Gowling WLG

Gowling WLG
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada[1]
No. of offices19
No. of lawyers+1,500 [2]
Key people
  • David Fennell (Chief Executive, UK)
  • Steve McKersie (CEO, Canada)
Date foundedGowling WLG merger (2016)
Gowling (1877)
WLG (1834)
Company typeCompany limited by guarantee; separate limited liability partnerships in Canada and UK
Websitewww.gowlingwlg.com

Gowling WLG is a multinational law firm formed by the combination of Canada-based Gowlings and UK-based Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co in February 2016. It is headquartered jointly in Ottawa and London, and is the first multinational law firm combination co-led by a Canadian firm.[2]

Gowling WLG is Canada's largest law firm by revenue.[3] In the UK, Gowling WLG was ranked 15th in revenue by Legmark in 2020,[4] up from 16th in the 2019 edition of The Lawyer's UK 200.[5] On the list of largest law firms by revenue, Gowling WLG ranked 74th in the world (US $587.14 million) in 2017.[6]

  1. ^ "Canada's Best Employers 2020". Forbes. Forbes. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. ^ a b "Law firms Gowlings, Wragge Lawrence merge to form Gowling WLG". Reuters. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ^ Seal, Ben (October 22, 2018). "The Global 200, Ranked by Revenue". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  4. ^ "Top 200 law Firms Ranked - 2024 Digital League Table". Legmark. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  5. ^ "Gowling WLG – What The Lawyer Says". The Lawyer | Legal insight, benchmarking data and jobs. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  6. ^ Seal, Ben (September 24, 2018). "The 2018 Global 100 Ranked by Revenue". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 2018-12-01.