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Tagline: Lean by Big Law standards at around 900 lawyers, Akin competes on quality and trajectory rather than scale.

Revenue:Gross revenue of $1,489,976,000 for 2024. LSD.Law Revenue increased 8.8% and profits per equity partner rose 23.5% — the firm's second consecutive year of record results. Since 2022, revenue has grown 21%, net income 40%, and PEP 51%. Akin Gump PEP reached $3.9 million in 2024

Global Spread / Office Footprint:Offices in Dallas, Washington DC, San Antonio, Houston, Irvine, Fort Worth, New York, Philadelphia, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva and Hartford. Beijing was wound down in 2024. London is the crown jewel internationally: London revenue exceeded $200 million in 2024, representing 43% growth over two years. Akin Gump The appointment of a London co-chair reflects the firm's strategic pivot toward transatlantic parity.

Prestige / Market Tier:AmLaw 100

Tier 1 Strengths:AmLaw Elite / Global Specialist — ranked 38th on the Am Law 200 and 44th on the Global 200 by revenue Punches above its headcount in profitability. Ranked 8th on The American Lawyer's A-List in 2024, its ninth consecutive year in the Top 20 Akin Gump — a ranking that weights associate satisfaction and diversity alongside financials, making it a meaningful signal of culture.

Notable / Emerging Practices:Digital finance, crypto regulation, cross-border securities

Culture / Work Environment Snapshot:Classic US firm dynamic: lean teams, high responsibility, high pay, demanding hours. The London office is finance and restructuring-focused rather than full-service, which means trainees and associates are unlikely to spend time on commodity work. Trainees praise the quality of work and level of responsibility, with deals that are "not cookie cutter." The co-chair structure — with a London partner at the very top — signals an unusually strong commitment to its international offices for a firm of its size.

Last Updated: March 31, 2026

Lean by Big Law standards at around 900 lawyers, Akin competes on quality and trajectory rather than scale.

Founded in Dallas in 1945 by former FBI agent Robert Strauss — who later became US Ambassador to the Soviet Union — Akin has always been a firm where law and politics intersect.

That DNA endures: today it runs one of the most powerful lobbying and government affairs practices in Washington, sitting alongside an internationally recognised restructuring powerhouse and a fast-growing London operation that has made the firm a serious transatlantic player. After a decade under chair Kim Koopersmith during which revenue grew 77% to $1.5 billion, the firm entered 2025 under new co-chairs Daniel Walsh (London) and Abid Qureshi (New York) — a deliberate signal of where the next phase of growth is headed. Lean by Big Law standards at around 900 lawyers, Akin competes on quality and trajectory rather than scale.

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