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Rankings: Global 20

Law360’s Global 20 profiles the 20 law firms with the greatest global reach and expertise. Winning firms are selected based on how much they’ve expanded outside their home countries and the breadth, volume and sophistication of their cross-border work.
  • July 22, 2015

    Global 20: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has played key roles in major deals worldwide over the past year, including a transformational $80 billion hydroelectric project in Africa and a $1.6 billion investment in Chinese auto-information website Bitauto, winning the firm a spot on Law360's Global 20.

  • July 21, 2015

    Global 20: Skadden

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has made its mark this past year all over the world, from steering Merck KGaA’s $17 billion purchase of Sigma-Aldrich Corp. to helping investment firm United Capital Partners Group resolve a dispute in its $1.7 billion sale of Russian social network VK.com Ltd., earning the firm a spot on Law360's Global 20.

  • July 20, 2015

    Global 20: Herbert Smith Freehills

    Governments across the world have regularly called on Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for international arbitrations and investigations, and with its work on a deal that equated to Germany's largest takeover and Italy's biggest acquisition, the firm has both proven its cross-border heft and earned a place among Law360’s Global 20.

  • July 17, 2015

    Global 20: Squire Patton Boggs

    Few firms saw their global reach expand more over the past year than Squire Patton Boggs, which spawned from the merger of two of the world’s most prominent firms to become a powerhouse in Washington, Europe and the Middle East, and landed itself a spot among Law360’s Global 20.

  • July 16, 2015

    Global 20: Curtis Mallet-Prevost

    From representing Venezuela in an over $30 billion dispute with ConocoPhillips to advising China’s commerce ministry on major trade battles, Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP has become major power player in international arbitrations, deals and trade, landing the firm on Law360's Global 20 list.

  • July 15, 2015

    Global 20: Dechert

    Dechert LLP guided Forward Pharma in its $220 million initial public offering — one of last year's biggest biotech IPOs — and advised software maker Kofax Ltd. in its $1 billion sale to printer maker Lexmark International Inc., landing Dechert a spot among Law360's Global 20.

  • July 14, 2015

    Global 20: Shearman & Sterling

    From advising Liberty Global PLC on the creation of a first-ever tracking stock under English law for its operations in Latin America and the Caribbean to handling project development and finance work in challenging jurisdictions like Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Shearman & Sterling LLP has earned a place among Law360's Global 20.

  • July 13, 2015

    Global 20: Latham & Watkins

    By guiding Siemens AG and Allergan Inc. through complex and contentious multibillion-dollar deals, scoring major court victories for the London Metal Exchange, and recruiting a world-class entertainment and media practice, Latham & Watkins LLP has powered its way up Law360’s Global 20 list for 2015.

  • July 10, 2015

    Global 20: Baker & McKenzie

    With offices in 47 countries, Baker & McKenzie LLP has a track record of skillfully managing major transactions that span the globe, including work on two multibillion-dollar deals for Merck & Co. Inc. last year, landing it a spot among Law360's Global 20 for the fifth year in a row.

  • July 08, 2015

    Global 20: Hogan Lovells

    Leveraging legal muscle across more than 45 offices worldwide in deals like General Electric Co.'s approximately $23 billion sale of its global real estate portfolio and Novartis AG's $16 billion acquisition of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's oncology business has landed Hogan Lovells LLP for a fifth consecutive place among Law360’s annual Global 20.

  • July 07, 2015

    Global 20: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

    With its work on blockbuster cross-border deals such as Actavis Inc.'s $66 billion acquisition of Allergan PLC and Medtronic Inc.'s nearly $50 billion tie-up with Covidien PLC, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has secured a slot on Law360's Global 20 for the fifth straight year.

  • July 06, 2015

    Global 20: DLA Piper

    DLA Piper is a firm with a global backbone that has spent the past year making meaningful inroads in Latin America and Canada, two carefully planned moves that further boost its significant presence around the world and land it a spot among Law360’s Global 20.

  • July 02, 2015

    Global 20: Dentons

    Dentons' “polycentric” approach to growth and rapid expansion in China, the U.S. and various other markets across the globe have helped the firm become the world’s largest by attorney count this year, and landed it a spot on Law360’s Global 20 list.

  • July 01, 2015

    Global 20: Norton Rose Fulbright

    Norton Rose Fulbright has leveraged expertise in multiple industries to win favorable rulings from U.K. courts for several Lloyd's syndicates in litigation stemming from a shipwreck off the South African coast and to help oil refiner Delek US Holdings Inc. acquire a stake in Alon USA Energy Inc. in a $572 million deal, earning it a spot on Law360's Global 20 list.

  • June 30, 2015

    Global 20: Freshfields

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP continued to flaunt its bona fides as a cross-border powerhouse this year, engineering an impressive array of multibillion-dollar transactions while also shepherding scores of high-stakes global investigations to once again cement its role as one of Law360's Global 20.

  • June 29, 2015

    Global 20: White & Case

    Whether facilitating complex cross-border mergers across 11 countries or fighting antitrust battles on behalf of pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer Inc. and Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceuticals, White & Case LLP attorneys know how to think globally, making the firm an easy choice for Law360's 2015 Global 20 list.

  • June 26, 2015

    Global 20: Allen & Overy

    Allen & Overy LLP deployed its massive reach to seal another year of lucrative cross-border deals, from 21st Century Fox's $9.3 billion sale of European media properties to British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, to British Imprerial Tobacco's £4 billion ($6.3 billion) acquisition of iconic American cigarette brands, landing it atop Law360's Global 20.

  • June 25, 2015

    1 Global Firm Dominates In Latin America

    One law firm has more attorneys throughout Latin America than all of the other firms on Law360's Global 20 list combined, giving the firm a leg up as it looks to gain a foothold in the emerging market.

  • June 25, 2015

    For Global Firms, South Africa Is The Place To Be

    Global 20 firms looking to plant a flag in a new country chose South Africa more frequently than anywhere else in the past two years, as the nation has emerged as a crucial hub for global players looking to help clients tap into burgeoning economic opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • June 24, 2015

    Magic Circle Firms Shun The Hottest Markets In The US

    U.S. firms can't get into Houston and Silicon Valley fast enough, but the Magic Circle firms on Law360's Global 20 are steering clear — and for good reason.

  • June 24, 2015

    Global 20 European Growth Isolated To Proven Markets

    Aggressive expansion in London and Paris is the main driver of attorney head count growth in the European Union for the Global 20, according to Law360 data, as firms choose to throw their resources in Europe at those two markets rather than expand into smaller cities.

  • June 24, 2015

    Global Powerhouse Firms Retreat From China

    While all of the firms in Law360's Global 20 have outposts in China, several reduced their head counts there over the past year as law firms struggle to make a profit from practicing in the world's second-largest economy.

  • June 23, 2015

    The Global Hot Spots Of 2015

    Singapore, France and the United Arab Emirates are just a few of the major growth areas for international law firms in 2015, with firms looking to boost their attorney counts in those countries thanks in part to a rise in international arbitration, cross-border deals and energy developments in Southeast Asia.

  • June 23, 2015

    Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2015

    For the fifth straight year, Law360 has selected and ranked the 20 law firms that had the biggest global presence and handled the largest, most significant and groundbreaking international and cross-border matters over the past year. Here, we reveal this year's Law360 Global 20.

  • June 23, 2015

    The 5 Firms That Made The Biggest Global Gains

    Through a bevy of mergers and acquisitions and robust hiring sprees, five firms stood out this year for making the biggest gains in their global head counts, according to Law360's Global 20 data.

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