17.86
28
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
and Dorr 
$560,000
17.86
31
Fish & Richardson
$555,000
18.02
32
Dechert
$545,000
18.35
32
Honigman Miller Schwartz
and Cohn
$545,000
18.35
32
Jenner & Block 
$545,000
18.35
32
Vinson & Elkins
$545,000
18.35
36
Baker Botts
$525,000
19.05
36
Cooley
$525,000
19.05
36
Sidley Austin
$525,000
19.05
39
Ropes & Gray 
$515,000
19.42
40
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble
Mallory & Natsis
$510,000
19.61
ZGuide • 25
Value Per Lawyer
2016 VPL
Rank
The Am Law 200, Ranked By Value Per Lawyer
Firm
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
40
McDermott Will & Emery
$510,000
19.61
42
Brown Rudnick
$505,000
19.80
42
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
$505,000
19.80
44
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
$500,000
20.00
44
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
$500,000
20.00
44
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
$500,000
20.00
47
Fenwick & West
$490,000
20.41
47
O'Melveny & Myers 
$490,000
20.41
49
Chapman and Cutler
$485,000
20.62
49
Cleary Gottlieb Steen
& Hamilton 
$485,000
20.62
51
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
$480,000
20.83
52
Winston & Strawn
$475,000
21.05
53
Katten Muchin Rosenman
$470,000
21.28
54
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
Hampton
$465,000
21.51
55
Alston & Bird
$460,000
21.74
56
Goulston & Storrs
$455,000
21.98
56
Morrison & Foerster 
$455,000
21.98
58
Patterson Belknap Webb
& Tyler 
$450,000
22.22
59
Andrews Kurth
$445,000
22.47
59
Barnes & Thornburg
$445,000
22.47
26 • ZGuide
2016 VPL
Rank
Firm
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
61
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
$440,000
22.73
62
Vedder Price
$430,000
23.26
63
Arnold & Porter
$425,000
23.53
63
Loeb & Loeb
$425,000
23.53
65
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
$420,000
23.81
65
Schiff Hardin
$420,000
23.81
67
Covington & Burling 
$415,000
24.10
67
Lowenstein Sandler
$415,000
24.10
67
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
$415,000
24.10
70
Morris, Manning & Martin
$410,000
24.39
70
Robins Kaplan
$410,000
24.39
72
Finnegan, Henderson,
Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
$405,000
24.69
72
Greenberg Traurig
$405,000
24.69
72
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe 
$405,000
24.69
75
Thompson & Knight
$395,000
25.32
76
Jackson Walker
$390,000
25.64
76
Kaye Scholer
$390,000
25.64
78
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres &
Friedman
$380,000
26.32
79
Brownstein Hyatt Farber
Schreck
$375,000
26.67
79
Moore & Van Allen
$375,000
26.67
ZGuide • 27
Value Per Lawyer
2016 VPL
Rank
The Am Law 200, Ranked By Value Per Lawyer
Firm
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
79
Shearman & Sterling
$375,000
26.67
82
Holland & Knight
$370,000
27.03
82
Venable
$370,000
27.03
84
Arent Fox
$365,000
27.40
84
Jones Day
$365,000
27.40
84
Pepper Hamilton
$365,000
27.40
84
Perkins Coie
$365,000
27.40
84
Winstead
$365,000
27.40
89
Gardere Wynne Sewell
$360,000
27.78
89
Mayer Brown
$360,000
27.78
89
Troutman Sanders
$360,000
27.78
92
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
$355,000
28.17
93
Foley Hoag
$350,000
28.57
93
Shutts & Bowen
$350,000
28.57
93
White & Case
$350,000
28.57
96
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt
$345,000
28.99
96
Faegre Baker Daniels
$345,000
28.99
96
Foley & Lardner
$345,000
28.99
99
Bracewell & Giuliani
$340,000
29.41
99
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan
$340,000
29.41
28 • ZGuide
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
2016 VPL
Rank
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Firm
101
Arnall Golden Gregory
$335,000
29.85
101
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
$335,000
29.85
101
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
and Popeo
$335,000
29.85
104
Herrick, Feinstein
$330,000
30.30
105
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
$325,000
30.77
106
Blank Rome
$320,000
31.25
106
Hogan Lovells
$320,000
31.25
106
Hunton & Williams
$320,000
31.25
106
Nelson Mullins Riley
& Scarborough
$320,000
31.25
106
Rutan & Tucker
$320,000
31.25
106
Sherman & Howard
$320,000
31.25
112
Ice Miller
$315,000
31.75
112
Steptoe & Johnson
$315,000
31.75
112
Wiley Rein
$315,000
31.75
115
Davis Wright Tremaine
$310,000
32.26
115
Drinker Biddle & Reath
$310,000
32.26
115
Nossaman
$310,000
32.26
115
Reed Smith
$310,000
32.26
115
Seyfarth Shaw
$310,000
32.26
115
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick
$310,000
32.26
ZGuide • 29
Value Per Lawyer
The Am Law 200, Ranked By Value Per Lawyer
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
2016 VPL
Rank
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Firm
115
Snell & Wilmer
$310,000
32.26
115
Sullivan & Worcester
$310,000
32.26
123
Baker & Hostetler
$305,000
32.79
123
Nixon Peabody
$305,000
32.79
123
Thompson Coburn
$305,000
32.79
126
Cozen O'Connor
$300,000
33.33
126
Crowell & Moring
$300,000
33.33
126
Duane Morris
$300,000
33.33
126
Haynes and Boone
$300,000
33.33
126
McGuireWoods
$300,000
33.33
131
Gibbons
$295,000
33.90
131
Kelley Drye & Warren
$295,000
33.90
131
Stinson Leonard Street
$295,000
33.90
134
Akerman
$290,000
34.48
134
Womble Carlyle Sandridge
& Rice
$290,000
34.48
136
K&L Gates
$285,000
35.09
136
Quarles & Brady
$285,000
35.09
138
Ballard Spahr
$280,000
35.71
138
Day Pitney
$280,000
35.71
138
Stoel Rives
$280,000
35.71
30 • ZGuide
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
2016 VPL
Rank
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Firm
141
Fox Rothschild
$275,000
36.36
141
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
$275,000
36.36
143
DLA Piper
$270,000
37.04
143
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen
& Loewy
$270,000
37.04
143
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear
$270,000
37.04
143
Locke Lord
$270,000
37.04
147
Adams and Reese
$265,000
37.74
147
Baker & McKenzie
$265,000
37.74
147
GrayRobinson
$265,000
37.74
147
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
$265,000
37.74
151
Bryan Cave
$260,000
38.46
151
Chadbourne & Parke
$260,000
38.46
151
Dorsey & Whitney
$260,000
38.46
151
Lewis Roca Rothgerber
$260,000
38.46
151
Michael Best & Friedrich
$260,000
38.46
151
Polsinelli
$260,000
38.46
151
Saul Ewing
$260,000
38.46
151
Sills Cummis & Gross
$260,000
38.46
159
Armstrong Teasdale
$255,000
39.22
159
Fisher & Phillips
$255,000
39.22
ZGuide • 31
Value Per Lawyer
2016 VPL
Rank
The Am Law 200, Ranked By Value Per Lawyer
Firm
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
159
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper &
Scinto
$255,000
39.22
159
Jackson Lewis
$255,000
39.22
159
Kutak Rock
$255,000
39.22
159
McCarter & English
$255,000
39.22
165
Dickinson Wright
$250,000
40.00
165
Frost Brown Todd
$250,000
40.00
165
Husch Blackwell
$250,000
40.00
165
Thompson Hine
$250,000
40.00
169
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
$245,000
40.82
169
Burr & Forman
$245,000
40.82
169
Greenspoon Marder
$245,000
40.82
169
Lane Powell
$245,000
40.82
169
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
$245,000
40.82
174
Holland & Hart
$240,000
41.67
174
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
$240,000
41.67
176
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and
Pease
$235,000
42.55
177
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak
& Stewart
$230,000
43.48
178
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
$225,000
44.44
178
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and
Stone
$225,000
44.44
180
Hinshaw & Culbertson
$220,000
45.45
32 • ZGuide
Lawyers Needed
to Generate
$10 Million
2016 VPL
Rank
VPL: Partner Comp/
Number of Lawyers,
FY 2015
Firm
180
Robinson & Cole
$220,000
45.45
182
Dykema Gossett
$215,000
46.51
182
Lathrop & Gage
$215,000
46.51
182
LeClairRyan
$215,000
46.51
185
Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & Berkowitz
$210,000
47.62
186
Archer & Greiner
$200,000
50.00
186
Clark Hill
$200,000
50.00
186
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney
& Carpenter
$200,000
50.00
186
Norton Rose Fulbright
$200,000
50.00
186
Sedgwick
$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
191
Williams Mullen
$195,000
51.28
195
Bond, Schoeneck & King
$190,000
52.63
195
Littler Mendelson
$190,000
52.63
197
Squire Patton Boggs
$175,000
57.14
198
Gordon Rees Scully
Mansukhani
$150,000
66.67
199
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt
& Mosle
$115,000
86.96
199
Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker
$115,000
86.96
ZGuide • 33
The Global 100
Methodology
The Global 100 charts rank the world's largest
law firms by profits per equity partner, revenue,
head count, and the number of countries in
which a firm has offices. The charts were
produced by ALM Legal Intelligence with
reporting by The American Lawyer and other
ALM publications, and appeared in the October
2015 issue of The American Lawyer. Although
foreign law firms differ in structure from U.S.
law firms, steps were taken in the research
process to level the playing field. Currency
conversion rates (except vereins) are based
on the annual average conversion rate of 2015
published by the U.S. Federal Reserve. A total of
123 firms were included on the global charts.
Number of Lawyers
This is based on the average number of full-time
equivalent lawyers at the firm. A firm's ranking on the
Global 100 By Lawyers list is included here. Many firms
that were in the top 100 by PPEP were not large enough
to make the top 100 based on number of lawyers.
Location of Firms
The country listed is the country where the firm had the
highest percentage of lawyers.
34 • ZGuide
Profits Per Equity Partner (PPEP) figures were rounded
to the nearest $5,000 and were obtained from the same
sources that provided the revenue figures. The PPEP
rankings ranked the 100 firms (of the 123) with the
highest PPEPs, but only 95 of those firms were among the
Global 100 ranked by gross revenue. Firms that would
have ranked 65, 90, 91, 98, and 99 on the PPEP chart were
not among the Global 100 by Revenue, and so were not
included in the PPEP rankings for the Global 100.
Gross Revenue
The firms ranking 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 was obtained from The American Lawyer’s
Am Law 100 report. All other firms were surveyed directly.
Number of Countries
The ranking in the last column of the Global 100 chart
is based on the number of countries in which a firm has
offices.
u
ZGuide • 35
The Global 100
2015 Global 100
PPEP Rank
The World’s Largest Firms, Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
267 Lawyers, 83 Equity Partners, U.S.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
710 Lawyers, 147 Equity Partners, U.S.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
943 Lawyers, 135 Equity Partners, U.S.
Sullivan & Cromwell
805 Lawyers, 170 Equity Partners, U.S.
Kirkland & Ellis
1,576 Lawyers, 337 Equity Partners, U.S.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
929 Lawyers, 187 Equity Partners, U.S.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
442 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, U.S.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
871 Lawyers, 153 Equity Partners, U.S.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
1,178 Lawyers, 185 Equity Partners, U.S.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
1,204 Lawyers, 292 Equity Partners, U.S.
Slaughter and May
486 Lawyers, 110 Equity Partners, U.K.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
1,654 Lawyers, 383 Equity Partners, U.S.
Latham & Watkins
2,100 Lawyers, 457 Equity Partners, U.S.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
614 Lawyers, 144 Equity Partners, U.S.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
554 Lawyers, 138 Equity Partners, U.S.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
1,072 Lawyers, 171 Equity Partners, U.S.
Debevoise & Plimpton
615 Lawyers, 134 Equity Partners, U.S.
Paul Hastings
873 Lawyers, 197 Equity Partners, U.S.
King & Spalding
886 Lawyers, 170 Equity Partners, U.S.
Dechert
877 Lawyers, 163 Equity Partners, U.S.
36 • ZGuide
Global 100 Rank
By Most Countries
Gross Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Lawyers
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Revenue Per Lawyer
$5,500,000
$702,500,000
52
$2,630,000
—
—
$4,925,000
$1,103,500,000
29
$1,555,000
87
34
$3,845,000
$1,036,500,000
33
$1,100,000
50
66
$3,680,000
$1,276,000,000
18
$1,585,000
70
52
$3,510,000
$2,150,000,000
6
$1,365,000
23
79
$3,485,000
$1,245,500,000
22
$1,340,000
53
59
$3,365,000
$648,000,000
61
$1,465,000
—
99
$3,295,000
$1,072,000,000
30
$1,230,000
62
52
$3,230,000
$1,250,000,000
21
$1,060,000
35
27
$3,045,000
$1,466,000,000
15
$1,215,000
34
34
$2,915,000
$525,500,000
75
$1,080,000
—
87
$2,905,000
$2,315,000,000
4
$1,400,000
21
25
$2,900,000
$2,612,000,000
1
$1,245,000
13
23
$2,745,000
$761,000,000
48
$1,240,000
—
52
$2,560,000
$640,000,000
64
$1,155,000
—
59
$2,405,000
$1,151,000,000
26
$1,075,000
39
34
$2,380,000
$710,500,000
49
$1,155,000
—
59
$2,360,000
$1,000,500,000
34
$1,145,000
61
34
$2,355,000
$934,000,000
36
$1,055,000
58
34
$2,315,000
$839,500,000
43
$955,000
60
25
ZGuide • 37
The Global 100
2015 Global 100
PPEP Rank
The World’s Largest Firms, Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
20
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Schulte Roth & Zabel
351 Lawyers, 84 Equity Partners, U.S.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2,035 Lawyers, 419 Equity Partners, U.K.
Linklaters
2,252 Lawyers, 419 Equity Partners, U.K.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
452 Lawyers, 56 Equity Partners, U.S.
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
332 Lawyers, 77 Equity Partners, U.S.
Proskauer Rose
721 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, U.S.
White & Case
1,878 Lawyers, 275 Equity Partners, U.S.
Sidley Austin
1,761 Lawyers, 306 Equity Partners, U.S.
Allen & Overy
2,172 Lawyers, 440 Equity Partners, U.K.
Ropes & Gray
1,041 Lawyers, 268 Equity Partners, U.S.
Vinson & Elkins
624 Lawyers, 144 Equity Partners, U.S.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
670 Lawyers, 125 Equity Partners, U.S.
Shearman & Sterling
821 Lawyers, 157 Equity Partners, U.S.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
822 Lawyers, 189 Equity Partners, U.S.
Clifford Chance
2,495 Lawyers, 403 Equity Partners, U.K.
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
469 Lawyers, 62 Equity Partners, U.S.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
414 Lawyers, 107 Equity Partners, U.S.
Goodwin Procter
755 Lawyers, 189 Equity Partners, U.S.
Cooley
755 Lawyers, 176 Equity Partners, U.S.
Baker Botts
694 Lawyers, 176 Equity Partners, U.S.
38 • ZGuide
Global 100 Rank
By Most Countries
Gross Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Lawyers
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Revenue Per Lawyer
$2,315,000
$400,500,000
93
$1,140,000
—
99
$2,260,000
$2,052,500,000
9
$1,010,000
15
13
$2,255,000
$2,088,000,000
8
$925,000
11
9
$2,210,000
$481,500,000
77
$1,065,000
—
79
$2,145,000
$394,000,000
96
$1,185,000
—
87
$2,100,000
$818,500,000
44
$1,135,000
85
66
$2,005,000
$1,503,000,000
14
$800,000
17
6
$1,990,000
$1,753,500,000
13
$995,000
19
34
$1,985,000
$2,112,000,000
7
$970,000
12
3
$1,930,000
$1,115,500,000
28
$1,070,000
41
66
$1,925,000
$653,500,000
58
$1,045,000
—
52
$1,910,000
$646,000,000
62
$965,000
97
87
$1,905,000
$845,000,000
42
$1,030,000
67
27
$1,885,000
$868,000,000
41
$1,055,000
66
44
$1,840,000
$2,225,500,000
5
$890,000
8
8
$1,835,000
$441,000,000
84
$940,000
—
13
$1,815,000
$460,000,000
80
$1,110,000
—
66
$1,745,000
$785,500,000
46
$1,040,000
77
87
$1,735,000
$802,000,000
45
$1,060,000
77
99
$1,700,000
$653,000,000
59
$940,000
92
44
ZGuide • 39
The Global 100
2015 Global 100
PPEP Rank
The World’s Largest Firms, Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
41
42
43
44
45
45
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Winston & Strawn
808 Lawyers, 158 Equity Partners, U.S.
Jenner & Block
401 Lawyers, 105 Equity Partners, U.S.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1
1,338 Lawyers, 360 Equity Partners, U.S.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
926 Lawyers, 286 Equity Partners, U.S.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
891 Lawyers, 141 Equity Partners, U.S.
O'Melveny & Myers
663 Lawyers, 169 Equity Partners, U.S.
Alston & Bird
759 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, U.S.
McDermott Will & Emery
997 Lawyers, 203 Equity Partners, U.S.
Williams & Connolly
307 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, U.S.
DLA Piper 2
3,702 Lawyers, 448 Equity Partners, U.S. (Verein)
Mayer Brown
1,486 Lawyers, 280 Equity Partners, U.S.
Greenberg Traurig
1,730 Lawyers, 299 Equity Partners, U.S.
Morrison & Foerster
988 Lawyers, 261 Equity Partners, U.S.
Katten Muchin Rosenman
632 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, U.S.
Arnold & Porter
699 Lawyers, 233 Equity Partners, U.S.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
584 Lawyers, 114 Equity Partners, U.S.
Covington & Burling
774 Lawyers, 248 Equity Partners, U.S.
Bingham McCutchen 3
715 Lawyers, 130 Equity Partners, U.S.
Herbert Smith Freehills
1,868 Lawyers, 324 Equity Partners, Australia
Ashurst
1,478 Lawyers, 264 Equity Partners, U.K.
40 • ZGuide
Census numbers and financials do not include the lawyers who joined from the former Bingham McCutchen in late November.
Vereins and European Economic Interest Groups (EEIGs) differ structurally from other Global 100 firms, especially in regard to
profit sharing.
3
Bingham McCutchen ceased operations in December 2014.
1
Global 100 Rank
By Most Countries
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Lawyers
2
Revenue Per Lawyer
$1,685,000
$785,500,000
46
$970,000
69
44
$1,615,000
$408,000,000
91
$1,015,000
—
—
$1,610,000
$1,317,000,000
17
$985,000
27
31
$1,605,000
$1,071,000,000
31
$1,155,000
54
66
$1,595,000
$877,000,000
39
$985,000
56
44
$1,595,000
$665,000,000
55
$1,005,000
98
44
$1,545,000
$645,500,000
63
$850,000
76
99
$1,530,000
$900,000,000
38
$900,000
46
44
$1,515,000
$399,000,000
94
$1,300,000
—
—
$1,490,000
$2,480,500,000
2
$670,000
3
4
$1,450,000
$1,223,000,000
24
$825,000
24
31
$1,425,000
$1,270,500,000
20
$735,000
20
44
$1,415,000
$968,500,000
35
$980,000
47
52
$1,395,000
$537,500,000
74
$850,000
100
87
$1,385,000
$694,500,000
53
$995,000
91
87
$1,365,000
$510,500,000
76
$875,000
—
66
$1,335,000
$709,000,000
51
$915,000
74
66
$1,330,000
$665,000,000
55
$930,000
86
66
$1,320,000
$1,343,500,000
16
$720,000
18
21
$1,280,000
$925,000,000
37
$625,000
25
21
ZGuide • 41
The Global 100
2015 Global 100
PPEP Rank
The World’s Largest Firms, Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
61
61
63
64
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
76
78
79
80
81
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Eversheds
1,211 Lawyers, 118 Equity Partners, U.K.
Loyens & Loeff
793 Lawyers, 100 Equity Partners, Netherlands
Hogan Lovells 2
2,360 Lawyers, 509 Equity Partners, U.S. (Verein)
Reed Smith
1,638 Lawyers, 302 Equity Partners, U.S.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
591 Lawyers, 165 Equity Partners, U.S.
Baker & McKenzie 2
4,363 Lawyers, 702 Equity Partners, U.S. (Verein)
Holland & Knight
1,009 Lawyers, 172 Equity Partners, U.S.
Perkins Coie
913 Lawyers, 181 Equity Partners, U.S.
Clyde & Co
1,238 Lawyers, 165 Equity Partners, U.K.
Simmons & Simmons
735 Lawyers, 146 Equity Partners, U.K.
Foley & Lardner
849 Lawyers, 153 Equity Partners, U.S.
Berwin Leighton Paisner
725 Lawyers, 86 Equity Partners, U.K.
Hunton & Williams
707 Lawyers, 212 Equity Partners, U.S.
Minter Ellison
792 Lawyers, 160 Equity Partners, Australia
Venable
564 Lawyers, 163 Equity Partners, U.S.
Locke Lord 4
578 Lawyers, 160 Equity Partners, U.S.
McGuireWoods
939 Lawyers, 182 Equity Partners, U.S.
Pepper Hamilton
508 Lawyers, 139 Equity Partners, U.S.
Seyfarth Shaw
772 Lawyers, 195 Equity Partners, U.S.
Jones Day
2,510 Lawyers, 933 Equity Partners, U.S.
42 • ZGuide
Global 100 Rank
By Most Countries
V ereins and European Economic Interest Groups (EEIGs) differ structurally from other Global 100 firms, especially in regard to
profit sharing.
Locke Lord merged with Edwards Wildman Palmer in January 2015. Results are for the legacy operation only. Global 100 Rank
By Lawyers
4
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Revenue
2
Revenue Per Lawyer
$1,225,000
$627,500,000
66
$520,000
33
34
$1,225,000
$387,000,000
99
$490,000
72
30
$1,215,000
$1,779,500,000
12
$755,000
9
9
$1,205,000
$1,152,000,000
25
$705,000
22
34
$1,165,000
$560,000,000
71
$950,000
—
66
$1,140,000
$2,430,000,000
3
$555,000
1
1
$1,135,000
$688,500,000
54
$680,000
42
87
$1,095,000
$710,000,000
50
$780,000
55
99
$1,090,000
$651,500,000
60
$525,000
32
13
$1,070,000
$478,000,000
78
$650,000
82
13
$1,065,000
$665,000,000
55
$785,000
64
79
$1,050,000
$427,500,000
87
$590,000
83
34
$1,000,000
$568,000,000
70
$805,000
88
59
$995,000
$391,000,000
97
$495,000
73
66
$970,000
$442,000,000
83
$785,000
—
—
$970,000
$426,500,000
88
$740,000
—
87
$960,000
$620,000,000
67
$660,000
52
87
$945,000
$384,500,000
100
$755,000
—
—
$940,000
$555,000,000
72
$720,000
75
79
$930,000
$1,850,000,000
10
$735,000
7
13
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The Global 100
2015 Global 100
PPEP Rank
The World’s Largest Firms, Ranked By Profits Per Equity Partner
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
92
93
94
95
96
97
100
Firm
Lawyers, Partners, Location
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
571 Lawyers, 111 Equity Partners, U.S.
Duane Morris
620 Lawyers, 122 Equity Partners, U.S.
Pinsent Masons
1,319 Lawyers, 156 Equity Partners, U.K.
Squire Patton Boggs 2
1,356 Lawyers, 154 Equity Partners, U.S.
K&L Gates
1,952 Lawyers, 252 Equity Partners, U.S.
Bryan Cave
977 Lawyers, 214 Equity Partners, U.S.
Baker & Hostetler
878 Lawyers, 171 Equity Partners, U.S.
Troutman Sanders
593 Lawyers, 197 Equity Partners, U.S.
CMS Legal Services 2
2,522 Lawyers, 514 Equity Partners, Germany (Verein)
Faegre Baker Daniels
672 Lawyers, 239 Equity Partners, U.S.
Nixon Peabody
573 Lawyers, 145 Equity Partners, U.S.
Bird & Bird
962 Lawyers, 91 Equity Partners, U.K.
J&A Garrigues
1,319 Lawyers, 243 Equity Partners, Spain
Dentons 2
2,285 Lawyers, 484 Equity Partners, U.S. (Verein)
Taylor Wessing
819 Lawyers, 196 Equity Partners, Germany
44 • ZGuide
Global 100 Rank
By Most Countries
Global 100 Rank
By Lawyers
V ereins and European Economic Interest Groups (EEIGs) differ structurally from other Global 100 firms, especially in regard to
profit sharing.
Profits Per
Equity Partner
Gross Revenue
Global 100 Rank
By Revenue
2
Revenue Per Lawyer
$925,000
$411,500,000
90
$720,000
—
79
$900,000
$428,000,000
86
$690,000
—
66
$890,000
$597,500,000
68
$455,000
28
34
$840,000
$870,500,000
40
$640,000
26
9
$830,000
$1,145,500,000
27
$585,000
16
19
$815,000
$635,500,000
65
$650,000
48
59
$810,000
$579,000,000
69
$660,000
59
—
$805,000
$422,500,000
89
$715,000
—
99
$775,000
$1,242,500,000
23
$495,000
6
2
$770,000
$456,500,000
81
$680,000
96
87
$760,000
$407,000,000
92
$710,000
—
99
$750,000
$432,500,000
85
$450,000
49
13
$735,000
$446,000,000
82
$340,000
28
27
$680,000
$1,275,000,000
19
$560,000
10
5
$640,000
$395,500,000
95
$485,000
68
19
ZGuide • 45
The Corporate Scorecard
Methodology
The Corporate Scorecard was published online by
The American Lawyer in April 2016, 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 of each year.
Mergers and Acquisitions and Buyouts data includes deals
with a North American–based target that were announced but
not necessarily completed in 2015, and were 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
IPOs include offerings by U.S. and foreign corporations in the
U.S. marketplace. Source: Thomson Reuters
Equities include includes 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
46 • ZGuide
Corporate Debt includes both investment-grade and highyield 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 certificates of deposit, general term notes, and issues by
federal credit agencies, sovereigns, and national governments.
Source: Thomson Reuters
Asset- and Mortgage-Backed Securities are counted as a single
offering when multiple classes of securities are issued together
with one legal adviser. Separate legal advisers are credited with
the separate securities they handled. Mortgage-backed securities
include commercial and residential offerings. Source: Thomson
Reuters
Municipal Bonds data is based on new long-term municipal issues.
Short-term, preliminary, and private placement issues are not
included. Source: Thomson Reuters
Project Finance data is based on deals signed and funded in 2015
and includes only non-recourse and limited recourse facilities.
Firms are credited for advising borrowers, concession awarders,
commercial lenders, multilateral lenders, export credit agencies,
guarantors, and divestors. Source: Thomson Reuters
REITs data includes equities and debt offerings by real
estate investment trusts.
Source: Thomson Reuters
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The Corporate Scorecard
Mergers & Acquisitions:
Principal Counsel, By Volume
Rank by Number
of Deals
Firm
Number of Deals
2016
2015
2016
2015
Kirkland & Ellis
1
1
380
DLA Piper
2
20
Latham & Watkins
3
2
Jones Day
4
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
5
Stikeman Elliott
White & Case
Value of Deals
(in millions)
2016
146
$379,431
265
46
$113,580
262
145
$708,299
6
257
93
$193,610
3
234
133
$945,092
5
18
234
48
$274,579
7
—
165
—
$651,820
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
8
4
149
101
$626,462
Goodwin Procter
9
—
138
—
$42,990
10
14
132
54
$539,805
Sullivan & Cromwell
Source: Mergermarket
Buyouts:
Principal Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Deals
Firm
Number of Deals
2016
2015
Value of Deals
(in millions)
2016
2015
Kirkland & Ellis
1
1
114
42
$18,745
Ropes & Gray
2
3
44
17
$21,400
Latham & Watkins
3
2
29
20
$16,007
Jones Day
4
—
28
—
$2,740
DLA Piper
5
—
23
—
$1,930
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
5
4
23
16
$16,996
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
7
8
22
8
$17,098
Goodwin Procter
8
—
21
—
$1,920
Winston & Strawn
9
—
21
—
$290
10
5
19
15
$28,285
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Source: Mergermarket
48 • ZGuide
2016
Years on charts indicate the year of the ranking, which is based on the previous years' transactions.
IPOs by U.S. Corporations:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Cooley
1
1
12
25
$1,331
Latham & Watkins
1
2
12
17
$1,836
Goodwin Procter
3
7
10
8
$1,160
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
3
3
10
15
$1,722
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
5
9
6
7
$5,253
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve
Franklin & Hachigian
6
24
4
2
$737
Ropes & Gray
6
9
4
7
$1,052
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
6
14
4
4
$1,039
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
6
11
4
6
$469
10
17
3
3
$2,308
King & Spalding
10
—
3
—
$325
Pepper Hamilton
10
—
3
—
$298
Reed Smith
10
24
3
2
$164
Vinson & Elkins
10
4
3
12
$1,682
Baker Botts
2016
Source: Thomson Reuters
IPOs by Non-U.S. Corporations:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Maples & Calder
1
1
4
14
2016
AllBright Law Offices
2
—
3
—
$31
Conyers Dill & Pearman
3
3
2
6
$188
Cooley
3
11
2
2
$202
Goodwin Procter
3
11
2
2
$292
Latham & Watkins
3
11
2
2
$84
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
3
1
2
14
$43
$98
Source: Thomson Reuters
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The Corporate Scorecard
Equities by U.S. Corporations:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Latham & Watkins
1
1
38
34
Cooley
2
3
37
28
$4,457
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
3
6
26
18
$13,949
Vinson & Elkins
3
2
26
33
$9,193
Ropes & Gray
5
17
19
10
$5,663
Goodwin Procter
6
11
18
14
$2,545
Kirkland & Ellis
7
6
14
18
$4,153
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
7
4
14
21
$9,097
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
7
10
14
15
$2,057
10
12
13
13
$4,496
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
2016
$9,763
Source: Thomson Reuters
Equities by Non-U.S. Corporations:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Seward & Kissel
1
17
7
2
$877
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
2
5
4
6
$2,693
Davis Polk & Wardwell
2
11
4
3
$416
Dorsey & Whitney
2
—
4
—
$109
Haynes and Boone
2
—
4
—
$48
Conyers Dill & Pearman
6
1
3
12
$486
Cooley
6
17
3
2
$488
Goodwin Procter
6
17
3
2
$196
Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy,
Greenberg & Co.
6
—
3
—
$34
Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal
6
34
3
1
$328
NautaDutilh
6
17
3
2
$2,119
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
6
5
3
6
$61
White & Case
6
11
3
3
$328
Source: Thomson Reuters
50 • ZGuide
2016
Years on charts indicate the year of the ranking, which is based on the previous years' transactions.
Investment-Grade Debt:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Davis Polk & Wardwell
1
1
51
59
$109,834
2016
Sidley Austin
2
4
44
39
$17,500
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
2
2
44
47
$61,332
McGuireWoods
4
25
43
8
$24,432
Sullivan & Cromwell
5
5
42
38
$52,381
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
6
3
31
40
$57,776
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
7
6
28
37
$56,248
Latham & Watkins
7
10
28
20
$26,004
Mayer Brown
9
10
26
20
$28,912
Allen & Overy
10
8
20
26
$11,573
Source: Thomson Reuters
High-Yield Debt:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Kirkland & Ellis
1
3
40
49
$23,101
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
2
—
36
—
$27,289
Latham & Watkins
3
1
34
58
$16,027
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
4
4
26
37
$33,021
Vinson & Elkins
5
5
19
27
$10,533
Ropes & Gray
6
28
18
6
$13,886
Davis Polk & Wardwell
7
7
17
23
$15,270
Sullivan & Cromwell
8
14
14
12
$11,268
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
9
8
13
20
$4,500
10
5
12
27
$9,271
White & Case
2016
Source: Thomson Reuters
Asset-Backed Securities:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Mayer Brown
1
1
55
51
$37,735
2016
Sidley Austin
2
3
44
26
$20,850
Kirkland & Ellis
3
8
25
22
$17,277
Maples & Calder
3
4
25
25
$5,201
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
5
4
19
25
$11,185
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
6
4
18
25
$5,491
White & Case
6
7
18
23
$5,980
Dechert
8
11
13
6
$3,862
Alston & Bird
9
—
7
—
$4,165
Ashurst
9
15
7
2
$2,126
Latham & Watkins
9
—
7
—
$1,415
Source: Thomson Reuters
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The Corporate Scorecard
Mortgage-Backed Securities:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
2016
2015
Sidley Austin
1
2
46
Mayer Brown
2
6
Clifford Chance
3
—
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
3
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
5
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Borden Ladner Gervais
Slaughter and May
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
34
$27,002
8
7
$1,275
6
—
$1,300
7
6
2
$4,283
3
4
15
$1,670
6
1
3
72
$1,605
7
—
1
—
$4,056
7
—
1
—
$1,037
Source: Thomson Reuters
Municipal Bonds:
Bond Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Gilmore & Bell
1
1
465
420
$9,128
McCall, Parkhurst & Horton
2
3
439
359
$14,860
Kutak Rock
3
7
411
305
$13,334
Chapman and Cutler
4
2
408
393
$8,510
Quarles & Brady
5
4
399
345
$3,270
Hawkins Delafield & Wood
6
8
397
301
$23,078
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
7
6
391
321
$37,544
Norton Rose Fulbright
8
5
375
327
$14,083
Dinsmore & Shohl
9
9
257
257
$4,748
10
11
253
217
$5,798
Locke Lord
2016
Source: Thomson Reuters
Project Finance:
Lead Counsel, by Number of Financings
Rank by Number
of Financings
Firm
Number of
Financings
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
Allen & Overy
1
1
86
77
$21,710
Clifford Chance
2
4
83
63
$17,526
Norton Rose Fulbright
3
3
67
64
$14,783
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
4
2
55
72
$15,679
Latham & Watkins
5
5
54
52
$11,099
Herbert Smith Freehills
6
6
52
51
$10,464
Linklaters
7
8
50
44
$13,396
Desai & Diwanji
8
11
49
35
$10,363
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e
Quiroga Advogados
8
24
49
17
$3,338
Ashurst
10
9
48
38
$10,531
White & Case
10
7
48
48
$19,017
Source: Dealogic
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Years on charts indicate the year of the ranking, which is based on the previous years' transactions.
REIT Equities:
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Venable
1
1
30
45
$5,253
2016
Latham & Watkins
2
3
8
7
$1,518
Morrison & Foerster
3
13
7
3
$578
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
3
8
7
4
$2,145
Goodwin Procter
5
3
6
7
$843
Clifford Chance
6
8
5
4
$735
Hogan Lovells
7
3
4
7
$873
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
7
6
4
6
$1,091
Baker & McKenzie
9
8
3
4
$303
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &
Berkowitz
9
29
3
1
$563
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
9
—
3
—
$302
Hunton & Williams
9
2
3
11
$130
Kutak Rock
9
—
3
1
$621
Source: Thomson Reuters
REIT Debt :
Issuers Counsel, by Volume
Rank by Number
of Issues
Firm
Number of Issues
2016
2015
Proceeds
(in millions)
2016
2015
Latham & Watkins
1
1
4
8
$1,416
2016
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
1
1
4
8
$2,653
Hogan Lovells
3
3
3
5
$798
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3
19
3
1
$660
Allen & Overy
5
5
2
4
$759
CMS Legal Services
5
—
2
—
$921
Dentons
5
—
2
—
$647
DLA Piper
5
5
2
4
$1,032
Goodwin Procter
5
10
2
2
$773
$1,079
Herbert Smith Freehills
5
19
2
1
Jones Day
5
19
2
1
$893
Mayer Brown
5
9
2
3
$1,533
Morrison & Foerster
5
19
2
1
$598
Sidley Austin
5
—
2
—
$1,592
Source: Thomson Reuters
ZGuide • 53
Law Firm Index
A
Adams and Reese, 22, 31
Akerman, 18, 30
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 6, 25, 38, 50
AllBright Law Offices, 49
Allen & Overy, 38, 51, 52, 53
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, 14, 25
Alston & Bird, 8, 26, 40, 51
Andrews Kurth, 10, 26
Archer & Greiner, 22, 33
Arent Fox, 14, 28
Armstrong Teasdale, 20, 31
Arnall Golden Gregory, 16, 29
Arnold & Porter, 10, 27, 40
Ashurst, 40, 51, 52
B
Baker & Hostetler, 14, 30, 44
Baker & McKenzie, 10, 31, 42, 53
Baker Botts, 8, 25, 38, 49
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, 22, 33, 53
Ballard Spahr, 18, 30
Barnes & Thornburg, 14, 26
Berwin Leighton Paisner, 42
Bingham McCutchen, 40
Bird & Bird, 44
Blank Rome, 14, 29
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, 4, 24
Bond, Schoeneck & King, 22, 33
Borden Ladner Gervais, 52
Bracewell & Giuliani, 10, 28
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, 18, 28
Brown Rudnick, 10, 26
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, 14, 27
Bryan Cave, 16, 31, 44
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, 18, 32
BuckleySandler, 4, 24
Burr & Forman, 22, 32
C
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 6, 29, 38, 52
Cahill Gordon & Reindel, 4, 24
Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, 16, 28
Chadbourne & Parke, 10, 31
Chapman and Cutler, 12, 26, 52
Choate Hall & Stewart, 6, 24
Clark Hill, 20, 33
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, 4, 26, 36, 51
Clifford Chance, 38, 52, 53
Clyde & Co, 42
CMS Legal Services, 44, 53
Conyers Dill & Pearman, 49, 50
Cooley, 6, 25, 38, 49, 50
Covington & Burling, 10, 27, 40
Cozen O'Connor, 16, 30
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, 4, 24, 36, 50, 53
Crowell & Moring, 12, 30
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, 10, 33
D
Davis Polk & Wardwell, 4, 25, 36, 50, 51
Davis Wright Tremaine, 18, 29
Day Pitney, 18, 30
Debevoise & Plimpton, 4, 25, 36
Dechert, 6, 25, 36, 51
Dentons, 44, 53
Desai & Diwanji, 52
Dickinson Wright, 20, 32
Dinsmore & Shohl, 22, 33, 52
DLA Piper, 8, 31, 40, 48, 53
Dorsey & Whitney, 18, 31, 50
Drinker Biddle & Reath, 16, 29
Duane Morris, 14, 30, 44
Dykema Gossett, 22, 33
E
Eversheds, 42
F
Faegre Baker Daniels, 16, 28, 44
Fenwick & West, 8, 26
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, 10, 27
Fish & Richardson, 10, 25
Fisher & Phillips, 20, 31
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, 18, 32
Foley & Lardner, 12, 28, 42
Foley Hoag, 12, 28
Fox Rothschild, 16, 31
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, 6, 31, 38
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 38
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, 6, 25, 38
Frost Brown Todd, 22, 32
G
Gardere Wynne Sewell, 16, 28
Gibbons, 16, 30
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 4, 24, 36
Gilmore & Bell, 52
Goodwin Procter, 6, 25, 38, 48, 49, 50, 53
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, 16, 33
Goulston & Storrs, 16, 26
GrayRobinson, 22, 31
Greenberg Traurig, 10, 27, 40
Greenspoon Marder, 20, 32
Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co., 50
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, 49
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Law Firm Index
H
Hawkins Delafield & Wood, 52
Haynes and Boone, 14, 30, 50
Herbert Smith Freehills, 40, 52, 53
Herrick, Feinstein, 14, 29
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, 18, 29
Hinshaw & Culbertson, 20, 32
Hogan Lovells, 10, 29, 42, 53
Holland & Hart, 22, 32
Holland & Knight, 10, 28, 42
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, 16, 25
Hughes Hubbard & Reed, 6, 26, 38
Hunton & Williams, 14, 29, 42, 53
Husch Blackwell, 18, 32
I
Ice Miller, 18, 29
Irell & Manella, 4, 24
J
J&A Garrigues, 44
Jackson Lewis, 18, 32
Jackson Walker, 14, 27
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, 8, 24
Jenner & Block, 8, 25, 40
Jones Day, 12, 28, 42, 48, 53
K
K&L Gates, 14, 30, 44
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, 6, 27
Katten Muchin Rosenman, 8, 26, 40
Kaye Scholer, 10, 27
Kelley Drye & Warren, 14, 30
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, 14, 31, 44
King & Spalding, 6, 25, 36, 49
Kirkland & Ellis, 4, 24, 36, 48, 50, 51
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, 20, 31
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, 8, 26
Kutak Rock, 22, 32, 52, 53
L
Lane Powell, 22, 32
Latham & Watkins, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
Lathrop & Gage, 20, 33
LeClairRyan, 22, 33
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, 16, 32
Lewis Roca Rothgerber, 20, 31
Linklaters, 38, 52
Littler Mendelson, 22, 33
Locke Lord, 14, 31, 42, 52
Loeb & Loeb, 10, 27
Lowenstein Sandler, 8, 27
Loyens & Loeff, 42
M
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, 10, 27
Maples & Calder, 49, 51
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, 52
Mayer Brown, 8, 28, 40, 51, 52, 53
McCall, Parkhurst & Horton, 52
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McCarter & English, 18, 32
McDermott Will & Emery, 8, 26, 40
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, 12, 33
McGuireWoods, 12, 30, 42, 51
Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal, 50
Michael Best & Friedrich, 20, 31
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 4, 24, 36, 52
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, 22, 32
Minter Ellison, 42
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, 12, 29
Moore & Van Allen, 12, 27
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 8, 26, 40, 51, 52
Morris, Manning & Martin, 12, 27
Morrison & Foerster, 8, 26, 40, 53
Munger, Tolles & Olson, 6, 24
N
NautaDutilh, 50
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, 16, 29
Nixon Peabody, 14, 30, 44
Norton Rose Fulbright, 20, 33, 52
Nossaman, 20, 29
O
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, 18, 32
O'Melveny & Myers, 8, 26, 40
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, 8, 27, 40, 52
P
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, 8, 26
Paul Hastings, 6, 24, 36
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 4, 24, 36, 48, 51
Pepper Hamilton, 12, 28, 42, 49
Perkins Coie, 12, 28, 42
Phelps Dunbar, 22, 33
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, 10, 27, 42, 53
Pinsent Masons, 44
Polsinelli, 16, 31
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, 20, 32
Proskauer Rose, 6, 25, 38
Q
Quarles & Brady, 20, 30, 52
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, 4, 24, 36
R
Reed Smith, 12, 29, 42, 49
Robins Kaplan, 10, 27
Robinson & Cole, 22, 33
Ropes & Gray, 6, 25, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51
Rutan & Tucker, 20, 29
S
Saul Ewing, 18, 31
Schiff Hardin, 12, 27
Schulte Roth & Zabel, 6, 25, 38
Sedgwick, 18, 33
Seward & Kissel, 50
Seyfarth Shaw, 12, 29, 42
Shearman & Sterling, 8, 28, 38
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Law Firm Index
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, 10, 26, 40
Sherman & Howard, 18, 29
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 16, 31
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, 22, 29
Shutts & Bowen, 16, 28
Sidley Austin, 6, 25, 38, 51, 52, 53
Sills Cummis & Gross, 14, 31
Simmons & Simmons, 42
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 4, 24, 36, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53
Slaughter and May, 36, 52
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, 18, 32
Snell & Wilmer, 16, 30
Squire Patton Boggs, 16, 33, 44
Steptoe & Johnson, 14, 29
Stikeman Elliott, 48
Stinson Leonard Street, 18, 30
Stoel Rives, 20, 30
Strasburger & Price, 22, 33
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, 10, 27
Sullivan & Cromwell, 4, 24, 36, 48, 51
Sullivan & Worcester, 16, 30
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, 12, 28
T
Taylor Wessing, 44
Thompson & Knight, 14, 27
Thompson Coburn, 20, 30
Thompson Hine, 18, 32
Troutman Sanders, 12, 28, 44
V
Vedder Price, 14, 27
Venable, 12, 28, 42, 53
Vinson & Elkins, 6, 25, 38, 49, 50, 51
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, 20, 32
W
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 4, 24, 36
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, 4, 26, 36, 48, 49
White & Case, 6, 28, 38, 48, 50, 51, 52
Wiley Rein, 12, 29
Williams & Connolly, 8, 25, 40
Williams Mullen, 20, 33
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, 4, 24, 36
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, 8, 25, 40, 49, 50
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, 22, 33
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 6, 26, 38, 49
Winstead, 12, 28
Winston & Strawn, 8, 26, 40, 48
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, 20, 30
58 • ZGuide
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