The Transatlantic Elite 2009: The Top 50 PEP

The Lawyer Transatlantic Elite

PEP	REVENUE	FIRM	Global	Global	Percentage
rank	rank		PEP	PEP	change
2008	2008		2008 ($m)	2007 ($m)
1	13	Sullivan & Cromwell	3	3.13	-4.2
2	36	Paul Weiss	2.7	2.6	3.8
3	6	Kirkland & Ellis	2.55	2.55	0
4	50	Cravath	2.5	3.3	-24.2
5	25	Simpson Thacher	2.48	2.87	-13.6
6	18	Cleary Gottlieb	2.33	2.14	8.9
7	9	Weil Gotshal	2.3	2.11	9
8	32	Debevoise & Plimpton	2.23	2.29	-2.6
9	28	Dechert	2.14	2.3	-7
10	46	Willkie Farr	2.11	2.23	-5.2
11	42	Milbank	2.1	2.53	-17
12	1	Skadden	2.05	2.28	-10.1
12	31	Davis Polk	2.05	2.41	-14.9
14	15	Paul Hastings	1.9	1.92	-1
15	20	Gibson Dunn	1.87	1.9	-1.6
16	3	Latham & Watkins	1.8	2.27	-20.7
17	26	Shearman & Sterling	1.67	1.85	-10
18	5	White & Case	1.59	1.67	-4.8
19	14	Dewey & LeBoeuf	1.57	1.57	0
20	24	O’Melveny & Myers	1.54	1.64	-6.4
21	17	McDermott Will & Emery	1.52	1.52	0
22	12	Morgan Lewis	1.45	1.43	1.4
23	4	Sidley Austin	1.43	1.38	3.6
24	30	Bingham McCutchen	1.42	1.3	9.2
25	37	Goodwin Procter	1.41	1.62	-13
26	29	Akin Gump	1.4	1.2	16.7
26	41	Proskauer Rose	1.4	1.55	-9.7
28	43	Baker Botts	1.36	1.3	5.2
29	49	Cooley Godward	1.32	1.42	-7
29	27	Orrick	1.32	1.66	-20.8
31	45	Vinson & Elkins	1.31	1.2	9.3
31	10	Greenberg Traurig	1.31	1.3	0.7
33	48	Howrey	1.3	1.01	29.1
34	11	DLA Piper US	1.29	1.21	6.6
35	33	Winston & Strawn	1.27	1.28	-0.8
36	40	King & Spalding	1.24	1.39	-11.2
37	2	Baker & McKenzie	1.2	1.06	13.2
38	22	Hogan & Hartson	1.17	1.19	-2.1
39	8	Mayer Brown	1.11	1.24	-10.5
40	23	Morrison & Foerster	1.1	1.27	-13.4
41	21	WilmerHale	1.08	1.06	1.9
41	39	Ropes & Gray	1.08	1.27	-15
43	47	Pillsbury	0.97	1	-2.6
44	16	Reed Smith	0.94	1	-6.5
45	34	Foley & Lardner	0.88	0.92	-3.6
46	19	K&L Gates	0.85	0.8	6.6
47	35	Fulbright & Jaworski	0.83	0.78	7.2
48	38	Hunton & Williams	0.83	0.85	-2.7
49	7	Jones Day	0.77	0.77	0
50	44	Holland & Knight	0.68	0.7	-3