Largest Law Firms in the World (2026)

Kirkland & Ellis is the largest law firm in the world by revenue. The 2026 Am Law 100, published by The American Lawyer on 14 April 2026, records gross revenue of US$10.556bn for 2025, an increase of 19.93%, from 4,145 lawyers. Its profits per equity partner of US$11.121m were the second-highest in the ranking after Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Kirkland has since announced that it will stop sharing its financial figures with The American Lawyer.

Latham & Watkins recorded gross revenue of US$8.300bn in 2025, up 18.57%, keeping second place in the Am Law 100. Its profits per equity partner were US$8.654m, the sixth-highest in the ranking. Kirkland's revenue exceeded Latham's by about US$2.3bn.

DLA Piper ranked third in the 2026 Am Law 100 with gross revenue of US$4.583bn, up 8.10% on the previous year. It was one of the seven firms that kept their positions in the top ten. Its growth rate was below the Am Law 100 average of 13.0%, so the firm ranked fourth by revenue, Gibson Dunn, narrowed the gap.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher rose one place to fourth in the 2026 Am Law 100, with gross revenue of US$4.211bn, up 18.37%. Its profits per equity partner of US$8.890m placed it fifth in the profitability ranking.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom slipped one place to fifth in the 2026 Am Law 100, with gross revenue of US$4.073bn, up 11.00%. Its revenue per lawyer of US$2.319m was among the ten highest of the Am Law 100.

Sidley Austin ranked sixth in the 2026 Am Law 100 with gross revenue of US$3.738bn, up 8.68%. Its revenue exceeded that of Ropes & Gray, in seventh place, by about US$1m.

Ropes & Gray recorded gross revenue of US$3.737bn in 2025, up 9.39%, ranking seventh in the Am Law 100. Its revenue per lawyer of US$2.524m was the fifth-highest among the 100 firms.

A&O Shearman reported revenue of about US$3.7bn (£2.8bn) for its fiscal year to 30 April 2026, its second year after the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, with revenue similar to the previous year. Pre-tax profit rose 14% to US$1.6bn and profit per equity partner was US$2.9m. The firm reports in a different fiscal year from US firms and gives a rounded figure, so its position relative to Ropes & Gray and Baker McKenzie is approximate.

Baker McKenzie ranked eighth in the 2026 Am Law 100 with gross revenue of US$3.640bn, up 7.24%. It was among the seven firms that held their top-ten positions from the previous year. Its growth was the slowest of the Am Law top ten.

White & Case recorded gross revenue of US$3.594bn in 2025, up 8.36%, ranking ninth in the Am Law 100. It was among the seven firms that kept their top-ten positions.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett rose two places into the Am Law top ten, with gross revenue of US$3.553bn in 2025, up 22.66%, the fastest growth among the ten largest US firms. Its profits per equity partner of US$8.569m ranked eighth.

Clifford Chance reported revenue of £2.6bn, about US$3.5bn, for the year to 30 April 2026, up 9% in constant currency, and partnership profit of £1.05bn, the first time it has exceeded £1bn. Profit per equity partner rose 9% to £2.3m. During the year it opened offices in Paris, Houston and London and added 25 lateral partners, 15 of them in the US.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius generated revenue of US$3.36bn in 2025, according to The American Lawyer figures cited by NonBillable. The firm was founded in Philadelphia in 1873 and has more than 2,200 lawyers and legal professionals in more than 30 offices. Its profit per equity partner is not disclosed.

Linklaters reported revenue of £2.47bn for the year to 30 April 2026, up 6.8%, with pre-tax profit of £1.2bn and profit per equity partner of £2.48m. Bloomberg Law converted the revenue to about US$3.3bn.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison had revenue of about US$3.3bn in 2025, up 24%, and profit per equity partner of US$8.6m, seventh in The American Lawyer's ranking. The firm has told The American Lawyer that it will no longer provide its financial data, so the 2025 figures are expected to be the last it publishes.

Hogan Lovells reported record gross revenue of US$3.285bn for 2025, up from US$2.965bn in 2024, with revenue per lawyer of US$1.210m and profit per equity partner of US$3.522m. The firm's website now carries the name Hogan Lovells Cadwalader (HLC); the revenue figure shown is the one Hogan Lovells published for its 2025 financial year.

McDermott Will & Schulte was formed in 2025 by the merger of McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel. NonBillable records 2025 revenue of US$2.99bn and profit per equity partner of US$5.17m, citing The American Lawyer for the latter, and describes a firm of around 1,750 lawyers in more than 20 offices.

Norton Rose Fulbright reported global revenue of US$2.8bn for 2025, growth of more than 16%, as it approached the US$3bn mark. Legal Business reported that its profit per equity partner reached about US$2m, a double-digit percentage increase.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan increased revenue by 12.6% to nearly US$2.8bn, its third consecutive year of double-digit growth. Its profits per equity partner of US$9.545m were the fourth-highest in the Am Law 100, and its revenue per lawyer of US$2.453m the seventh-highest.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer reported revenue of US$2.4bn (£1.8bn) for its first financial year after the merger, which went live in June 2025; the period includes 12 months of the legacy Herbert Smith Freehills business and 11 months of Kramer Levin. Profit was US$850.8m and profit per equity partner US$2.05m, and the firm has more than 2,700 lawyers.