Hogan Lovells Cadwalader vs. DLA Piper LLP (US) vs. Venable LLP
Category by category. Sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Est. 2026 · Merger
- DLA Piper LLP (US)
Est. 2005 · Merger
- Venable LLP
Est. 1900
Est. 2026 · Merger
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Am Law #12. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS, Capital Markets: Securitization: CRE CLOs, and Corporate/M&A. Operates from 48 offices worldwide.
Est. 2005 · Merger
DLA Piper LLP (US) is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Am Law #3. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Artificial Intelligence, Corporate/M&A, and Franchising. Operates from 89 offices worldwide.
Est. 1900
Venable LLP is a mid-size firm of ~785 attorneys. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy Litigation, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Construction. Operates from 18 offices worldwide.
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader#30
- DLA Piper LLP (US)#42
- Venable LLP#69
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader#12
- DLA Piper LLP (US)#3
- Venable LLP#68
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader27 records
- DLA Piper LLP (US)22 records
- Venable LLP8 records
- #30
- #12
- 27 records
- Vault rank
- #42
- Am Law rank
- #3
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 22 records
- Vault rank
- #69
- Am Law rank
- #68
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 8 records
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader$225,000+
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$225,000+
- Venable LLP$215,000
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader$3.52M
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$4.14M
- Venable LLP$1.40M
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader$3.29B
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$4.58B
- Venable LLP$900.01M
Revenue per lawyer
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader$1.21M
- DLA Piper LLP (US)$968K
- Venable LLP$1.15M
- $225,000+
- $3.52M
- $3.29B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.21M
- First-Year Comp
- $225,000+
- Profits Per Partner
- $4.14M
- Firm revenue
- $4.58B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $968K
- First-Year Comp
- $215,000
- Profits Per Partner
- $1.40M
- Firm revenue
- $900.01M
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.15M
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Venable LLP1,850
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Venable LLPNot Reported
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Venable LLPNot Reported
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader~3,100
- DLA Piper LLP (US)~4,750
- Venable LLP~800
Offices
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader48
- DLA Piper LLP (US)89
- Venable LLP18
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- Not Reported
- ~3,100
- Offices
- 48
- Billable target
- Not Reported
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~4,750
- Offices
- 89
- Billable target
- 1,850
- Partnership track
- Not Reported
- US associates per partner
- Not Reported
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~800
- Offices
- 18
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader98.7%
- DLA Piper LLP (US)96.9%
- Venable LLP84.6%
Class size
- Hogan Lovells Cadwalader64 (year not confirmed)
- DLA Piper LLP (US)131 (2026)
- Venable LLP27 (year not confirmed)
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerNot Reported
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Not Reported
- Venable LLPNot Reported
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerNo
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Yes
- Venable LLPNo
- 98.7%
- Class size
- 64 (year not confirmed)
- Not Reported
- No
- Offer rate
- 96.9%
- Class size
- 131 (2026)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- Yes
- Offer rate
- 84.6%
- Class size
- 27 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Not Reported
- Specific practice area
- No
Green marks the stronger for the same practice, market and year. Shared results are listed once. split some top tables.
Shared rankings
Rank differences
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 2
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 1
- Venable LLPBand 1
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 1
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 3
- Venable LLPBand 4
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 1
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 2
- Venable LLPBand 3
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 1 · Elite
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 2 · Elite
- Venable LLPBand 2 · Elite
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 4
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 1
- Venable LLPBand 2
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 1
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 3
- Venable LLPBand 3
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 2 · Elite
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 2 · Elite
- Venable LLPBand 3 · Elite
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 2 · Elite
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 1 · Highly Regarded
- Venable LLPBand 3 · Highly Regarded
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 3
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 4
- Venable LLPBand 5
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 3 · Elite
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 3 · Elite
- Venable LLPBand 1 · Highly Regarded
- Hogan Lovells CadwaladerBand 4 · Highly Regarded
- DLA Piper LLP (US)Band 3 · Highly Regarded
- Venable LLPBand 3 · Highly Regarded
Firm-only and additional rankings remain available on each firm profile so missing coverage is not mistaken for a head-to-head loss.
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Data sources: Vault 2027, Am Law 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown. Chambers record counts can span years and reporting coverage varies; missing years or markets are not compared. Current Chambers bands were checked against each firm’s Chambers profile on Sep 26, 2026; where Chambers splits a table, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm. Missing values read “Not Reported”.