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The professional services sector providing expertise in law, including advice, document drafting and representation of individuals and organizations in legal matters, encompassing private law firms, in-house counsel and public legal institutions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Cravath System, Management Theories

The Cravath System is the standard hiring and up-or-out promotion structure used across the legal services industry, not only at the firm that originated it.

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Corporate law, compliance and regulatory work make the legal services industry a major service provider to the financial services industry.

Source Wikipedia, Legal Services
IBM Antitrust Case, Corporate Events

The IBM antitrust case, filed in 1969 and withdrawn in 1982, is among the longest-running matters in U.S. antitrust legal history, alongside the Microsoft and Standard Oil cases already linked here.

Source Wikipedia, Legal Services

A landmark antitrust case exemplifying the legal services industry's role adjudicating corporate conduct.

Source Wikipedia, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
Source Wikipedia: Paul Drennan Cravath

The 1911 Supreme Court breakup of Standard Oil is a founding landmark of American antitrust legal practice.

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Companies In Industry

Source A&O Shearman (Wikipedia)
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Source Andrews Kurth (Wikipedia)
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Source Wikipedia: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Source Clifford Chance (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: CMS (law firm)
Source Cooley LLP (Wikipedia)
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Source Covington & Burling (Wikipedia)
Source Cozen O'Connor (Wikipedia)
Source Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle (Wikipedia)
Source Davis Polk (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Dechert
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Source ENSafrica (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Fangda Partners
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Source Gibson Dunn (Wikipedia)
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Source Hogan Lovells (Wikipedia)
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Source Jones Day (Wikipedia)
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Source Kirkland & Ellis (Wikipedia)
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Source Linklaters (Wikipedia)
Source Locke Lord (Wikipedia)
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Source Ropes & Gray (Wikipedia)
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Source Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Wikipedia)
Source Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Wikipedia)

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    A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, and represent individuals in legal matters.
  • Associated With: IBM Antitrust Case
  • Associated With: Financial Services Industry
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Wikipedia, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
WikipediaAssociated With: Microsoft Antitrust Case, Introduction
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United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case.
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Wikipedia, Standard Oil
WikipediaAssociated With: Standard Oil Antitrust Breakup, Article text
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On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court upheld the lower court judgment and declared the Standard Oil group to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act, Section II.
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Andrews Kurth (Wikipedia)
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Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP was a Houston, Texas based international law firm founded by Frank Andrews and U.S.
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Bird & Bird (Wikipedia)
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Bird & Bird is an international law firm founded in London in 1846, where the firm maintains its global headquarters.
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Cordell & Cordell (Wikipedia)
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Cordell & Cordell, P.C. is a Family Law firm with Estate Planning services based in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, that is frequently cited as the largest family law firm in the country with more than 100 offices and 300 attorneys in 30+ states.
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Dentons (Wikipedia)
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Dentons is a multinational law firm based in the United States.
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Gowling WLG (Wikipedia)
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Gowling WLG is a multinational business law firm with approximately 1500 lawyers working across eight countries.
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Latham & Watkins (Wikipedia)
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Latham & Watkins LLP is an American multinational white-shoe law firm founded in 1934 in Los Angeles, California.
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Webber Wentzel (Wikipedia)
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Webber Wentzel is an African law firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Werksmans (Wikipedia)
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Werksmans Attorneys is a South African law firm with offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Stellenbosch.
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Lead
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates (known as Skadden) is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City.
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Norton Rose Fulbright (Wikipedia)
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Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is a British-American business law firm.
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A&O Shearman (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: A&O Shearman, Lead
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Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP (commonly A&O Shearman) is a multinational law firm.
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Wikipedia: CMS (law firm)
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: CMS (law firm), Lead
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CMS is an international law firm that offers legal and tax advisory services.
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Gibson Dunn (Wikipedia)
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is an American multinational white-shoe law firm.
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Wikipedia: Dechert
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Dechert LLP (; DECK-ərt) is a multinational American law firm of more than 900 lawyers with practices in corporate and securities, complex litigation, finance and real estate, financial services, asset management, and private equity.
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King & Wood Mallesons (Wikipedia)
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King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) was the largest international commercial law firm based in the Asia-Pacific.
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Kirkland & Ellis (Wikipedia)
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an American multinational white-shoe corporate law firm founded in 1909.
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Sullivan & Cromwell (Wikipedia)
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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is an American multinational white shoe law firm headquartered in New York City.
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Allen & Overy (Wikipedia)
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Allen & Overy LLP was a British multinational law firm headquartered in London, England.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Lead
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, known as Orrick, is a law firm primarily focused on the technology, energy, infrastructure, finance, life sciences, and health tech sectors.
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Cooley LLP (Wikipedia)
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Cooley LLP is an American international law firm, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices worldwide.
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Goodwin Procter (Wikipedia)
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Goodwin Procter LLP is an American multinational law firm.
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Wikipedia: Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, Lead
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Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP is a law firm with 8 offices across the United Kingdom.
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Berwin Leighton Paisner, Lead
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) was an international law firm with 14 offices across 10 countries.
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DLA Piper (Wikipedia)
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DLA Piper is a law firm with offices in over 40 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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Hogan Lovells (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Hogan Lovells, Lead
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Hogan Lovells ( LUV-əlz) was an American-British law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington, DC.
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White & Case (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: White & Case, Lead
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White & Case LLP is a global white-shoe law firm based in New York City.
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Ropes & Gray (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Ropes & Gray, Lead
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Ropes & Gray LLP is an American multinational law firm.
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Lead
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, formerly Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly & Cox and Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly, Steen & Hamilton, and known as Cleary Gottlieb, is an American multinational white shoe law firm.
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Ashurst Perkins Coie (Wikipedia)
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Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP ( KOO-ee) is an international law firm formed through the merger of Perkins Coie and Ashurst LLP in June 2026.
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Cozen O'Connor (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Cozen O'Connor, Lead
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Cozen O'Connor P.C. is a multinational law firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
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Locke Lord (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Locke Lord, Lead
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Locke Lord LLP was an American law firm formed on October 2, 2007, after the combination of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp PLLC and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP.
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Sidley Austin (Wikipedia)
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Sidley Austin LLP is an American multinational law firm with approximately 2,300 lawyers in 21 offices across the world, including North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
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Baker McKenzie (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Baker McKenzie, Lead
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Baker McKenzie is a multinational corporate law firm headquartered in Chicago.
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WilmerHale (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: WilmerHale, Lead
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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, also known as WilmerHale, is an American multinational law firm with offices in the United States and Europe.
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, Lead
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (commonly referred to as "Mintz Levin" or simply "Mintz") is an American multinational general practice, full service law firm employing approximately 600 attorneys worldwide.
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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Lead
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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, (known as Curtis), is a New York-headquartered international law firm with 250 attorneys in 19 offices worldwide.
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Wikipedia: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Lead
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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) is a large law firm in South Africa, headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg, with offices in Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Nairobi.
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Wikipedia: Fangda Partners
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Fangda Partners, Lead
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Fangda Partners is a law firm headquartered in Shanghai, China with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Singapore.
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader (Wikipedia)
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is an international law firm formed through the merger of Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
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Clifford Chance (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Clifford Chance, Lead
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Clifford Chance LLP is a British multinational law firm headquartered in London, England, and a member of the "Magic Circle", a group of leading London-based multinational law firms.
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Jones Day (Wikipedia)
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Jones Day is an American multinational white-shoe law firm based in Washington, D.C.
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Wikipedia: Freshfields
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Freshfields, Lead
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Freshfields LLP (formerly Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, or FBD) is a British multinational law firm headquartered in London, England, and a member of the "Magic Circle".
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Wikipedia)
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a white-shoe law firm headquartered in New York City.
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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Lead
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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (known as Morgan Lewis) is a U.S.-based, white-shoe international law firm founded in Philadelphia, in 1873.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Lead
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (known as Akin Gump or Akin) is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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Baker Botts (Wikipedia)
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Baker Botts L.L.P. is an American law firm headquartered in Houston, Texas, at One Shell Plaza.
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Wolf Theiss (Wikipedia)
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Wolf Theiss is an Austrian law firm with offices in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.
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Linklaters (Wikipedia)
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Linklaters LLP is a British multinational law firm, headquartered in London.
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Greenberg Traurig (Wikipedia)
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Greenberg Traurig is an American law firm founded in Miami in 1967 by Mel Greenberg, Larry J.
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Ashurst LLP (Wikipedia)
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Ashurst was a British multinational law firm headquartered in London.
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Covington & Burling (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Covington & Burling, Lead
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Covington & Burling LLP is an American multinational law firm.
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Lead
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP ( WHILE GOT-chul and MAN-jeez) is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City.
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Wikipedia: Reed Smith
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Reed Smith LLP is a global law firm with more than 1,500 lawyers in 30 offices throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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Wikipedia: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (BCLP) is an international law firm with 32 offices worldwide.
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Lead
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (known as Paul, Weiss) is an American multinational white-shoe law firm headquartered in New York City.
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Vinson & Elkins (Wikipedia)
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Vinson & Elkins LLP (or V&E) is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Wikipedia: Paul Drennan Cravath
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American corporate lawyer and presiding partner of the New York law firm
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ENSafrica (Wikipedia)
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ENS (officially Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc.) is Africa's largest law firm.
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Davis Polk (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Davis Polk & Wardwell, Lead section
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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City with offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Redwood City, California, London, Madrid, Brussels, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, and São Paulo.
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Bowmans (law firm) (Wikipedia)
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Bowmans is a global law firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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