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2023 (16th ed) 2022 (15th ed) 2021 (14th ed) 2020 (13th ed) 2019 (12th ed)

People in Merits hearings Bet-the- Value of current

People in Pending cases Jurisdictional hearings Large Medium-sized Cases settled
Rank Firm Future completed in two company portfolio as
WWL (as arbitrator) completed in two years hearings hearings in two years
Leaders years hearings counsel

1 (1) King & Spalding 18 10 78 57 13 13 23 35 54 US$202 billion

2 (2) White & Case 24 20 32 64 5 5 14 39 40 US$225 billion

Freshfields
3 (4) 19 23 26 36 5 5 10 24 20 US$111.2 billion
Bruckhaus Deringer

Quinn Emanuel
4 (3) 12 9 31 29 3 6 6 14 11 US$110 billion
Urquhart & Sullivan

Herbert Smith
5 (6) 15 11 50 49 4 3 6 32 37 US$101.2 billion
Freehills

6 (7) Clifford Chance 15 12 56 52 2 3 4 29 25 US$85 billion

7 (9) Three Crowns 13 8 23 21 0 3 6 8 6 US$88.1 billion

Gaillard Banifatemi
8 (14) 4 3 19 21 1 4 10 7 6 US$63.9 billion
Shelbaya Disputes*

Debevoise &
9 (5) 12 5 17 10 1 3 5 2 10 US$62.8 billion
Plimpton

10 (10) Baker McKenzie 12 12 77 71 0 1 9 45 1 US$77 billion

11 (18) Dentons 4 6 20 48 2 4 7 25 20 US$37 billion

12 (20) Squire Patton Boggs 8 5 24 27 2 3 6 17 19 US$37.5 billion

13 (24) Reed Smith 5 4 25 54 2 2 8 30 N/A US$30.5 billion

14 (28) Hogan Lovells 9 9 24 44 1 1 8 21 14 US$39 billion

15 (17) Dechert 7 4 42 20 4 3 4 14 18 US$104 billion

16 (11) Jones Day 7 5 13 40 1 2 5 21 18 US$51 billion

Gibson Dunn &

17 (22) 4 1 8 19 2 3 5 9 2 US$37 billion
Crutcher

Wilmer Cutler
18 (8) Pickering Hale and 10 6 58 11 1 2 4 5 N/A US$258 billion
Dorr

19 (15) DLA Piper 10 8 38 89 6 2 3 45 22 US$32 billion

Curtis Mallet-Prevost
20 (19) 4 1 6 24 5 3 9 14 10 US$128 billion
Colt & Mosle

21 (16) Peter & Kim 7 7 43 13 0 2 4 4 2 US$97.3 billion

Eversheds
22 (23) 4 3 32 40 2 3 2 17 44 US$88.5 billion
Sutherland

Norton Rose
23 (27) 6 4 15 18 2 2 5 7 9 US$72.7 billion
Fulbright

24 (12) Latham & Watkins 6 6 9 16 4 1 6 5 12 US$36 billion

25 (–) Lalive 12 5 47 19 1 1 2 11 2 US$23.7 billion

26 (13) Shearman & Sterling* 4 2 14 16 2 3 2 8 9 US$21 billion

27 (–) Clyde & Co 7 2 16 32 4 2 4 22 24 US$48 billion

28 (21) Linklaters 6 4 14 23 3 1 4 12 27 US$156.6 billion

29 (–) CMS 10 4 133 63 2 0 5 31 15 US$30.6 billion

30 (–) Covington & Burling 4 4 7 13 2 2 4 4 N/A US$22.5 billion

Last year’s ranking given in parenthesis.

Bet-the-company hearings = US$1 billion or more; large hearings = US$250 million to
US$999 million; medium-sized hearings = US$10 million to US$249 million.
Small hearings (less than US$10 million) omitted from the ranking process.
Ranking also based on hours billed to arbitration over a two-year period.
* Hearings for Shearman & Sterling and Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes have largely been assigned to one or other firm in the 15th edition.

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