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| Rank | Firm | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DLA Piper | 13,334 |
| 2 | Dentons | 11,787 |
| 3 | CMS | 10,996 |
| 4 | A&O Shearman | 9,334 |
| 5 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 9,041 |
| 6 | Clifford Chance | 8,333 |
| 7 | Hogan Lovells | 7,577 |
| 8 | Clyde & Co | 7,262 |
| 9 | Linklaters | 7,041 |
| 10 | Freshfields | 7,015 |
| 11 | Eversheds Sutherland | 6,090 |
| 12 | Ashurst | 5,032 |
| 13 | DWF | 4,714 |
| 14 | HSF Kramer | 4,571 |
| 15 | Pinsent Masons | 4,361 |
| 16 | Gowling WLG | 3,572 |
| 17 | Bird & Bird | 3,421 |
| 18 | Addleshaw Goddard | 3,344 |
| 19 | Irwin Mitchell | 3,130 |
| 20 | DAC Beachcroft | 3,035 |
| 21 | Kennedys | 2,948 |
| 22 | Simmons & Simmons | 2,909 |
| 23 | Osborne Clarke | 2,468 |
| 24 | HF | 2,280 |
| 25 | Fieldfisher | 2,269 |
| 26 | BCLP | 2,186 |
| 27 | TLT | 2,161 |
| 28 | Slaughter and May | 2,077 |
| 29 | Taylor Wessing | 1,847 |
| 30 | HFW | 1,843 |
| 31 | Keoghs | 1,677 |
| 32 | Knights | 1,664 |
| 33 | Weightmans | 1,656 |
| 34 | Shoosmiths | 1,578 |
| 35 | Ampa - Legal & Professional Services | 1,538 |
| 36 | Browne Jacobson | 1,499 |
| 37 | Stephenson Harwood | 1,474 |
| 38 | Mills & Reeve | 1,464 |
| 39 | Mishcon de Reya | 1,461 |
| 40 | Withers | 1,397 |
| 41 | Watson Farley & Williams | 1,387 |
| 42 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 1,381 |
| 43 | Burges Salmon | 1,310 |
| 44 | Hill Dickinson | 1,293 |
| 45 | Taylor Rose | 1,293 |
| 46 | RPC | 1,287 |
| 47 | Freeths | 1,283 |
| 48 | Trowers & Hamlins | 1,172 |
| 49 | Birketts | 1,139 |
| 50 | Macfarlanes | 1,081 |
| 51 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 1,078 |
| 52 | Ampa - Legal & Professional Services | 1,069 |
| 53 | Brodies | 1,017 |
| 54 | Fletchers | 963 |
| 55 | Penningtons Manches Cooper | 916 |
| 56 | Slater and Gordon | 881 |
| 57 | Travers Smith | 880 |
| 58 | Gateley | 872 |
| 59 | Bevan Brittan | 853 |
| 60 | Lewis Silkin | 844 |
| 61 | Capsticks | 834 |
| 62 | HCR Law | 824 |
| 63 | JMW Solicitors LLP | 791 |
| 64 | Leigh Day | 773 |
| 65 | Gunnercooke | 724 |
| 66 | Clarke Willmott | 721 |
| 67 | Hugh James | 716 |
| 68 | Burness Paull | 712 |
| 69 | VWV | 705 |
| 70 | Setfords | 700 |
| 71 | Thompsons | 697 |
| 72 | Farrer & Co | 696 |
| 73 | Keystone Law | 684 |
| 74 | Duncan Lewis Solicitors Ltd. | 682 |
| 75 | Express Solicitors | 648 |
| 76 | Blake Morgan | 642 |
| 76 | Forsters | 639 |
| 78 | Foot Anstey | 632 |
| 79 | Stewarts | 627 |
| 80 | RWK Goodman | 620 |
| 81 | Ashfords | 608 |
| 82 | Ward Hadaway | 606 |
| 83 | Brabners | 581 |
| 84 | Walker Morris | 580 |
| 85 | Minster Law | 576 |
| 86 | Michelmores | 574 |
| 87 | Co-op Legal Services | 570 |
| 88 | Kingsley Napley | 568 |
| 89 | Shepherd and Wedderburn | 554 |
| 90 | Bond Turner | 540 |
| 91 | Cripps | 520 |
| 92 | Thorntons | 507 |
| 93 | Tees Law | 484 |
| 94 | Howard Kennedy | 481 |
| 95 | Fladgate | 478 |
| 96 | Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP | 476 |
| 97 | Wilkin Chapman Rollits | 462 |
| 98 | Lindsays | 460 |
| 99 | Russell-Cooke | 438 |
| 100 | Talbots Law | 436 |
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