Facts and Figures

3,500 lawyers located in 30 countries and 69 offices.
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.
Offices across continental Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine.
Offices in the UK: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield.
Offices in Asia: Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.
Offices in the Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait City*, Manama, Muscat and Riyadh*.
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 ten members in the Group: DLA Nordic in Sweden; Law Office Femil Curt in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Law Firm Glinska & Miskovic Ltd. in Croatia; DLA Matouk Bassiouny in Egypt; Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc., with two offices in South Africa; Chibesakunda & Co. in Zambia; IMMMA in Tanzania; Reindorf Chambers in Ghana; Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates in Kenya; 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 works in cooperation with Campos Mello Advogados, an independent Brazilian law firm.
Across Europe, the Middle East and Asia over 3,000 volunteers donated 24,000 hours to Corporate Social Responsibility activity (valued at more than £3.6 million). In the US, DLA Piper donated more than 130,000 hours of pro bono legal services in 2009 (valued at approximately $68 million), with an average of 86 hours of pro bono service per lawyer. Our pro bono program is consistently ranked among the best by The American Lawyer. In the UK we were the first legal practice to be listed in the Sunday Times' "Top 100 Companies that Count" for our ranking in Business in the Community's Corporate Responsibility Index.
In the US, DLA Piper devoted over 140,000 hours to pro bono and volunteer service in 2009, and nearly 157,000 hours in 2008. In 2008, we received the ABA’s prestigious Pro Bono and Publico Award for our commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged. We also ranked #16 in The American Lawyer 2008 Pro Bono Scorecard.
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 worldwide, our efforts to understand, value and incorporate differences are at the heart of our culture.

Clients

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

Recent Awards

Named "Advisor of the Year" at the European Outsourcing Association (EOA) Awards 2010
Received the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the Legal Business Awards 2010
Named "Deal Structuring Law Firm of the Year" at the unquote British Private Equity Awards 2009
Received the "Environmental Excellence Award" at the CSR Summit Awards 2009
Named "Corporate Law Firm of the Year" at the Belgian Legal Awards 2009
Named "Law Firm of the Year 2009" at the Asia M&A Atlas Awards
Received the "Asia Pacific Energy Services Sector Deal of the Year 2009" at the Asia M&A Atlas Awards
Winner of the 2009 "Financial Management Award" at the MPF's European Practice Management Awards
Received the "Sustainability Initiative Award" at the facilities management Middle East Awards 2009
Named “European Copyright Firm of the Year” at the Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards 2009
Named “International Tax Firm of the Year” at the Asia Tax Awards 2008 hosted by International Tax Review
Acknowledged as International Law Firm of the Year 2008 in Ukraine and the Legal Awards 2008 (Yuridicheskaya Practika Publishing)
Received the 2008 International Law Office Client Choice Award in the UK category
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
Named "Belgian Law Firm of the Year" at the Belgian Legal Awards 2008
Named 2007 “Firm of the Year’’ in Hong Kong (securities and finance) and Singapore (M&A) by Asian-Counsel Magazine
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

Global Ranking

3rd by revenue, according to the Legal Business Global 100 2010.

1st in the US by revenue, according to The Lawyer’s 2008 US Top 50.
2nd by number of lawyers, according to NLJ 250 Report 2009.

5th by revenue, according to Legal Business 100 2009.

* denotes associate offices

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