Who's Who Legal '70'

In the following pages the Who's Who Legal team draws upon a decade of independent research to highlight the world's 70 leading law practices. Selection for the Who's Who Legal '70' was based on law firms' overall performance in the research. While our focus throughout was on individual lawyers, we have used the results to assess each firm's performance across all areas of work and across all offices. Of over 2,000 firms listed in this publication, only 70 have the required depth and breadth of talent to be featured here. We list firms alphabetically with an explanation of how they came to be selected - we commend them all for assembling remarkable teams of legal talent.

A&L Goodbody

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Allen & Overy

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

Arnold & Porter LLP

Arthur Cox

Baker & McKenzie

Baker Botts LLP

Basham Ringe y Correa SC

Bird & Bird

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Clifford Chance LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP

Davis Polk & Wardwell

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

DLA Piper

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Hengeler Mueller

Herbert Smith LLP

Hogan & Hartson LLP

Howrey LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP

Jones Day

Kim & Chang

King & Spalding LLP

King & Wood

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kromann Reumert

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lenz & Staehelin

Linklaters LLP

Lovells

Mallesons Stephen Jaques

Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå

Marval O'Farrell & Mairal

Mayer Brown LLP

McCarthy Tetrault LLP

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Nishimura & Asahi

Norton Rose LLP

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP

Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Ropes & Gray LLP

Roschier, Attorneys Ltd

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Simmons & Simmons

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Slaughter and May

Stibbe

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Uría Menéndez

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

White & Case LLP

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP