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| Global London rank by no. of lawyers | Firm name | Founded | Total fee-earners | (% change on previous year) | Total partners | English qualifed lawyers | Other qualified lawyers | Partner promotions in latest round | (as % of total London partners) | Change in London lawyer headcount 2011-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White & Case | 1971 | 448 | 7% | 102 | 344 | 104 | 8 | 8% | 29% |
| 2 | Baker McKenzie | 1961 | 389 | -1% | 95 | 304 | 85 | 5 | 6% | 1% |
| 3 | Dentons | 1788 | 385 | 5% | 116 | 337 | 48 | 4 | 3% | N/A |
| 4 | Reed Smith | 2001 | 367 | 5% | 112 | 361 | 6 | 5 | 4% | 24% |
| 5 | Latham & Watkins | 1990 | 329 | 6% | 76 | 197 | 132 | 2 | 3% | 53% |
| 6 | Mayer Brown | 1974 | 245 | -3% | 86 | 201 | 44 | 2 | 2% | -17% |
| 7 | Jones Day | 1986 | 202 | -9% | 63 | 135 | 67 | 5 | 8% | 28% |
| 8 | Shearman & Sterling | 1972 | 191 | -1% | 37 | 119 | 72 | 0 | 0% | 68% |
| 9 | Kirkland & Ellis | 1994 | 187 | 7% | 69 | 150 | 37 | 6 | 9% | 63% |
| 10 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 1996 | 174 | 9% | 30 | 165 | 9 | 2 | 7% | 57% |
| 11 | Dechert | 1972 | 165 | 30% | 42 | 92 | 73 | 0 | 0% | 72% |
| 12 | Squire Patton Boggs | 1991 | 163 | -2% | 51 | 112 | 51 | 7 | 14% | N/A |
| 13 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 1988 | 149 | 0% | 31 | 111 | 38 | 2 | 6% | 25% |
| 14 | Ropes & Gray | 2009 | 144 | 8% | 34 | 88 | 56 | 2 | 6% | 289% |
| 15 | Sidley Austin | 1974 | 134 | 24% | 45 | 118 | 16 | 1 | 2% | 17% |
| 16 | K&L Gates | 2005 | 133 | 3% | 46 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 2% | 0% |
| 17 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 1989 | 120 | 9% | 18 | 97 | 23 | 2 | 11% | 38% |
| 18 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 1971 | 116 | -1% | 20 | 101 | 15 | 1 | 5% | 17% |
| 19 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 1978 | 116 | 9% | 21 | 78 | 38 | 0 | 0% | 115% |
| 20 | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy | 1979 | 115 | 8% | 22 | 103 | 12 | 0 | 0% | 113% |
| 21 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | 1998 | 95 | 17% | 29 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 3% | 40% |
| 22 | Paul Hastings | 1997 | 93 | 2% | 30 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 94% |
| 23 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | 1997 | 92 | -5% | 39 | 73 | 19 | 1 | 3% | 217% |
| 24 | Sullivan & Cromwell | 1972 | 85 | 10% | 21 | 46 | 39 | 1 | 5% | 31% |
| 25 | Covington & Burling | 1988 | 83 | -3% | 21 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 5% | 26% |
| 26 | Cooley | 2015 | 79 | 20% | 28 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 0% | N/A |
| 27 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 1981 | 79 | 27% | 32 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 295% |
| 28 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 1979 | 77 | 12% | 24 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 4% | 79% |
| 29 | Goodwin Procter | 2011 | 72 | 132% | 21 | 51 | 21 | 1 | 5% | N/A |
| 30 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr | 1972 | 70 | -8% | 8 | 22 | 48 | 1 | 13% | 94% |
| 31 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer | 1997 | 69 | N/A | 19 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 0% | N/A |
| 32 | Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft | 1997 | 64 | 14% | 16 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 13% | 204% |
| 33 | Proskauer Rose | 2007 | 63 | 24% | 21 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 271% |
| 34 | David Polk & Wardwell | 1972 | 58 | 7% | 9 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 11% | 66% |
| 35 | Brown Rudnick | 1997 | 55 | 10% | 30 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 7% | 49% |
| 36 | Vinson & Elkins | 1971 | 54 | 26% | 15 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 7% | 6% |
| 37 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 2008 | 53 | 66% | 19 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 5% | 194% |
| 38 | Morrison & Foerster | 1980 | 52 | 13% | 18 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 6% | 8% |
| 39 | McDermott Will & Emery | 1998 | 51 | 24% | 24 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 4% | 6% |
| 40 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | 1970 | 49 | 36% | 14 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 32% |
| 41 | King & Spalding | 2003 | 47 | -11% | 23 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 4% | 124% |
| 42 | Greenberg Traurig | 2009 | 47 | -2% | 19 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 11% | -2% |
| 43 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 1985 | 40 | -7% | 4 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0% | 60% |
| 44 | Bryan Cave | 1982 | 40 | -5% | 13 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 18% |
| 45 | Baker Botts | 1998 | 34 | 0% | 15 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0% | N/A |
| 46 | Winston & Strawn | 2003 | 34 | N/A | 13 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0% | N/A |
| 47 | McGuireWoods | 2009 | 32 | -14% | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 7% | -37% |
| 48 | O’Melveny & Myers | 1986 | 32 | 10% | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 14% | 16% |
| 49 | Locke Lord | 2012 | 31 | -9% | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0% | N/A |
| 50 | Gide Loyrette Nouel | 2003 | 31 | -3% | 6 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 52% |
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