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Network, Law Firm and Big 4 Legal Size Type Billings Founded Jurisd’s Offices Members Registration
$ Billions
Hogan Lovells (verein) 2,500 Global $1.8 2011 40 n/a Switzerland
International Alliance of Law Firms 2,500 International (est.) 2000 50 US
PWC Legal Network 2,400 Global $500 mm 2012 75 100 74 UK
Jones Day 2,400 International $1.716 1893 n/a
Ally Law 2,300 Global (est.) 61 US
Lexwork International 2,100 International (est.) - n/a n/a 41 US
KL Gates 2,000 International $1.1 US
Latham Watkins 2,000 International $2.226 14 n/a
Lawnet Limited 2,000 UK (est.) - n/a n/a 62 UK
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2,000 International $1.922 1743 n/a UK
Allen & Overy 2,000 International $1.924 1930 32 46 n/a UK
Clifford Chance 2,000 International $2.12 1987 n/a UK
White & Case 1,906 International $1.35 US
Sidley Austin 1,900 International $1.8 1886 n/a US
Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & 1,850 International $2.21 1948 n/a US
Flom
Ashurst 1,800 International $1.7 UK
Linklaters 1,700 International $1.98 1838 n/a UK
Kirkland and Ellis 1,700 International $2.016 1909 n/a US
Garrigues 1,700 International $.8 Spain
Consulegis 1,600 Regional (est.) 1963 150 40 Switzerland
Deloitte Legal Network 1,500 Global (est.) 2012 n/a UK
Alliott Group 1,500 Global (est.) 1979 163 169 UK
E&Y Legal Network 1,100 Global (est.) 2013 n/a UK
KPMG Legal Network 1,000 Global (est.) 2012 n/a Switzerland
Definitions:
Network – an association of independent firms that performs services under their own names.
Law Firm – an organization which operates under a common brand. This would include vereins which are
organizations composed of independent firms.25
Global – More than 100 offices in 50 or more countries
International – More than 50 offices in 25 countries
Regional – an association with more than 70% is located in a region or a country (U.S.)
Sources:
Law Firms “The 2015 Am Law 100: Rising, Profits Pooing and A New #1”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100_largest_law_firms_by_revenue
Law Firm Yellow Book, Leadership Directories, Summer 2015.
Law Firm Networks – The Future of the Legal Profession
25 A number of authors, consultants, academics have questioned whether a verein is a law firm or in simply a branded network.
Mark A. Cohen, Interview with Lee Pacchia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgmOQBaBrI, February 18, 2016, Michael
Siebold, Are global law firms networks in disguise? The Lawyer, January 25, 2016, http://www.thelawyer.com/are-global-law-
firms-networks-in-disguise/, Mark A. Cohen, Has the Legal Services Deck Been Reshuffled?, Bloomberg Law, February 10,
2016, https://bol.bna.com/has-the-legal-services-deck-been-reshuffled/, Douglas R. Richmond & Mathew K. Corbin, Professional
Responsibility and Liability Aspect of Vereins, the Swiss Army Knife of Global Law Firm Combinations, 88 St. John’s L. Rev.
917 (2014); see also Edwin B. Reseser & Martin J. Foley, Are Verein-Style Law Firms Ignoring Fee-Splitting Ethic Rules?, ABA
JOURNAL, Oct. 1, 2013, www.abajournal.com/mobile/article/are_verein-style_law_firms_ignoring_fee-splitting_ethics_rules.
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$ Billions
Hogan Lovells (verein) 2,500 Global $1.8 2011 40 n/a Switzerland
International Alliance of Law Firms 2,500 International (est.) 2000 50 US
PWC Legal Network 2,400 Global $500 mm 2012 75 100 74 UK
Jones Day 2,400 International $1.716 1893 n/a
Ally Law 2,300 Global (est.) 61 US
Lexwork International 2,100 International (est.) - n/a n/a 41 US
KL Gates 2,000 International $1.1 US
Latham Watkins 2,000 International $2.226 14 n/a
Lawnet Limited 2,000 UK (est.) - n/a n/a 62 UK
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2,000 International $1.922 1743 n/a UK
Allen & Overy 2,000 International $1.924 1930 32 46 n/a UK
Clifford Chance 2,000 International $2.12 1987 n/a UK
White & Case 1,906 International $1.35 US
Sidley Austin 1,900 International $1.8 1886 n/a US
Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & 1,850 International $2.21 1948 n/a US
Flom
Ashurst 1,800 International $1.7 UK
Linklaters 1,700 International $1.98 1838 n/a UK
Kirkland and Ellis 1,700 International $2.016 1909 n/a US
Garrigues 1,700 International $.8 Spain
Consulegis 1,600 Regional (est.) 1963 150 40 Switzerland
Deloitte Legal Network 1,500 Global (est.) 2012 n/a UK
Alliott Group 1,500 Global (est.) 1979 163 169 UK
E&Y Legal Network 1,100 Global (est.) 2013 n/a UK
KPMG Legal Network 1,000 Global (est.) 2012 n/a Switzerland
Definitions:
Network – an association of independent firms that performs services under their own names.
Law Firm – an organization which operates under a common brand. This would include vereins which are
organizations composed of independent firms.25
Global – More than 100 offices in 50 or more countries
International – More than 50 offices in 25 countries
Regional – an association with more than 70% is located in a region or a country (U.S.)
Sources:
Law Firms “The 2015 Am Law 100: Rising, Profits Pooing and A New #1”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100_largest_law_firms_by_revenue
Law Firm Yellow Book, Leadership Directories, Summer 2015.
Law Firm Networks – The Future of the Legal Profession
25 A number of authors, consultants, academics have questioned whether a verein is a law firm or in simply a branded network.
Mark A. Cohen, Interview with Lee Pacchia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgmOQBaBrI, February 18, 2016, Michael
Siebold, Are global law firms networks in disguise? The Lawyer, January 25, 2016, http://www.thelawyer.com/are-global-law-
firms-networks-in-disguise/, Mark A. Cohen, Has the Legal Services Deck Been Reshuffled?, Bloomberg Law, February 10,
2016, https://bol.bna.com/has-the-legal-services-deck-been-reshuffled/, Douglas R. Richmond & Mathew K. Corbin, Professional
Responsibility and Liability Aspect of Vereins, the Swiss Army Knife of Global Law Firm Combinations, 88 St. John’s L. Rev.
917 (2014); see also Edwin B. Reseser & Martin J. Foley, Are Verein-Style Law Firms Ignoring Fee-Splitting Ethic Rules?, ABA
JOURNAL, Oct. 1, 2013, www.abajournal.com/mobile/article/are_verein-style_law_firms_ignoring_fee-splitting_ethics_rules.
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