Le nombre d’avocats dans les cabinets d’avocats d’affaires est la seule variable en baisse cette année. Si en 2020 ce nombre avait bondi de 15 % par rapport à 2019, cette année il diminue de 9 %.
*Baker McKenzie : le chiffre d'affaires du cabinet, qui est suceptible d'évoluer jusqu'au 31 juillet 2022, réunit les bureaux de Paris, de Luxembourg et de Casablanca.
**HPML a fusionné avec Mermoz au mois de mai 2022.
Décideurs 150 par effectif : l'édition 2022
| Rang 2022 | Cabinet | Nombre d'avocats en 2021 | Prog. nbr avocats 2020/2021 (%) | Nombre d'associés en 2021 | Prog. nbr d'associé 2020/2021 (%) | CA 2021 (M€) | est. |
| 1 | Fidal | 1088 | -19% | 525 | 2% | 294,9 | |
| 2 | EY Société d'Avocats | 670 | 0% | 61 | 0% | 218,47 | |
| 3 | Deloitte Société d'Avocats | 568 | 0% | 67 | 3% | 113 | |
| 4 | KPMG Avocats | 466 | 11% | 81 | 31% | 104,4 | |
| 5 | PwC Société d'Avocats | 434 | -14% | 62 | 2% | 141,38 | |
| 6 | CMS Francis Lefebvre | 370 | -23% | 115 | 2% | 199,8 | |
| 7 | Gide | 343 | 4% | 90 | 5% | 185,7 | |
| 8 | Racine | 225 | 15% | 58 | 0% | 57,4 | |
| 9 | Capstan Avocats | 223 | 8% | 61 | 3% | 68,46 | |
| 10 | Hogan Lovells | 201 | 6% | 39 | 5% | 147,6 | |
| 11 | Clifford Chance | 191 | -5% | 39 | 0% | 127 | e |
| 12 | Cornet Vincent Ségurel | 190 | 11% | 47 | 0% | 41 | |
| 12 | Bredin Prat | 184 | -1% | 47 | 0% | 180 | |
| 13 | DS Avocats | 179 | 7% | 56 | 2% | 39,6 | |
| 14 | Linklaters | 167 | 5% | 36 | 29% | 110 | e |
| 15 | DLA Piper | 161 | -1% | 37 | -5% | 81,51 | |
| 16 | Fromont Briens | 154 | -9% | 41 | 5% | 48 | |
| 17 | Allen & Overy | 150 | -4% | 34 | 3% | 115 | e |
| 17 | Baker McKenzie* | 150 | -13% | 23 | -4% | 117,65 | |
| 17 | De Pardieu Brocas Maffei | 150 | 0% | 33 | 0% | 84,4 | |
| 20 | LPA-CGR | 139 | 1% | 41 | 8% | 49,75 | |
| 21 | Jones Day | 137 | -2% | 41 | 5% | 60 | e |
| 22 | De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés | 135 | 16% | 42 | 0% | 42,4 | |
| 23 | Mazars (NE 2022) | 130 | 22 | 15,2 | |||
| 24 | August Debouzy | 129 | -6% | 33 | 6% | 78 | |
| 25 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 128 | -1% | 31 | 7% | 70,7 | |
| 26 | Arsene | 127 | 7% | 24 | 14% | 55,94 | |
| 26 | Dentons | 127 | 4% | 40 | -2% | 70,8 | |
| 28 | Latham & Watkins | 122 | 9% | 31 | 3% | 76,8 | e |
| 29 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 112 | -1% | 26 | 4% | 80 | e |
| 30 | Bird & Bird | 111,4 | 1% | 28,7 | 4% | 45 | |
| 31 | Delsol Avocats | 109 | 9% | 30 | 11% | 34,5 | |
| 32 | Simmons & Simmons | 101 | 0% | 29 | 26% | 47,5 | e |
| 33 | Jeantet | 100 | 4% | 26 | 8% | 49 | |
| 34 | Eversheds Sutherland | 94,5 | 10% | 21 | 0% | 30,22 | |
| 35 | Mayer Brown | 94 | 13% | 30 | 15% | 103 | |
| 36 | UGGC Avocats | 93 | -1% | 33 | 6% | 33,1 | |
| 37 | McDermott Will & Emery | 90,5 | 22% | 22,5 | 6% | 50,8 | |
| 38 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 85 | 2% | 20 | 18% | 67 | e |
| 39 | Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier | 80 | 14% | 28 | 8% | 96,3 | |
| 39 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 80 | -22% | 23 | 10% | 41,51 | |
| 39 | Seban & Associés | 80 | -7% | 15 | 0% | 16 | |
| 39 | Taylor Wessing | 80 | 10% | 22 | 5% | 23,1 | |
| 43 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 79 | -12% | 23 | 21% | 55 | e |
| 44 | Bignon Lebray | 78 | 11% | 32 | 3% | 23,3 | |
| 45 | Flichy Grangé Avocats | 77 | -3% | 26 | 0% | 24 | |
| 45 | Oratio Avocats | 77 | 8% | 23 | 15% | 17,5 | |
| 47 | Altana | 76 | 4% | 21 | 0% | 25,5 | |
| 48 | Lamartine Conseil | 74 | 7% | 21 | 0% | 19,04 | |
| 49 | Lexavoué | 73 | 3% | 34 | 0% | 16 | |
| 50 | Reed Smith | 72 | 6% | 23 | 15% | 32,6 | |
| 51 | Lamy Lexel | 71 | -1% | 13 | 0% | 15 | |
| 51 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 71 | 1% | 19 | 0% | 80 | e |
| 53 | FTPA | 70 | 19% | 26 | 18% | 23,44 | |
| 54 | TGS France Avocats | 69 | 23% | 10 | 25% | 13,26 | |
| 55 | Actance | 67 | 12% | 15 | 15% | 18,5 | |
| 55 | Simon Associés | 67 | 10% | 25 | 19% | 20,2 | |
| 57 | Dechert | 66 | -13% | 14 | -7% | 50 | e |
| 58 | Alerion | 65 | 3% | 14 | -26% | 18,99 | |
| 59 | Fieldfisher | 63 | 2% | 20 | 0% | 23 | e |
| 59 | Hoche Avocats | 63 | 9% | 20 | 5% | 21,5 | |
| 61 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 62 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 62 | Franklin | 61,5 | 23% | 19 | 27% | 18 | |
| 63 | Adaltys | 61 | 15% | 20 | 25% | 13,4 | |
| 63 | Factorhy Avocats | 61 | 11% | 8 | 0% | 14 | |
| 65 | Reinhart Marville Torre | 61 | 0% | 18 | -5% | 23,7 | |
| 66 | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel | 60 | 21 | 17,9 | |||
| 67 | Osborne Clarke | 59 | 2% | 14 | 17% | 20,9 | |
| 68 | Squire Patton Boggs | 47 | 15% | 18 | -5% | 19 | e |
| 69 | Ayache | 46 | 0% | 15 | -12% | 22,84 | |
| 70 | Joffe & Associés | 45 | 15% | 17 | 6% | 13,5 | |
| 70 | Veil Jourde | 45 | -4% | 16 | -6% | 20 | |
| 72 | BCTG Avocats | 44 | -2% | 11 | -8% | 12,1 | |
| 72 | BG2V | 44 | 16% | 13 | 0% | 15,9 | |
| 72 | Klein Wenner | 44 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 72 | Sekri Valentin Zerrouk (SVZ) | 44 | 19% | 12 | 9% | 14,73 | |
| 76 | Paul Hastings | 43,5 | -5% | 19 | -5% | 48,7 | |
| 77 | Latournerie Wolfrom Avocats | 42 | -7% | 13 | -13% | 14,6 | |
| 78 | Adden Avocats | 41 | 5% | 10 | 0% | 7,17 | |
| 78 | BRL Avocats | 41 | -5% | 10 | 25% | 10,4 | |
| 78 | BDGS Associés | 40 | 8% | 16 | 14% | 36,4 | e |
| 81 | PDGB | 40 | 0% | 17 | -13% | 11,15 | |
| 82 | Coblence Avocats | 39 | 8% | 13 | -7% | 11,7 | |
| 83 | Centaure Avocats | 38 | 6% | 11 | 22% | 7,21 | |
| 83 | Chammas & Marcheteau | 38 | 13 | 10,7 | |||
| 83 | Holman Fenwick Willan | 38 | 6% | 11 | -8% | 16,18 | |
| 86 | Lerins & BCW | 38 | 19% | 15 | 15% | 8,3 | |
| 87 | Shearman & Sterling | 37,25 | -48% | 9 | -40% | e | |
| 88 | Stephenson Harwood | 36 | 16% | 14 | 27% | 11,9 | |
| 89 | Aramis | 35 | 3% | 10 | 0% | 11,5 | |
| 89 | Clyde & Co | 34 | 10% | 10 | -9% | 11,5 | e |
| 89 | Earth Avocats | 34 | 42% | 11 | 22% | 6,73 | |
| 89 | Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent | 34 | -6% | 15 | 0% | 10,35 | |
| 93 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 34 | -21% | 8 | 33% | 16 | e |
| 94 | Raffin & Associés | 33 | -6% | 10 | 0% | 12 | |
| 94 | Winston & Strawn | 33 | 18% | 13 | 8% | 23,6 | |
| 96 | Lusis Avocats | 32 | 5 | 4,65 | |||
| 97 | Charles Russell Speechlys | 31 | 3% | 9 | 0% | 8 | e |
| 97 | Lmt Avocats | 31 | 3% | 14 | 8% | 9,8 | |
| 97 | Steering Legal | 31 | 11% | 14 | 17% | 4 | |
| 97 | Vogel & Vogel | 31 | 7% | 2 | 0% | 10,9 | |
| 101 | Bersay | 30 | -3% | 13 | 8% | 7,7 | |
| 102 | Aklea Société d'Avocats | 29 | 4% | 9 | 0% | 7,6 | |
| 103 | MGG Voltaire | 28 | 9 | 8,3 | |||
| 103 | Nomos | 28 | -3% | 5 | 0% | 8 | |
| 103 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan | 28 | 12% | 5 | 25% | 22,4 | |
| 103 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 28 | 8% | 4 | 0% | 28 | e |
| 107 | Stream | 27 | 9 | 7,68 | |||
| 108 | Harlay Avocats | 26 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 7,4 | |
| 108 | Rödl & Partners | 26 | -4% | 10 | 11% | 7,2 | |
| 110 | Bret Bremens | 24 | -11% | 14 | 8% | 5,5 | |
| 110 | Derriennic Associés | 24 | -23% | 6 | -14% | 7,7 | |
| 110 | Vigo | 24 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 5,7 | |
| 113 | Chaintrier Avocats | 23 | 0% | 9 | 0% | 11,1 | |
| 113 | Yards (ex-Moisand Boutin & Associés) | 23 | 7 | 7,4 | |||
| 115 | BMH Avocats | 22 | -19% | 11 | -15% | 4,8 | |
| 115 | K&L Gates | 22 | 22% | 8 | 14% | 6,7 | e |
| 115 | Péchenard & Associés | 22 | 5% | 8 | 0% | 6 | |
| 115 | Squadra Avocats | 22 | 5% | 7 | -13% | 4,7 | |
| 115 | Squair | 22 | 20 | 2,5 | |||
| 120 | Camille Avocats | 21 | 11% | 6 | 0% | 4,2 | |
| 120 | JP Karsenty & Associés | 21 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 6,3 | |
| 120 | Laude Esquier Champey | 21 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 120 | Parme Avocats | 21 | 0% | 8 | 33% | 7,2 | |
| 120 | Valther | 21 | 5 | 7,85 | |||
| 125 | STAS & Associés | 20 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 8,6 | |
| 125 | Valoris | 20 | 5% | 6 | 20% | 3,4 | |
| 125 | Wilhelm & Associés | 20 | 11% | 4 | 33% | 5,9 | e |
| 128 | Abello IP Firm | 19 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 8,2 | |
| 128 | GGV Avocats | 19 | 6 | 3,55 | |||
| 128 | HAAS Avocats | 19 | 5 | ||||
| 131 | Redlink | 18 | 0% | 8 | 0% | 5,7 | |
| 132 | Miguérès Moulin | 17 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 3,7 | |
| 132 | Opleo Avocats | 17 | 0% | 4 | -20% | 6,4 | |
| 133 | Signature Litigation | 16,5 | 27% | 4,5 | -10% | 6,2 | |
| 134 | Ressource Avocats | 16 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 135 | Sullivan & Cromwell | 15,5 | 11% | 4,5 | 13% | 16,6 | e |
| 136 | Aston Avocats | 15 | 6 | 4,34 | |||
| 136 | HPML** | 15 | -21% | 6 | 0% | 5,2 | |
| 136 | Lexco | 15 | 5 | 3,9 | |||
| 136 | Ogletree Deakins | 15 | -6% | 4 | -20% | 5,75 | |
| 140 | Edgar Avocats | 14,5 | 3 | 3,9 | |||
| 141 | Cazals Manzo Pichot Saint Quentin | 14 | 8% | 7 | 0% | 4,2 | |
| 141 | Cleach Avocats | 14 | 8% | 6 | 0% | 3,3 | |
| 141 | Oxynomia | 14 | 8% | 6 | -14% | 2,9 | |
| 141 | Seattle Avocats | 14 | 5 | 2,2 | |||
| 145 | Chatain & Associés | 13 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 146 | Piotraut Giné Avocats (PGA) | 12 | 9% | 3 | 0% | 4,7 | |
| 150 | Bougartchev Moyne Associés | 11 | 0% | 3 | 50% | 4 | |
| 150 | EBA Endrös-Baum Associés | 11 | -15% | 6 | 20% | 4,5 | |
| 150 | Vercken & Gaullier | 11 | 10% | 3 | 0% | 2 |
