Global London 2021: Main table

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Global London rank	Firm name	Date founded	Total fee-earners	% change on previous yr	Total partners	English qualified lawyers in office	Other qualified lawyers in office	Partner promotions in latest round	(as % of total London partners)	Change in London lawyer headcount 2015-20
1	Baker McKenzie	1961	517	-6%	126	440	77	8	6%	32%
2	Latham & Watkins	1990	485	8%	109	411	74	3	3%	56%
3	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	1932	453	-8%	132	440	13	4	3%	n/a
4	White & Case	1971	441	6%	113	394	47	9	8%	5%
5	Dentons	1788	421	-4%	119	383	38	3	3%	15%
6	Reed Smith	2001	365	-4%	124	339	26	12	10%	4%
7	Kirkland & Ellis	1994	353	4%	137	281	72	19	14%	103%
8	Mayer Brown	1974	279	7%	87	247	32	2	2%	10%
9	Weil	1996	208	7%	41	183	25	3	7%	30%
10	Milbank	1979	164	3%	32	131	33	2	6%	55%
11	Dechert	1972	162	-4%	46	140	22	4	9%	28%
12	Sidley Austin	1974	153	0%	42	118	35	4	10%	42%
13	Jones Day	1986	151	-17%	54	149	2	2	4%	-32%
14	Skadden	1988	151	5%	30	118	33	1	3%	21%
15	Shearman & Sterling	1972	149	1%	32	128	21	0	0%	-22%
16	Squire Patton Boggs	1991	141	-4%	43	135	6	1	4%	-15%
17	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld	1997	140	4%	46	125	15	0	0%	44%
18	Goodwin	2011	133	13%	42	115	18	0	0%	329%
19	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	1978	132	27%	28	91	41	3	11%	25%
20	Ropes & Gray	2009	130	6%	23	101	29	0	0%	-2%
21	Debevoise & Plimpton	1989	128	4%	22	91	37	0	0%	16%
22	K&L Gates	2005	122	-8%	45	116	6	2	4%	3%
23	Covington	1988	119	8%	28	107	12	1	4%	38%
24	Paul Hastings	1997	115	0%	31	101	14	0	0%	26%
25	Cleary Gottlieb	1971	111	-8%	21	98	13	2	2%	-5%
26	Orrick	1998	107	8%	39	99	8	3	8%	32%
27	Morgan Lewis	1981	95	-9%	41	91	4	2	5%	53%
28	Morrison & Foerster	1980	95	3%	27	81	14	1	4%	107%
29	Gibson Dunn	1979	94	2%	29	86	8	0	0%	36%
30	Proskauer	2007	92	11%	30	84	8	2	7%	80%
31	Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan	2008	92	3%	23	67	25	2	10%	188%
32	Cooley	2015	91	-9%	28	89	2	1	4%	38%
33	Greenberg Traurig	2009	89	0%	30	84	5	0	0%	85%
34	Fried Frank	1970	79	-5%	20	64	15	0	0%	119%
35	Willkie Farr & Gallagher	1988	86	12%	25	67	19	2	8%	n/a
36	Vinson & Elkins	1971	78	3%	16	65	13	1	6%	81%
37	McDermott Will & Emery	1998	74	-1%	30	69	5	5	17%	80%
38	Sullivan & Cromwell	1972	68	-4%	18	42	26	0	0%	-12%
39	Womble Bond Dickinson	2003	67	6%	24	65	2	0	0%	n/a
40	Brown Rudnick	1997	63	5%	32	63	0	0	0%	26%
41	WilmerHale	1972	62	-5%	9	23	39	0	0	-18%
42	Cadwalader	1997	60	2%	20	49	11	1	5%	7%
43	Davis Polk	1972	58	14%	8	37	21	0	0%	0%
44	King & Spalding	2003	57	-10%	22	48	9	1	5%	8%
45	Arnold & Porter	1997	48	-8%	17	41	7	0	0%	9%
46	Baker Botts	1998	45	0%	19	38	7	1	5%	32%
47	Armstrong Teasdale	2021	37	n/a	16	37	0	0	0%	n/a
48	Winston & Strawn	2003	35	3%	13	31	4	0	0%	n/a
49	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath	1983	34	n/a	12	34	0	2	17%	n/a
50	Locke Lord	2012	31	-14%	14	29	2	1	7%	-9%

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