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The Biggest Law Firms in the World: Meet the Global 100

Say hello to the Global 100 for 2011. This is the American Lawyer's list of the world's 100 largest law firms, ranked by total revenue. Lawyers are a competitive lot. So you're probably less interested in the overall figures than in how different firms fared in the rankings....

Here are the top ten of the Global 100, ranked by PPP:

Note the domination of U.S. firms, led by Wachtell Lipton, Quinn Emanuel, Sullivan & Cromwell, Cravath, and Kirkland & Ellis. The only non-American firm to crack the top 10 is the U.K.’s Slaughter and May, at #8. (Some see Slaughter and May — great name, by the way — as Britain’s answer to Wachtell.)

Finally, in terms of attorney headcount, Baker & McKenzie takes the top spot, with a whopping 3,805 lawyers. Second place goes to DLA Piper, with 3,348. Seven additional firms boast over 2,000 lawyers (click to enlarge):

You can access additional commentary and charts via this portal page. Enjoy!

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