Facts and Figures

Some Key Facts and Figures

More than 8,000 people across more than 60 offices in more than 20 countries.
Over 3,700 lawyers, including more than 1,000 partners globally.
Global revenue for the year ending 31 December 2007, was up 18.7% to over $2.1billion/£1billion/€1.5billion.
More than 20 offices in key US markets: Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Raleigh, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Tampa, and Washington, DC.
More than 25 offices across continental Europe in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine.
Eight UK offices - Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and Sheffield.
Six offices in Asia - Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.
We have offices in Abu Dhabi, Doha Dubai and Kuwait City. These offices are complemented by our lawyers with experience advising on matters in Saudi Arabia as well as our affiliation with a local practice in Saudi Arabia.
DLA Piper Group is an alliance of independent law firms with exclusive agreements with DLA Piper. DLA Piper and the Group members share a common vision to provide comprehensive legal services to clients locally and globally. There are seven members in the Group; DLA Nordic in Sweden, DLA Matouk Bassiouny in Egypt, Cliffe Dekker with two offices in South Africa, Chibesakunda & Co in Zambia, IMMMA in Tanzania, Reindorf Chambers in Ghana and DLA Phillips Fox in Australia and New Zealand.
We have also built strong referral relationships across Latin America, especially in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico.
DLA Piper donated more than 100,000 hours of pro bono legal services in both 2006 and 2007. In The American Lawyer’s most recent pro bono survey, the firm ranked #1 for pro bono participation among the AmLaw 200 firms.
We are committed to sustainability and were the first in the legal field to achieve ISO 14001 certification across all the continents in which we operate, committing us to standards that significantly reduce our impact on the environment.
Our people reflect the diversity of our clients, and the many communities and markets where we work. With offices in 25 countries, our efforts to understand, value and incorporate differences are at the heart of our culture.

Clients

DLA Piper clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprizes to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies.
DLA Piper represents more than 140 of the top 250 Fortune 500 clients and nearly half of the FTSE 350 or their subsidiaries.

Recent Awards

Received the 2008 International Law Office Client Choice Award in the UK category.
Named “Asia Pacific Real Estate Law Firm of the Year’ Award” by asiacre.com at the 2008 Asia Pacific Real Estate Awards.
Named “Dispute Resolution Team of the Year’’ at the Legal Business Awards 2008.
Winner of the 2008 “Best International Recruitment Initiative’’ award at The Lawyer HR Awards.
Named “Mid Market Law Firm of the Year’’ at the Acquisitions Monthly Awards 2008, for the second year running.
Named “TMT/IP Team of the Year” at the British Legal Awards 2007, for the second year running.
Winner of the 2007 MPF European Practice Award in the “Best Management of Risk’’ category.
Named “Mid Market Law Firm of the Year” at the Acquisitions Monthly Awards 2007.
Named 2007 “Firm of the Year’’ in Hong Kong (securities and finance) and Singapore (M&A) by Asian-Counsel Magazine.
Received the 2007 International Law Office Client Choice award in the Singapore and International categories in recognition of our quality service.
Received a “Big Tick” at the Business in the Community’s (BITC) Silver Jubilee Awards in 2007 for its 10 year partnership with The Prince’s Trust.
Ranked as the number one firm for pro bono participation by The American Lawyer in 2007.
Named “Law Firm of the Year’’ at unquote Private Equity Awards 2007, for the third year running.
Named “Global Law firm of the Year’’ by The Lawyer in 2006.
Named one of the world’s leading real estate firms in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Who’s Who Legal.

Ranked
Global

5th by turnover, according to the Legal Business Global 50 2007.

1st in the US by revenue, according to The Lawyer’s 2008 US Top 50.
1st by number of lawyers, according to NLJ 250 Report 2007.

5th by turnover, according to Legal Week Top 50, The Lawyer and Legal Business 100 2007.
3rd in the FT Law 50 2008 index.

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