Editor's Note: This chart ranks the 200 largest firms by the number of full-time equivalent lawyers they had in FY 2023. It also details the number of countries where a specific firm has offices, the country where they have the most lawyers and the percentage of lawyers they have in that country. The lawyer totals highlight different economic models in play globally, with head count ranging from 16,205 lawyers on the high end to 525 on the low end. In some instances, estimates were used.

 
The 2024 Global 200 Ranked by Head Count
2024 Rank Firm Name FY 2023 Total Lawyers Countries in Which Firm Has Offices Country Where Firm Has the Most Lawyers Percentage of Lawyers in That Country
1 Yingke 16205 18 China 95%
2 Jingsh Law Firm 6158 11 China 98%
3 Dentons (verein)* 5946 84 United States 24%
4 CMS (EEIG)* 4773 47 United Kingdom 30%
5 DeHeng Law Offices 4768 10 China 96%
6 DLA Piper (verein)* 4561 31 United States 34%
7 Baker McKenzie (verein)* 4558 43 United States 17%
8 Grandall Law Firm 4552 6 China 99%
9 W&H Law Firm 4382 4 China 99%
10 Allbright 4166 6 China 99%
11 Beijing DHH Law Firm 3807 10 China 100%
12 Tahota Law Firm 3800 6 China 99%
13 Clifford Chance 3760 20 United Kingdom 30%
14 Kirkland & Ellis 3514 6 United States 81%
15 Latham & Watkins 3450 14 United States 67%
16 Norton Rose Fulbright (verein)* 3079 24 United States 25%
17 King & Wood Mallesons (verein)* 3029 11 China 50%
18 Allen & Overy 2868 28 United Kingdom 32%
19 Linklaters 2711 21 United Kingdom 39%
20 Zhong Lun W&D Law Firm 2669 7 China 96%
21 Zhong Yin Law Firm 2644 1 China 100%
22 Eversheds Sutherland 2575 70 United Kingdom 45%
23 Hogan Lovells 2562 22 United States 32%
24 White & Case 2559 30 United States 35%
25 Greenberg Traurig 2538 13 United States 79%
26 Jones Day 2342 17 United States 65%
27 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2331 18 United Kingdom 30%
27 Herbert Smith Freehills 2331 16 United Kingdom 31%
29 Hui Ye Law Firm 2287 2 China 97%
30 Long An Law Firm 2246 1 China 100%
31 Sidley Austin 2042 9 United States 80%
32 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 2013 10 United States 84%
33 Guantao Law Firm 1918 4 China 99%
34 Mayer Brown 1890 12 United States 57%
35 Clyde & Co. 1883 27 United Kingdom 66%
36 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 1836 9 United States 81%
37 Ashurst 1828 20 Australia 39%
38 Pinsent Masons 1821 14 United Kingdom 47%
39 Beijing Kangda Law Firm 1787 1 China 100%
40 Zhong Lun Law Firm 1786 5 China 98%
41 K&L Gates 1766 17 United States 61%
42 Hylands Law Firm 1758 1 China 100%
43 Goodwin Procter 1755 7 United States 72%
44 Zhong Wen Law Firm 1744 3 China 99%
45 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 1734 11 United States 72%
46 Holland & Knight 1710 4 United States 95%
47 Guanghe 1699 4 China 99%
48 Duan & Duan 1560 3 China 99%
49 Bird & Bird 1558 22 United Kingdom 20%
50 DWF 1553 12 United Kingdom 67%
51 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith 1552 1 United States 100%
52 Reed Smith 1516 10 United States 63%
53 Minter Ellison 1510 3 Australia 99%
54 Ropes & Gray 1482 6 United States 88%
55 Squire Patton Boggs (verein)* 1446 20 United States 40%
56 JT&N 1395 1 China 100%
57.1 Garrigues 1392 12 Spain 78%
57 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 1369 6 United States 77%
58 Kim & Chang 1360 5 Korea 96%
59 McDermott Will & Emery 1348 7 United States 72%
60 Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira 1321 12 Spain 75%
61 HWL Ebsworth Lawyers 1320 1 Australia 100%
62 King & Spalding 1316 10 United States 85%
63 Cooley 1305 5 United States 86%
64 Osborne Clarke 1291 13 United Kingdom 48%
65 Addleshaw Goddard 1270 10 United Kingdom 82%
66 Gowling WLG 1263 7 Canada 60%
67 Weil, Gotshal & Manges 1217 6 United States 70%
68 Kennedys 1215 21 United Kingdom 56%
69 DAC Beachcroft 1212 18 United Kingdom 85%
70 Covington & Burling 1210 8 United States 83%
71 Taylor Wessing 1203 15 Germany 38%
72 Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas 1200 3 India 99%
73 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 1186 8 United States 54%
75 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani 1165 1 United States 100%
76 Littler Mendelson 1146 4 United States 97%
77 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 1120 11 United States 77%
77 Willkie Farr & Gallagher 1120 6 United States 72%
79 Jingtian & Gongcheng 1116 1 China 100%
80 Davis Polk & Wardwell 1089 7 United States 82%
80 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 1089 4 United States 87%
82 Perkins Coie 1088 3 United States 99%
83 Simmons & Simmons 1080 14 United Kingdom 45%
84 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 1074 10 United States 52%
84 Morrison & Foerster 1074 7 United States 70%
84 Troutman Pepper 1074 1 United States 98%
87 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe 1061 9 United States 72%
88 Paul Hastings 1056 8 United States 75%
89 Foley & Lardner 1050 4 United States 98%
90 Khaitan & Co. 1046 2 India 99%
91 Fidal 1041 1 France 100%
92 Knights 1037 1 United Kingdom 100%
93 Tian Yuan Law Firm 1022 1 China 100%
94 Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker 1018 1 United States 100%
95 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1009 5 United States 93%
96 Trilegal 1007 1 India 100%
97 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 981 5 United States 90%
98 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 976 6 United States 92%
99 Baker & Hostetler 974 1 United States 100%
100 Polsinelli 963 1 United States 100%
101 Dechert 957 10 United States 69%
101 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath 957 3 United States 97%
103 Jackson Lewis 953 2 United States 99%
104 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart 947 7 United States 93%
105 Allens 944 3 Australia 97%
106 Womble Bond Dickinson 941 2 United States 53%
107 V&T Law Firm 939 8 China 91%
108 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 932 5 United States 98%
109 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough 924 1 United States 100%
110 McGuireWoods 922 2 United States 98%
111 Fox Rothschild 917 1 United States 100%
112 Milbank 912 8 United States 65%
112 Seyfarth Shaw 912 4 United States 92%
112 Siqueira Castro 912 1 Brazil 100%
115 Alston & Bird 901 3 United States 96%
116 Loyens & Loeff 900 7 The Netherlands 64%
117 Debevoise & Plimpton 897 6 United States 79%
117 Fasken 897 3 Canada 93%
119 Akin 892 6 United States 79%
120 Winston & Strawn 889 5 United States 92%
121 Husch Blackwell 861 1 United States 79%
122 Irwin Mitchell 857 1 United Kingdom 100%
123 Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. 848 1 India 100%
124 Sullivan & Cromwell 840 8 United States 78%
125 Jointide Law Firm 828 1 China 100%
126 Nishimura & Asahi 820 13 Japan 76%
127 Fangda Partners 818 1 China 100%
128 East & Concord Partners 812 1 China 100%
129 Borden Ladner Gervais 803 1 Canada 100%
130 Clayton Utz 800 1 Australia 100%
131 JunHe 794 2 China 97%
132 Proskauer Rose 788 5 United States 81%
133 Rajah & Tann Asia 787 10 Singapore 47%
134 Taft Stettinius & Hollister 782 1 United States 100%
135 Venable 779 1 United States 100%
136 Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy 777 20 United States 69%
137 Mori Hamada & Matsumoto 768 8 Japan 69%
138 Han Kun Law Offices 756 2 China 99%
139 Hunton Andrews Kurth 753 7 United States 94%
140 McCarthy Tetrault 752 3 Canada 98%
141 O'Melveny & Myers 751 6 United States 91%
142 Cozen O'Connor 750 2 United States 96%
143 Mattos Filho 742 3 Brazil 81%
144 Barnes & Thornburg 740 1 United States 100%
145 Duane Morris 736 6 United States 93%
146 Shanghai Co-effort Law Firm 721 1 China 100%
147 Hill Dickinson 718 6 United Kingdom 66%
148.1 Uría Menéndez 709 5 Spain 82%
148 Mishcon de Reya 707 3 United Kingdom 98%
149 Commerce & Finance Law Offices 702 1 China 100%
150 Corrs Chambers Westgarth 701 2 Australia 99%
150 Vinson & Elkins 701 4 United States 91%
152 Blake, Cassels & Graydon 697 3 Canada 99%
153 Watson Farley & Williams 689 15 United Kingdom 29%
154 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 688 4 United States 86%
155 Katten Muchin Rosenman 682 3 United States 93%
156 Lee & Ko 680 3 Korea 86%
156 Weightmans 680 1 United Kingdom 100%
158 Anderson Mori & Tomotsune 676 9 Japan 88%
159 Boss & Young 667 1 China 100%
160 Shoosmiths 651 2 United Kingdom 99%
161 Slaughter and May 649 3 United Kingdom 84%
162 JunZeJun Law Offices 644 1 China 100%
163 Clark Hill 641 3 United States 97%
164 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz 638 1 United States 100%
165 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 637 4 United States 93%
166 AZB & Partners 635 1 India 100%
167 Dinsmore & Shohl 631 1 United States 100%
168 Baker Botts 625 6 United States 88%
169 TLT 624 1 United Kingdom 100%
170 Shin & Kim 622 5 Korea 97%
171 Akerman 617 1 United States 100%
172 Bradley Arant Boult Cummings 615 1 United States 100%
173 Crowell & Moring 607 5 United States 87%
174 Blank Rome 603 2 United States 99%
174 TMI Associates 603 10 Japan 90%
177 Fieldfisher 601 12 United Kingdom 52%
178 Haynes and Boone 600 4 United States 93%
179 Bae Kim & Lee 596 7 Korea 96%
179 Cole, Scott & Kissane 596 1 United States 100%
181 Withers 593 8 United Kingdom 42%
182 Browne Jacobson 591 2 United Kingdom 99%
182 Davis Wright Tremaine 591 1 United States 100%
184 Shearman & Sterling 590 13 United States 63%
185 Anli Partners 588 1 China 100%
186 Global Law Office 586 1 China 100%
186 Mills & Reeve 586 1 United Kingdom 100%
188 ArentFox Schiff 580 1 United States 100%
189 Nixon Peabody 576 1 United States 100%
190 Ballard Spahr 574 1 United States 100%
191 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 570 4 United States 94%
192 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu 564 7 Japan 91%
193 Locke Lord 556 2 United States 96%
193 Stephenson Harwood 556 8 United Kingdom 71%
195 Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 544 2 Canada 99%
196 HFW 543 15 United Kingdom 35%
197 Kutak Rock 539 1 United States 100%
198 Gide Loyrette Nouel 535 10 France 70%
199 Shook, Hardy & Bacon 526 2 United States 99%
200 BonelliErede 525 6 Italy 90%
200 Dorsey & Whitney 525 4 United States 91%
200 Freeths 525 1 United Kingdom 100%