DLA Piper is a global law firm with 77 offices across 31 countries and more than 4,200 lawyers. As of May 2011, it was the largest law firm in the world by number of attorneys. The firm's global revenues were $1.92 billion in 2009–2010. 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.
DLA Piper's clients range from multina...
More
DLA Piper is a global law firm with 77 offices across 31 countries and more than 4,200 lawyers. As of May 2011, it was the largest law firm in the world by number of attorneys. The firm's global revenues were $1.92 billion in 2009–2010. 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.
DLA Piper's clients range from multinational, Global 1,000 and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging high-tech companies and start-ups, for which it operates a dedicated division for venture-capital placements.
DLA Piper's joint chief executive officers are Sir Nigel Knowles and Lee Miller. The co-chairmen of the firm's global board are Frank Burch and Anthony Angel.
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.
DLA itself had been the result of a mid-1990s...
Less
