This list of the world’s largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:
1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
2. Linklaters, £935.2m – International (UK);
3. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, £884.6m – New York City (USA);
4. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, £882.1m – International (UK);
5. Latham & Watkins, £776.1m – National (USA);
6. Baker & McKenzie, £742.9m – International (USA);
7. Allen & Overy, £736.3m – International (UK);
8. Jones Day, £706.0m – National (USA);
9. Sidley Austin, £617.6m – International (USA);
10. White & Case, £574.7m – International (USA);
11. Weil, Gotshal & Manges, £558.5m – New York City (USA);
12. Mayer Brown, £538.5m – International (USA);
13. Kirkland & Ellis, £533.0m – Chicago (USA);
14. DLA Piper (USA), £489.3m – National (USA);
15. Sullivan & Cromwell, £480.8m – New York City (USA);
16. Greenberg Traurig, £472.8m – National (USA);
17. Shearman & Sterling, £458.8m – International (USA);
18. Wilmer Hale – £447.8m, Washington, D.C. (USA);
19. O’Melveny & Myers, £444.0m – Los Angeles (USA);
20. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, £442.0m – National (USA);
21. McDermott Will & Emery, £439.3m – National (USA);
22. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, £417.6m – New York City (USA);
23. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, £409.9m – Los Angeles (USA);
24. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, £399.5m – New York City (USA);
25. Lovells, £396.2m – International (UK);
26. Hogan & Hartson, £384.6m – National (USA);
27. Morrison & Foerster, £377.5m – San Francisco (USA);
28. DLA Piper (Europe), £366.5m – International (UK);
29. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, £366.5m – National (USA);
30. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, £339.6m – National (USA);
31. Foley & Lardner, £335.4m – Milwaukee (USA);
32. Davis Polk & Wardwell, £332.1m – New York City (USA);
33. Bingham McCutchen, £325.8m – National (USA);
34. Eversheds, £323.1m – International (UK);
35. Slaughter and May, £321.2m – London (UK);
36. Holland & Knight, £319.5m – National (USA);
37. Dechert , £317.0m – National (USA);
38. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, £315.4m – National (USA);
39. Winston & Strawn, £313.7m – Chicago (USA);
40. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, £309.3m – New York City (USA);
41. Reed Smith, £309.1m – Pittsburgh (USA);
42. Ropes & Gray, £306.6m – Boston (USA);
43. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, £304.4m – San Francisco (USA);
44. Fulbright & Jaworski, £296.2m – Houston (USA);
45. Herbert Smith, £296.2m – International (UK);
46. Debevoise & Plimpton, £294.2m – New York City (USA);
47. King & Spalding, £282.7m – Atlanta (USA);
48. Vinson & Elkins, £280.2m – Houston (USA);
49. Cravath, Swaine & Moore, £275.0m – New York City (USA);
50. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, £272.5m – New York City (USA);
51. Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft, £265.4m – New York City (USA);
52. Heller Ehrman, £261.0m – San Francisco (USA);
53. Hunton & Williams, £261.0m – Richmond, Virginia (USA);
54. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham – £257.71m – National (USA);
55. Arnold & Porter, £255.8m – Washington, D.C. (USA);
56. Proskauer Rose, £249.2m – New York City (USA);
57. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, £246.2m – Chicago (USA);
58. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, £243.4m – New York City (USA);
59. Willkie Farr & Gallagher, £243.4m – New York City (USA);
60. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, £241.8m – National (USA);
61. Baker Botts, £238.7m – Houston (USA);
62. Goodwin Procter, £228.0m – Boston (USA);
63. Simmons & Simmons, £226.9m – International (UK);
64. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, £226.4m – Palo Alto (USA);
65. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, £225.3m – National (USA);
66. Bryan Cave, £219.0m – National (USA);
67. Alston & Bird, £217.0m – Atlanta (USA);
68. Dewey Ballantine, £215.7m – New York City (USA);
69. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, £214.3m – New York City (USA);
70. Ashurst, £214.0m – International (UK);
71. Katten Muchin Rosenman, £212.4m – Chicago (USA);
72. Howrey, £211.3m – Washington, D.C. (USA);
73. Kaye Scholer, £210.7m – New York City (USA);
74. Norton Rose, £210.2m – International (UK);
75. Covington & Burling, £208.8m – Washington, D.C. (USA);
76. Nixon Peabody, £205.2m – National (USA);
77. McCarthy Tétrault, £203.8m – National (Canada);
78. Freehills, £194.8m – National (Australia);
79. Mallesons Stephen Jaques, £190.7m – National (Australia);
80. McGuireWoods, £187.4m – Richmond, Virginia (USA);
81. Seyfarth Shaw, £184.9m – National (USA);
82. CMS Cameron McKenna, £181.3m – International (UK);
83. Fidal, £181.3m – National (France);
84. Schulte Roth & Zabel, £176.4m – New York City (USA);
85. Dorsey & Whitney, £175.0m – Minneapolis (USA);
86. Perkins Coie, £174.7m – Seattle (USA);
87. Pinsent Masons, £172.0m – International (UK);
88. Minter Ellison, £171.7m – National (Australia);
89. Clayton Utz, £163.7m – National (Australia);
90. Cooley Godward, £163.7m – Palo Alto (USA);
91. Addleshaw Goddard, £161.3m – National (UK);
92. Duane Morris, £159.6m – Philadelphia (USA);
93. Jenner & Block, £158.0m – Chicago (USA);
94. Baker & Hostetler, £156.0m – Cleveland (USA);
95. Allens Arthur Robinson, £154.9m – National (Australia);
96. SJ Berwin, £154.9m – International (UK);
97. Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, £153.0m – Boston (USA);
98. Thelen Reid & Priest, £152.7m – San Francisco (USA);
99. Loyens & Loeff, £151.9m – Rotterdam (Netherlands);
100. Denton Wilde Sapte, £147.5m – International (UK).