The Transatlantic Elite 2009: The Top 50 RPP

The Lawyer Transatlantic Elite

RPP	Revenue	Firm	Global	Total	Global
rank	rank		revenue	number	RPP
2008	2008		2008 ($m)	of partners	2008 ($m)
1	13	Sullivan & Cromwell	1,100.00	170	6.47
2	36	Paul Weiss	692	114	6.07
3	50	Cravath	532.5	92	5.79
4	32	Debevoise & Plimpton	761	143	5.32
5	25	Simpson Thacher	904	175	5.17
6	18	Cleary Gottlieb	965	191	5.05
7	15	Paul Hastings	986	203	4.86
8	1	Skadden	2,200	458	4.8
9	31	Davis Polk	767	165	4.65
10	46	Willkie Farr	583.5	133	4.39
11	26	Shearman & Sterling	876	202	4.34
12	42	Milbank	621.4	148	4.2
13	9	Weil Gotshal	1,230.00	312	3.94
14	24	O’Melveny & Myers	908	245	3.71
15	5	White & Case	1,460.00	401	3.64
16	3	Latham & Watkins	1,900.00	555	3.42
17	41	Proskauer Rose	634	190	3.34
18	20	Gibson Dunn	957	300	3.19
19	28	Dechert	816	262	3.11
20	2	Baker & McKenzie	2,190.00	711	3.08
21	21	WilmerHale	955	328	2.91
22	29	Akin Gump	780.5	277	2.82
23	14	Dewey & LeBoeuf	1,030.00	386	2.67
24	39	Ropes & Gray	674	271	2.49
25	23	Morrison & Foerster	911	367	2.48
26	49	Cooley Godward	552	225	2.45
27	12	Morgan Lewis	1,120.00	460	2.43
28	6	Kirkland & Ellis	1,320.00	572	2.31
29	40	King & Spalding	652	288	2.26
30	43	Baker Botts	613.3	272	2.25
31	4	Sidley Austin	1,480.00	672	2.2
32	37	Goodwin Procter	690	319	2.16
33	27	Orrick	835	390	2.14
34	45	Vinson & Elkins	590.5	281	2.1
35	30	Bingham McCutchen	767	377	2.03
36	48	Howrey	573.2	286	2
37	8	Mayer Brown	1,290.00	650	1.98
38	11	DLA Piper US	1,170.00	612	1.91
39	35	Fulbright & Jaworski	694.6	370	1.88
40	22	Hogan & Hartson	922.5	494	1.87
41	47	Pillsbury	576	325	1.77
41	33	Winston & Strawn	745	422	1.77
43	7	Jones Day	1,310.00	782	1.68
44	38	Hunton & Williams	668	400	1.67
45	17	McDermott Will & Emery	966	628	1.54
46	34	Foley & Lardner	731	497	1.47
47	10	Greenberg Traurig	1,203.00	824	1.46
48	16	Reed Smith	980	692	1.42
49	19	K&L Gates	959	779	1.23
50	44	Holland & Knight	606	652	0.93