The Cleveland born international firm saw another year of financial growth despite having fewer lawyers. “We think that transactional/M&A activity will be strong in 2012 due to the pent-up demand and (Fed Chairman Ben) Bernanke’s assurance of continued low interest rates,” said Atlanta partner in charge Lizanne Thomas. “This will have a collateral effect on our capital markets, banking and finance and real estate practices as well as others that service M&A transactions, i.e. antitrust, environmental, employee benefits and executive compensation.” Recent examples of the uptick, she said, include Jones Day’s advisement of Eastman Chemical on its $4.7 billion acquisition of Solutia, representation of Cumulus Media in a $2.5 billion radio transaction, and counsel to Georgia Gulf Corp. in relation to a $1.6 billion unsolicited bid by Westlake Chemical Corp.
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*Variances shown are in comparison to 2010.
| MONEY | ||
| Revenue | $1,651,000,000 |  2.2% |
| Revenue per lawyer | $685,000 | 6.2% |
| Profit per equity partner | $870,000 | 6.1% |
| LAWYERS | ||
| Total lawyers | 2,407 |  95 |
| Atlanta lawyers | 135/5.6% | 7 |
| Partners | 839 | 11 |
| Equity partners | 839 | 11 |
| Atlanta size rank among firms offices | No. 7 | |
Clients
Asbury Automotive Group Inc., Bank of America, Cardinal Health Inc., Crawford & Co., Cumulus Media Inc., Eastman Chemical Co., Exide Technologies Inc., Expedia Inc., Flowers Foods Inc., Georgia Gulf Corp., Georgia-Pacific, International Textile Group Inc., KeyCorp, Koch Industries Inc., Laboratory Corp. of America, Lord Corp., Milliken & Co., Mueller Water Products Inc., Oglethorpe Power Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Regions Bank, Riverside Co., The Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sanofi-Aventis, SFN Group Inc., Sherwin-Williams, The Southern Co., SunTrust Banks Inc., TD Securities (USA), Verizon Wireless Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Yamaha Motor Co.
Offices
