This year, our ranking of the top-grossing Chinese firms has expanded to 40 firms, with total revenue of $6.1bn.

To compile the rankings, we asked Chinese law firms to report their gross revenue for the 2016 calendar year. In a few cases when firms did not provide financial figures, we made estimates based on our own reporting.

Global giant Dentons remains at the top of the list with $2.2bn in revenue, while eight Chinese firms exceeded $200m in revenue, up from six the year before.