DLA Piper Due Diligence

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United Kingdom · www.dlapiper.com · 19 vendors

DLA Piper is a global law firm with offices in over 40 countries across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. The firm provides a broad range of legal services, including corporate, litigation, regulatory, finance, and intellectual property, to multinational corporations, emerging businesses, and financial institutions worldwide.

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Compliance

13 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

Legal Services Act 2007 — Evidence found

Evidence: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/29/contents, https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/register/organisation/?sraNumber=287895

US State Bar Regulations & ABA Model Rules — Evidence found

Evidence: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/, https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/offices, https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa

CPRA — Evidence found

Evidence: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa, https://cppa.ca.gov/, https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/legal-notices/privacy-notice

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 8/10

DLA Piper demonstrates strong financial resilience as one of the world's largest law firms, with global gross revenue approaching USD 4 billion in 2024 and a consistent upward revenue trajectory over more than a decade. The firm's scale, geographic diversification across 40+ countries, and broad practice-area footprint reduce exposure to any single market or client sector. Profit per equity partner has remained robust at around USD 2.4-2.7 million, indicating healthy underlying profitability. The partnership structure (Swiss Verein comprising multiple independent LLPs) means profits are distributed rather than retained, resulting in typically low leverage. The firm serves a blue-chip client base including many Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies, providing revenue stability. However, the Verein structure limits external transparency, and there are no consolidated audited accounts publicly available. Risks include cyclicality in corporate/M&A and real estate practices (visible in flat 2022-2023 revenue during the deal slowdown), intense talent competition from US Big Law pay wars pressuring margins, and operational risks such as the 2017 NotPetya cyberattack. Overall, the firm's scale, diversification, and consistent growth support a strong resilience score, tempered by limited transparency and cyclical exposure.

Key strengths: Scale as one of world's largest law firms with ~USD 4B global revenue, Geographic diversification across 40+ countries, Broad practice-area footprint reducing sector concentration, Consistent revenue growth over more than a decade (~2.5x since 2005), Blue-chip client base including Fortune 500 / FTSE 100 companies, Partnership structure with typically low leverage, Resilience through COVID with revenue growth in 2020

Risk factors: Cyclicality in Corporate/M&A and real estate practices, Verein structure limits external transparency and consolidated accounts, Each member firm bears its own liabilities, US Big Law pay wars pressuring margins, Lateral partner departures and talent competition, Cybersecurity risk (highlighted by 2017 NotPetya attack), Intensifying regulatory scrutiny (sanctions, AML, tax structuring)

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