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Network, Law Firm and Big 4 Legal Size Type Billings Founded Jurisd’s Offices Members Registration
$ Billions 2012 75 100
PWC Legal Network 2,400 Global 1893 74 UK
Jones Day 2,400 International $500 mm n/a n/a n/a
Ally Law 2,300 Global $1.716 - 14 61 US
Lexwork International 2,100 International n/a n/a 41 US
KL Gates 2,000 International (est.) - 32 46
Latham Watkins 2,000 International (est.) 1743 US
Lawnet Limited 2,000 UK 1930 n/a
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2,000 International $1.1 1987 62 UK
Allen & Overy 2,000 International $2.226 n/a UK
Clifford Chance 2,000 International 1886 n/a UK
White & Case 1,906 International (est.) 1948 n/a UK
Sidley Austin 1,900 International
Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & 1,850 International $1.922 US
Flom $1.924 n/a US
Ashurst $2.12 n/a US
Linklaters $1.35
Kirkland and Ellis
Garrigues $1.8
Consulegis $2.21
Deloitte Legal Network
Alliott Group 1,800 International $1.7 1838 n/a UK
E&Y Legal Network 1,700 International $1.98 1909 n/a UK
KPMG Legal Network 1,700 International $2.016 US
1,700 International 1963 163 150 40 Spain
1,600 Regional $.8 2012 n/a Switzerland
1,500 Global 1979 169 UK
1,500 Global (est.) 2013 n/a UK
1,100 Global (est.) 2012 n/a UK
1,000 Global (est.) Switzerland
(est.)
(est.)
Definitions:
Network – an association of independent firms that performs services under their own names.
Law Firm – an organization which operates under a common brand. This would include vereins which are
organizations composed of independent firms.11
Global – More than 100 offices in 50 or more countries
International – More than 50 offices in 25 countries
Regional – an association with more than 70% is located in a region or a country (U.S.)
Sources:
Law Firms “The 2015 Am Law 100: Rising, Profits Pooing and A New #1”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_100_largest_law_firms_by_revenue
Law Firm Yellow Book, Leadership Directories, Summer 2015.
Law Firm Networks – The Future of the Legal Profession
11 A number of authors, consultants, academics have questioned whether a verein is a law firm or in simply a branded network.
Mark A. Cohen, Interview with Lee Pacchia, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgmOQBaBrI, Feb. 18, 2016; Michael Siebold, Are Global Law
Firms Networks in Disguise? THE LAWYER (Jan. 25, 2016), http://www.thelawyer.com/are-global-law-firms-networks-in-disguise/; Mark A. Cohen,
Has the Legal Services Deck Been Reshuffled? Bloomberg Law (Feb. 10, 2016), https://bol.bna.com/has-the-legal-services-deck-been-reshuffled/;
Douglas R. Richmond & Mathew K. Corbin, Professional Responsibility and Liability Aspect of Vereins, the Swiss Army Knife of Global Law Firm
Combinations, 88 St. John’s L. Rev. 917 (2014); see also Edwin B. Reseser & Martin J. Foley, Are Verein-Style Law Firms Ignoring Fee-Splitting Ethic
Rules? ABA JOURNAL, Oct. 1, 2013, www.abajournal.com/mobile/article/are_verein-style_law_firms_ignoring_fee-splitting_ethics_rules.
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$ Billions 2012 75 100
PWC Legal Network 2,400 Global 1893 74 UK
Jones Day 2,400 International $500 mm n/a n/a n/a
Ally Law 2,300 Global $1.716 - 14 61 US
Lexwork International 2,100 International n/a n/a 41 US
KL Gates 2,000 International (est.) - 32 46
Latham Watkins 2,000 International (est.) 1743 US
Lawnet Limited 2,000 UK 1930 n/a
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2,000 International $1.1 1987 62 UK
Allen & Overy 2,000 International $2.226 n/a UK
Clifford Chance 2,000 International 1886 n/a UK
White & Case 1,906 International (est.) 1948 n/a UK
Sidley Austin 1,900 International
Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & 1,850 International $1.922 US
Flom $1.924 n/a US
Ashurst $2.12 n/a US
Linklaters $1.35
Kirkland and Ellis
Garrigues $1.8
Consulegis $2.21
Deloitte Legal Network
Alliott Group 1,800 International $1.7 1838 n/a UK
E&Y Legal Network 1,700 International $1.98 1909 n/a UK
KPMG Legal Network 1,700 International $2.016 US
1,700 International 1963 163 150 40 Spain
1,600 Regional $.8 2012 n/a Switzerland
1,500 Global 1979 169 UK
1,500 Global (est.) 2013 n/a UK
1,100 Global (est.) 2012 n/a UK
1,000 Global (est.) Switzerland
(est.)
(est.)
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.11
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
11 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, Feb. 18, 2016; Michael Siebold, Are Global Law
Firms Networks in Disguise? THE LAWYER (Jan. 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 (Feb. 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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