AmLaw Global 100: 2005

The AmLaw Global 100 is now out,
and here
they are. Quick initial impressions, with more considered analysis
to follow:

Next year it will definitely take $1-billion to make the top ten. For
comparison, two publicly traded companies that have almost exactly
$1-billion in revenue are JetBlue and Harley-Davidson. Ask yourself
how many Americans (or Brits, for that matter) recognize the top ten
firms here.
When UK firms are big, they tend to be very big—here taking
four of the top ten slots. But after the big boys, their size
tails off rather sharply. Even highly prominent London firms
such as Lovells (#24), DLA (#30), Eversheds (#33), and Slaughter &
May (#36) have, relatively speaking, a smaller international footprint
than, say, the AmLaw 5-10.
The distribution curve is interesting: As
with the structure of many industries, being "moderately large" is
common relative to "really large."

2005 Rank	Firm	Gross Revenue

1	Clifford Chance International (U.K.)	$1,675,500,000
2	Linklaters International (U.K.)	$1,475,500,000
3	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York	$1,440,000,000
4	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer International (U.K.)	$1,429,500,000
5	Baker & McKenzie International (U.S.)	$1,228,000,000
6	Allen & Overy International (U.K.)	$1,221,000,000
7	Latham & Watkins National (U.S.)	$1,206,000,000
8	Jones Day National (U.S.)	$1,190,000,000
9	Sidley Austin Brown & Wood National (U.S.)	$1,029,500,000
10	White & Case International (U.S.)	$953,000,000
11	Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw National (U.S.)	$911,000,000
12	Weil, Gotshal & Manges New York	$905,000,000
13	Kirkland & Ellis Chicago	$835,000,000
14	Sullivan & Cromwell New York	$833,000,000
15	Shearman & Sterling New York	$775,000,000
16	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Washington, D.C.	$750,500,000
17	McDermott Will & Emery National (U.S.)	$745,000,000
18	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National (U.S.)	$723,500,000
19	Greenberg Traurig National (U.S.)	$712,000,000
20	Oâ€™Melveny & Myers Los Angeles	$697,000,000
21	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton New York	$695,000,000
22	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Los Angeles	$693,000,000
23	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett New York	$691,000,000
24	Lovells International (U.K.)	$671,000,000
25	Hogan & Hartson Washington, D.C.	$630,000,000
26	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld National (U.S.)	$612,000,000
27	Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker National (U.S.)	$609,000,000
28	Davis Polk & Wardwell New York	$604,500,000
29	Morrison & Foerster San Francisco	$593,000,000
30	DLA National (U.K.)	$590,000,000
31	Piper Rudnick National (U.S.)	$580,500,000
32	Bingham McCutchen National (U.S.)	$565,500,000
33	Eversheds National (U.K.)	$555,000,000
34	Holland & Knight National (U.S.)	$551,000,000
35	Foley & Lardner Milwaukee	$542,500,000
36	Slaughter and May London	$531,500,000
37	Winston & Strawn Chicago	$516,500,000
38	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison New York	$504,000,000
39	Reed Smith Pittsburgh	$503,500,000
40	Fulbright & Jaworski Houston	$491,500,000
41	Herbert Smith London	$485,500,000
42	Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe San Francisco	$484,000,000
43	Debevoise & Plimpton New York	$478,500,000
44	Heller Ehrman San Francisco	$472,000,000
45	King & Spalding Atlanta	$470,000,000
46	Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York	$455,000,000
46	Vinson & Elkins Houston	$455,000,000
48	Arnold & Porter Washington, D.C.	$454,000,000
49	Dechert National (U.S.)	$441,500,000
50	Hunton & Williams Richmond	$440,000,000
51	Pillsbury Winthrop San Francisco	$432,500,000
52	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy New York	$431,500,000
53	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz New York	$431,000,000
54	Baker Botts Houston	$420,000,000
55	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft New York	$416,000,000
55	Willkie Farr & Gallagher New York	$416,000,000
57	Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal Chicago	$411,000,000
58	Ropes & Gray Boston	$404,500,000
59	Alston & Bird Atlanta	$402,000,000
60	Proskauer Rose New York	$395,000,000
61	Squire, Sanders & Dempsey National (U.S.)	$393,500,000
62	Dewey Ballantine New York	$380,500,000
63	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto	$377,500,000
64	Norton Rose International (U.K.)	$376,000,000
65	Bryan Cave National (U.S.)	$372,500,000
65	Kirkpatrick & Lockhart National (U.S.)	$372,500,000
67	Ashurst London	$368,500,000
68	Katten Muchin Rosenman Chicago	$368,000,000
69	Kaye Scholer New York	$362,000,000
70	Simmons & Simmons International (U.K.)	$359,500,000
71	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson New York	$359,000,000
72	LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae National (U.S.)	$356,500,000
73	Howrey Washington, D.C.	$352,000,000
74	Nixon Peabody National (U.S.)	$348,000,000
75	McGuireWoods Richmond	$344,000,000
76	Covington & Burling Washington, D.C.	$337,500,000
77	McCarthy TÃ©trault National (Canada)	$332,000,000
78	Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis	$330,000,000
79	Mallesons Stephen Jaques National (Australia)	$327,500,000
80	Seyfarth Shaw National (U.S.)	$313,000,000
81	Fidal National (France)	$311,000,000
82	Freehills National (Australia)	$307,500,000
83	Goodwin Procter Boston	$302,500,000
84	CMS Cameron McKenna London	$299,000,000
85	Minter Ellison National (Australia)	$298,500,000
86	Perkins Coie Seattle	$297,000,000
87	Schulte Roth & Zabel New York	$292,000,000
88	Cooley Godward Palo Alto	$289,000,000
89	Baker & Hostetler Cleveland	$284,000,000
90	Denton Wilde Sapte London	$282,500,000
91	Pinsent Masons London	$276,000,000
92	Clayton Utz National (Australia)	$266,000,000
92	Loyens & Loeff Rotterdam	$266,000,000
94	Duane Morris Philadelphia	$264,000,000
95	Allens Arthur Robinson National (Australia)	$258,000,000
95	Jenkens & Gilchrist Dallas	$258,000,000
97	Addleshaw Goddard Leeds, U.K.	$255,000,000
98	Jenner & Block Chicago	$253,500,000
99	Shook, Hardy & Bacon Kansas City, Missouri	$252,500,000
100	Blank Rome Philadelphia	$247,500,000

	(The American Lawyer, November 2005)