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    Global London rank by no. of lawyers Firm name Date founded Total fee-earners (% change on previous year) Total partners English-qualified lawyers Other qualified lawyers Partner promotions in latest round (as % of total London partners) Change in London lawyer headcount 2012-17
    1 White & Case Office founded: 1971 446 0% 105 348 104 7 7% 47%
    2 Dentons Office founded: 1788 416 8% 121 356 48 4 3% n/a
    3 Baker McKenzie Office founded: 1961 401 3% 90 356 10 5 6% 1%
    4 Latham & Watkins Office founded: 1990 378 15% 74 283 114 2 3% 57%
    5 Reed Smith Office founded: 2001 366 0% 118 349 17 5 4% 16%
    6 Kirkland & Ellis Office founded: 1994 237 27% 86 186 51 13 15% 86%
    7 Mayer Brown Office founded: 1974 230 -6% 80 174 56 4 5% -18%
    8 Jones Day Office founded: 1986 193 -4% 60 183 10 1 2% 16%
    9 Shearman & Sterling Office founded: 1972 178 -7% 36 112 66 3 8% 27%
    10 Squire Patton Boggs Office founded: 1991 176 8% 53 123 53 1 2% n/a
    11 Weil, Gotshal & Manges Office founded: 1996 170 -2% 30 156 14 0% 20%
    12 Dechert Office founded: 1972 160 -3% 43 134 26 1 2% 22%
    13 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Office founded: 1988 146 -2% 30 116 30 0% 18%
    14 Sidley Austin Office founded: 1974 141 5% 45 119 22 0% 31%
    15 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Office founded: 1971 140 21% 21 113 27 1 5% 30%
    16 Debevoise & Plimpton Office founded: 1989 132 10% 20 115 17 1 5% 43%
    17 Ropes & Gray Office founded: 2009 125 -13% 27 73 52 2 7% 123%
    18 K&L Gates Office founded: 2005 122 -8% 49 117 5 3 6% -2%
    19 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy Office founded: 1979 116 1% 22 97 19 1 5% 81%
    20 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Office founded: 1997 109 18% 39 90 19 1 3% 241%
    21 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Office founded: 1998 100 5% 31 82 18 3 10% 39%
    22 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Office founded: 1981 95 20% 33 95 0% 171%
    23 Covington & Burling Office founded: 1988 93 12% 24 85 8 2 8% 22%
    24 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Office founded: 1978 92 -21% 20 70 22 1 5% 42%
    25 Greenberg Traurig Office founded: 2009 87 85% 29 82 5 1 3% 102%
    26 Paul Hastings Office founded: 1997 87 -6% 28 79 8 100% 4% 78%
    27 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Office founded: 1979 81 5% 26 81 200% 8% 72%
    28 Cooley Office founded: 2015 80 1% 27 76 4 0% 0% n/a
    29 Goodwin Procter Office founded: 2011 77 7% 23 48 29 0% 0% n/a
    30 Sullivan & Cromwell Office founded: 1972 76 -11% 19 44 32 0% 0% 19%
    31 Proskauer Rose Office founded: 2007 74 17% 25 55 19 300% 12% 184%
    32 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Office founded: 1997 70 9% 16 38 32 200% 13% n/a
    33 Arnold & Porter Office founded: 1997 62 -10% 17 49 13 0% 0% 51%
    34 Vinson & Elkins Office founded: 1971 61 13% 18 58 3 300% 17% 36%
    35 Morrison & Foerster Office founded: 1980 58 12% 19 52 6 0% 0% 21%
    36 Davis Polk & Wardwell Office founded: 1972 57 6% 9 27 30 100% 11% 54%
    37 McDermott Will & Emery Office founded: 1998 56 10% 24 50 6 100% 4% 24%
    38 Brown Rudnick Office founded: 1997 55 -2% 29 55 100% 3% 41%
    39 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Office founded: 1972 54 -8% 11 23 31 0% 0% 29%
    40 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan Office founded: 2008 51 -4% 18 39 12 0% 0% 89%
    41 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Office founded: 1970 51 4% 14 50 1 100% 6% 31%
    42 King & Spalding Office founded: 2003 47 0% 24 42 5 100% 4% 88%
    43 Cravath, Swaine & Moore Office founded: 1973 40 0% 3 40 0% 0% 67%
    44 Bryan Cave Office founded: 1982 39 -3% 12 34 5 100% 8% 11%
    45 Baker Botts Office founded: 1998 34 0% 14 28 6 0% 0% n/a
    46 McGuireWoods Office founded: 2009 33 3% 17 29 4 100% 6% -20%
    47 Winston & Strawn Office founded: 2003 33 -3% 13 28 5 0% 0% n/a
    48 O’Melveny & Myers Office founded: 1986 30 -6% 8 29 1 0% 0% 7%
    49 Gide Loyrette Nouel Office founded: 2003 29 -6% 6 19 10 0% 0% -19%
    50 Dorsey & Whitney Office founded: 1986 28 8% 15 24 4 200% 13% -28%