DLA Piper
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| No. of offices | 76[1] |
| No. of attorneys | Approximately 4,200[1] |
| Major practice areas | Arbitration, Banking, Competition and Trade, Corporate Crime, Corporate Finance, Employment, Energy, Hospitality and Leisure, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Pensions, Private Equity, Real Estate, Tax, Technology |
| Key people |
Frank Burch (Global Co-Chairman) |
| Date founded | 2005 (merger)[2] |
| Company type | International law firm |
| Website | |
| dlapiper.com | |
DLA Piper is a global law firm with 76 offices across 30 countries and more than 4,200 lawyers.[1] As of May 2011, it was the largest law firm in the world by number of attorneys.[3] The firm's global revenues were $1.92 billion in 2009-2010.[4] The firm is composed of two partnerships, DLA Piper International, and DLA Piper U.S. The two partnerships share a single management board but are not financially integrated.[5]
DLA Piper's clients range from multinational, Global 1,000 and Fortune 500[not in citation given] enterprises to emerging high-tech companies and start-ups, for which it operates a dedicated division[6] for venture-capital placements.
DLA Piper's joint chief executive officers are Sir Nigel Knowles and Lee Miller.[5] The co-chairmen of the firm's global board are Frank Burch and Anthony Angel.[5]
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[edit] History
DLA Piper was formed in 2005 by a merger between three firms: San Diego-based Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, Chicago-based Piper Rudnick LLP and London-based DLA LLP.[2]
DLA itself had been the result of a mid-1990s merger between three UK firms, Dibb Lupton Broomhead, Alsop Stevens, and Wilkinson Kimbers, while Piper Rudnick had been the product of a 1999 merger between Baltimore-based Piper & Marbury and Chicago-based Rudnick & Wolfe. Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell was DLA Piper's Chairman between 2003 and 2009.[7][8]
[edit] Offices
DLA Piper has 76 offices in 30 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia and Europe:[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Facts and Figures". DLA Piper. http://www.dlapiper.com/global/about/facts/. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Our History". DLA Piper. http://www.dlapiper.com/global/about/ourhistory/. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ Baxter, Bryan. "We're Number One! We're Number One!: Firm Now Ranks as World's Largest". New York Law Journal. http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/nylawyer/PubArticleNYL.jsp?id=1202492791576&Were_Number_One_Were_Number_One_Firm_Now_Ranks_as_Worlds_Largest=&src=EMC-Email&et=editorial&bu=NY%20Lawyer&pt=NYLAWYER%20Daily%20Buzz&cn=buzz050311&kw=We're%20Number%20One!%20We're%20Number%20One!%3A%20Firm%20Now%20Ranks%20as%20World's%20Largest. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- ^ "The Global 100: Most Revenue 2010". American Lawyer. http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202472338838&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "Firm Leadership". DLA Piper. http://www.dlapiper.com/global/about/firm_leadership/. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "Law Firms Offer Discounts, Play Matchmaker," The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 9, 2010
- ^ "DLA Piper: The Firm Behind the Mitchell Report". The Wall Street Journal. 4 December 2007. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/12/04/dla-piper-the-firm-behind-the-mitchell-report/. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Palestinians looking to American-style housing developments, financing". The Washington Post. 23 November 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/22/AR2009112202106.html. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ^ "Our Offices". DLA Piper. http://www.dlapiper.com/global/locations/. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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