The Transatlantic Elite 2009: The Top 50 Transatlantic Elite
The Lawyer Transatlantic Elite
| Rank | Firm | Global | Global | Percentage | Global | Global | Percentage | Total | Total |
| 2008 | | revenue | revenue | change | PEP | PEP | change | number | number |
| | | 2008 ($m) | 2007 ($m) | | 2008 ($m) | 2007 ($m) | | of lawyers | of partners |
| 1 | Skadden | 2,200.00 | 2,170.00 | 1.4 | 2.05 | 2.28 | -10.1 | 2,100 | 458 |
| 2 | Baker & McKenzie | 2,190.00 | 1,830.00 | 19.7 | 1.2 | 1.06 | 13.2 | 3,627 | 711 |
| 3 | Latham & Watkins | 1,900.00 | 2,000.00 | -4 | 1.8 | 2.27 | -20.7 | 2,150 | 555 |
| 4 | Sidley Austin | 1,480.00 | 1,390.00 | 6.5 | 1.43 | 1.38 | 3.6 | 1,892 | 672 |
| 5 | White & Case | 1,460.00 | 1,370.00 | 6.6 | 1.59 | 1.67 | -4.8 | 2,404 | 401 |
| 6 | Kirkland & Ellis | 1,320.00 | 1,280.00 | 3.1 | 2.55 | 2.55 | 0 | 1,414 | 572 |
| 7 | Jones Day | 1,310.00 | 1,300.00 | 0.8 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0 | 2,516 | 782 |
| 8 | Mayer Brown | 1,290 | 1,180.00 | 9.3 | 1.11 | 1.24 | -10.5 | 1,811 | 650 |
| 9 | Weil Gotshal | 1,230.00 | 1,180.00 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 2.11 | 9 | 1,356 | 312 |
| 10 | Greenberg Traurig | 1,203.00 | 1,200.00 | 0.3 | 1.31 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1,734 | 824 |
| 11 | DLA Piper (US) | 1,170.00 | 1,130.00 | 3.5 | 1.29 | 1.21 | 6.6 | 1,386 | 612 |
| 12 | Morgan Lewis | 1,120.00 | 1,030.00 | 8.7 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.4 | 1,363 | 460 |
| 13 | Sullivan & Cromwell | 1,100.00 | 1,100.00 | 0 | 3 | 3.13 | -4.2 | 642 | 170 |
| 14 | Dewey & LeBoeuf | 1,030.00 | 1,000.00 | 3 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 0 | 1,398 | 386 |
| 15 | Paul Hastings | 986.00 | 980 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 1.92 | -1 | 1,062 | 203 |
| 16 | Reed Smith | 980.00 | 890 | 10.1 | 0.94 | 1 | -6.5 | 1,507 | 692 |
| 17 | McDermott Will & Emery | 966 | 978 | -1.2 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 0 | 1,145 | 628 |
| 18 | Cleary Gottlieb | 965 | 980 | -1.5 | 2.33 | 2.14 | 8.9 | 1,011 | 191 |
| 19 | K&L Gates | 959 | 755 | 27 | 0.85 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 1,600 | 779 |
| 20 | Gibson Dunn | 957.00 | 908 | 5.4 | 1.87 | 1.9 | -1.6 | 956 | 300 |
| 21 | WilmerHale | 955 | 940 | 1.6 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.9 | 1,171 | 328 |
| 22 | Hogan & Hartson | 922.5 | 880 | 4.8 | 1.17 | 1.19 | -2.1 | 1,107 | 494 |
| 23 | Morrison & Foerster | 911.00 | 894 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.27 | -13.4 | 1,088 | 367 |
| 24 | O’Melveny & Myers | 908 | 934 | -2.8 | 1.54 | 1.64 | -6.4 | 935 | 245 |
| 25 | Simpson Thacher | 904 | 966 | -6.4 | 2.48 | 2.87 | -13.6 | 903 | 175 |
| 26 | Shearman & Sterling | 876 | 921 | -4.9 | 1.67 | 1.85 | -10 | 858 | 202 |
| 27 | Orrick Herrington | 835 | 772 | 8.2 | 1.32 | 1.66 | -20.8 | 1,146 | 390 |
| 28 | Dechert | 816.00 | 836 | -2.4 | 2.14 | 2.3 | -7 | 959 | 262 |
| 29 | Akin Gump | 780.5 | 752 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 16.7 | 807 | 277 |
| 30= | Bingham McCutchen | 767 | 744 | 3.1 | 1.42 | 1.3 | 9.2 | 1,001 | 377 |
| 30= | Davis Polk | 767 | 767 | 0 | 2.05 | 2.41 | -14.9 | 715 | 165 |
| 32 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 761 | 710 | 7.2 | 2.23 | 2.29 | -2.6 | 631 | 143 |
| 33 | Winston & Strawn | 745 | 697 | 6.9 | 1.27 | 1.28 | -0.8 | 955 | 422 |
| 34 | Foley & Lardner | 731.00 | 720 | 1.5 | 0.88 | 0.92 | -3.6 | 1,021 | 497 |
| 35 | Fulbright & Jaworski | 694.60 | 649.5 | 6.9 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 7.2 | 977 | 370 |
| 36 | Paul Weiss | 692 | 651 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 647 | 114 |
| 37 | Goodwin Procter | 690 | 611 | 12.9 | 1.41 | 1.62 | -13 | 867 | 319 |
| 38 | Hunton & Williams | 668 | 660 | 1.2 | 0.83 | 0.85 | -2.7 | 960 | 400 |
| 39 | Ropes & Gray | 674 | 733 | -8 | 1.08 | 1.27 | -15 | 1,037 | 271 |
| 40 | King & Spalding | 652.00 | 615 | 6 | 1.24 | 1.39 | -11.2 | 805 | 288 |
| 41 | Proskauer Rose | 634 | 627 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.55 | -9.7 | 715 | 190 |
| 42 | Milbank | 621.4 | 643 | -3.4 | 2.1 | 2.53 | -17 | 643 | 148 |
| 43 | Baker Botts | 613.3 | 577.7 | 6.2 | 1.36 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 827 | 272 |
| 44 | Holland & Knight | 606.00 | 613 | -1.1 | 0.68 | 0.7 | -3 | 1,143 | 652 |
| 45 | Vinson & Elkins | 590.5 | 596.1 | -0.9 | 1.31 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 734 | 281 |
| 46 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 583.5 | 600 | -2.8 | 2.11 | 2.23 | -5.2 | 593 | 133 |
| 47 | Pillsbury | 576 | 590 | -2.4 | 0.97 | 1 | -2.6 | 737 | 325 |
| 48 | Howrey | 573.2 | 475.2 | 20.6 | 1.3 | 1.01 | 29.1 | 659 | 286 |
| 49 | Cooley Godward Kronish | 552 | 485 | 13.8 | 1.32 | 1.42 | -7 | 645 | 225 |
| 50 | Cravath Swaine & Moore | 532.5 | 616 | -13.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | -24.2 | 537 | 92 |
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