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Note: A few UK based law firms have merged with another entity which may be located outside of the UK for example London's Allen & Overy merged with New York's Shearman in May of 2024, the result of this is the removal of the US revenue and number of lawyers from the list to just account for its UK operations.
Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association. These are estimates and equity partners can make vastly different salaries inside the same firm. [2] For more up-to-date information on the US firms in this list, please refer to Largest US Law Firms Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner.
This is a list of the world's largest law firms based on the AmLaw Global 200 Rankings. [ 1 ] Firms marked with "(verein)" are structured as a Swiss association .
By 1931 there were around 100 female solicitors. [1] The first female-only law partnership was founded in 1933. [2] In 2010, a report by The Lawyer found that 22 percent of partners at the UK's top 100 firms were women; a follow-up report in 2015 found that figure had not changed. [3]
Numerous current and former law firms are considered notable. Law firms are typically ranked by profit per partner, or at a more general level, revenue. Some private directories also assign subjective rankings to law firms, including Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500, although these are falling out of favour. [1]
These can broadly be defined as law firms which: have offices in central London; are among the 100 largest law firms operating in the UK; have high average profits per partner; provide services relating to corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and financial services; and whose clients include large corporates and financial institutions. [35]
Russell-Cooke is a UK top-100 London-based law firm. [1] The firm advises on an unusually broad mix of commercial, not for profit, regulatory and private client issues. Since its establishment in 1880 the firm has grown in size and now has more than 200 highly regarded specialist solicitors and lawyers.
The firm has also been recognized for its commitment to diversity as one of the “Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity” by Multicultural Law Magazine and as one of the “Best Law Firms for Women” by Working Mother. [19] Crowell & Moring was the first major D.C.-based law firm in Washington, D.C. to elect a female chair. [20]