DLA Piper at a glance.

OVERVIEW

Building strong and substantial client relationships is the compass for DLA Piper's business strategy and future development. Today, we have 4,200 lawyers in nearly 80 offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. With a direct presence in more than 30 countries, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice areas than virtually any other law firm in the world. In jurisdictions where we do not have our own offices, we have close relationships with local law firms, strengthening our global network.

OUR CLIENTS

Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000 and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, They include more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 or their subsidiaries.

OUR SERVICES

Our core practice areas include:

* Litigation and Arbitration

* Corporate and Finance (with particular strength in the Technology, Venture Capital and Private Equity sectors)

* Real Estate and Real Estate Capital Markets

* Regulatory and Government Affairs

* Intellectual Property and Technology

* Tax (including International Tax)

We also have leading practices in the following areas:

* Franchise and Distribution

* Employment, Pensions and Benefits

KEY FACTS AND FIGURES

* In 2014, our global lawyers and paralegals donated 202,500 hour to legal pro bono work and averaged 45 hours per lawyer and paralegal. Our pro bono program is consistently ranked among the best by The American Lawyer, and we were the first law firm to be listed in The Sunday Times "Top 100 Companies that Count" for our ranking in Business in the Community's Corporate Responsibility Index.

* Our work on the sustainability agenda sees DLA Piper as one of the first in the legal sector to achieve global accreditation to ISO: 14001, the internationally recognized environmental management system that enables us to accurately measure and manage our carbon reduction strategies.

RANKINGS

* #1 in overall M&A deal volume and mid-market deal volume globally during 2014 (mergermarket and Thomson Reuters)

* #1 law firm by revenue and headcount (The Am Law 100 2014)

* #1 Litigation practice by number of lawyers (The American Lawyer 2013)

* #1 in global private equity deal volume and #2 for combined global private equity and venture capital deal volume (Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst 2013)

* More than 900 DLA Piper lawyers ranked as leaders in their fields...