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.
  • September 29, 2017

    Global 20: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has worked to build a specialized practice focused on technology, energy and finance issues, supporting a range of clients from governments pursuing major energy projects in Africa to Nordic companies navigating the risk environment in western markets, helping land the firm on Law360's Global 20 list.

  • September 28, 2017

    Global 20: Herbert Smith Freehills

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has maintained its place on Law360’s Global 20 list for the fourth year in a row, again proving itself an international powerhouse through its representation of Goldman Sachs International and Societe Generale against a Libyan government wealth fund, among other large cases and deals.

  • September 27, 2017

    Global 20: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP continued building on its global roots this year, landing work on major cross-border transactions like GM’s European business sale as well as sovereign debt offerings for Iraq and South Korea to earn a spot on Law360’s Global 20 list.

  • September 26, 2017

    Global 20: Freshfields

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP continued this year to flex its muscle as a cross-border powerhouse, advising on a slew of multibillion-dollar deals and guiding companies through high-stakes investigations and litigation to once again land the Magic Circle firm on Law360’s Global 20 list.

  • September 25, 2017

    Global 20: Eversheds Sutherland

    Eversheds Sutherland, which formed in 2016 when U.S.-based Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP combined with the U.K.’s Eversheds LLP, advised on a $23 billion U.K. energy infrastructure project and a $2 billion Libyan construction dispute, landing the firm on Law360’s Global 20 list.

  • September 22, 2017

    Global 20: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP worked its way back onto Law360’s Global 20 list after a year of continent-spanning work representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Vista Oil & Gas, among others, in deals and offerings that were sometimes firsts of their kind in the client’s homeland.

  • September 21, 2017

    Global 20: Dechert

    In the past year, Dechert has provided Brexit-related advice across a spectrum of practice areas, guided WhiteWave Foods through competition issues pertaining to its acquisition by Danone and defended Ecuador against arbitration brought by a ConocoPhillips subsidiary, again earning it a spot on Law360’s Global 20 list.

  • September 20, 2017

    Global 20: Squire Patton Boggs

    Squire Patton Boggs continued to demonstrate the dominance of its global platform in recent months, handling cross-border matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars and nabbing high-profile hires such as former Speaker of the House John Boehner to once again land among Law360’s Global 20.

  • September 19, 2017

    Global 20: Norton Rose Fulbright

    Norton Rose Fulbright continued to expand its global presence in the past year while playing a key role in groundbreaking mining projects in Guinea, helping land the firm on Law360’s Global 20 list.

  • September 18, 2017

    Global 20: Hogan Lovells

    Hogan Lovells may have slowed its expansion, but the depth of its staff has served it well over the last year in complex and labor-intensive matters like Libor litigation, securing it a place in Law360's Global 20 for the seventh year running.

  • September 15, 2017

    Global 20: DLA Piper

    While DLA Piper’s sprawling international presence allows it to oversee multibillion-dollar acquisitions like Qualcomm’s purchase of NXP Semiconductors, it also helps the firm fully respect and embrace an array of local cultures, earning it a spot on Law360’s Global 20 list for the seventh consecutive year.

  • September 14, 2017

    Global 20: Allen & Overy

    Allen & Overy LLP churned out another year of industry-leading deal volume that includes work on worldwide firsts like Mozambique’s $25 billion Coral South liquid natural gas megaproject, earning its fifth consecutive spot on Law360’s Global 20 list.

  • September 13, 2017

    Global 20: Dentons

    Dentons continues to shine on the global stage as the firm’s expansion into areas including the Netherlands and Latin America over the past year cements its status as the world’s largest law firm, helping earn it a spot on Law360’s Global 20.

  • September 12, 2017

    Global 20: Baker McKenzie

    Whether guiding U.K.-based Unilever’s acquisition of popular Latin American toiletry brands or steering other complex cross-border transactions, Baker McKenzie has once again emerged as a legal leader on all six continents it serves, landing the firm a spot on this year’s Global 20 list.

  • September 11, 2017

    Global 20: White & Case

    White & Case LLP continued to broaden its global presence in recent months, working on hundreds of mergers and acquisitions worth hundreds of billions of dollars and focusing on a five-year growth strategy as it earned the top spot on Law360's Global 20.

  • September 08, 2017

    Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs

    As more and more international legal giants opt to renounce their headquarters — a move that can woo clients and merger partners alike — experts say it's a step that also brings its own set of management challenges.

  • September 08, 2017

    Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017

    When it comes to having the global expertise to handle complex cross-border matters spanning multiple time zones, some firms stand out from the rest. Here, Law360 reveals its seventh annual ranking of the firms with the biggest international presence.

  • September 08, 2017

    Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze

    A year after the U.K.’s vote to end its membership in the European Union, most firms are either hewing to existing expansion plans or making tweaks around the edges, with even the most avid crystal ball-gazers at a loss for what Brexit will mean in the long term.

  • September 08, 2017

    Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks

    Australia, Brazil and Germany have emerged as premier hubs for global law firm expansion in 2017, fueled in part by increased anti-corruption enforcement in Brazil, infrastructure investment in Sydney and the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union.

  • September 08, 2017

    Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo

    International law firms play a crucial role in India despite being barred from practicing there, and some say opening up the country’s legal industry wouldn’t drastically change how they do business.

  • July 20, 2016

    Global 20: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP continues to expand its substantial international presence in the finance, technology, energy and infrastructure sectors, with 14 of its 25 offices on foreign soil and recent work in Africa advising the world's largest energy project underway, landing the firm on Law360's Global 20 list.

  • July 19, 2016

    Global 20: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn has been expanding its work in international transactions, especially in London and Asia, and its determination to bolster its offerings despite uncertainty around the Brexit vote and volatility in Asian financial markets has secured the firm’s return to Law360’s Global 20 list after a two-year absence.

  • July 18, 2016

    Global 20: Mayer Brown

    With the ability to handle the most complex cross-border situations and with recent groundbreaking deals for Yum Brands and Beijing Enterprises under its belt, Mayer Brown has proven in the last year that, although it has one of the lowest office counts on Law360's Global 20 list, its reach is extensive.

  • July 15, 2016

    Global 20: Reed Smith

    Reed Smith LLP's international network of offices have coordinated to fend off bondholder attacks against BNY Mellon in the Argentina bond default litigation and to seal billions of dollars of transactions for clients in China and elsewhere, helping land the firm on Law360's Global 20 list.

  • July 14, 2016

    Global 20: Paul Hastings

    Between an Asian practice ready to capitalize on the region's growing international presence, an established European arm headlined by a deep London office and a new Sao Paolo branch poised to thrive in a top emerging market, Paul Hastings LLP easily earned a place on Law360's Global 20 list.

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