Law firms

Firms by size and location

Here is a listing of all employers in Chambers Student by size, including numbers of UK and overseas offices.

Partners Associates Number Of Trainees Domestic Locations Number Of International Offices
A&O Shearman
185
641
141
2
46
Addleshaw Goddard
480
2,142
149
6
16
Akin
46
88
14
1
16
Arnold & Porter
17
18
7
1
16
Ashfords
74
114
32
4
N/A
Ashurst Perkins Coie
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
80
2
50
Baker McKenzie
128
229
80
2
70
Bates Wells
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
12
1
N/A
BCLP
Undisclosed
220
Undisclosed
3
31
Bevan Brittan
117
98
32
4
N/A
Birketts
158
238
59
7
N/A
Bristows
49
114
19
1
2
Burges Salmon
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
57
3
N/A
Charles Russell Speechlys
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
3
13
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Undisclosed
100
30
1
13
Clifford Chance
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
2
34
Collyer Bristow
35
34
9
1
1
Cooley
34
55
9
1
18
Covington & Burling
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
1
13
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
10
1
10
Debevoise & Plimpton
37
109
19
1
8
Dechert
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
18
1
18
Devonshires
69
113
26
5
N/A
DLA Piper
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
5
61
Dorsey & Whitney
13
8
3
1
22
Druces
24
11
4
1
N/A
DWF
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
91
11
31
Fieldfisher
197
232
45
4
23
Fladgate
102
108
20
1
N/A
Forsters
78
163
24
1
1
Fox Williams
51
69
6
1
N/A
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
34
106
6
1
4
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
1
23
Goodwin
59
110
25
2
16
Greenberg Traurig
59
94
18
1
51
Harbottle & Lewis
48
92
14
1
N/A
Haynes and Boone
26
31
7
1
19
HFW
69
112
31
1
20
Hill Dickinson
166
262
47
7
5
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
178
392
90
2
46
Howes Percival
74
66
21
7
N/A
Irwin Mitchell
234
691
94
16
N/A
K&L Gates
40
50
12
1
45
Kingsley Napley
88
126
17
1
N/A
Kirkland & Ellis
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
1
22
Latham & Watkins
Undisclosed
408
59
2
29
Lewis Silkin
110
511
19
7
2
Linklaters
217
682
98
1
29
Macfarlanes
98
280
64
1
2
Marriott Harrison
29
32
7
1
N/A
Mayer Brown
Undisclosed
139
34
1
21
McDermott Will & Schulte
42
49
7
2
23
Michelmores
74
158
12
6
N/A
Milbank
42
150
24
1
10
Mills & Reeve
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
7
N/A
Mishcon de Reya
239
215
52
3
3
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
41
63
12
1
32
Morrison Foerster
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
11
1
18
Northridge Law
12
22
4
1
N/A
Norton Rose Fulbright
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
2
54
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
39
63
12
1
26
Osborne Clarke
187
792
Undisclosed
3
23
Paul Hastings
63
107
21
1
23
Penningtons Manches Cooper
133
253
40
7
5
Reed Smith
112
116
48
2
30
Ropes & Gray
27
108
24
1
15
RPC
119
292
29
2
2
Russell-Cooke
69
169
20
3
N/A
Sidley Austin
65
136
35
1
21
Simmons & Simmons
167
344
52
2
20
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom
Undisclosed
129
32
1
21
Slaughter and May
95
499
183
1
3
Squire Patton Boggs
131
166
36
4
41
Stephenson Harwood
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
55
1
11
Stevens & Bolton
45
104
18
1
N/A
Sullivan & Cromwell
25
77
14
1
14
Travers Smith
84
423
64
1
Undisclosed
VWV
104
130
21
4
N/A
Walker Morris
61
137
44
1
N/A
Watson Farley & Williams
67
130
36
1
19
Wedlake Bell
91
110
16
1
N/A
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
45
166
23
1
14
White & Case
142
276
90
1
42
Wilkin Chapman Rollits
71
86
23
6
N/A
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
13
1
16
Wilsons
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
2
N/A
Winckworth Sherwood
78
146
18
3
N/A
Withers
43
124
24
1
14
Womble Bond Dickinson
137
508
43
7
N/A
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