Covington and Burling
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| Headquarters | One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20001, United States |
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| No. of offices | 12 total (7 international) |
| No. of attorneys | 1055 (2017) |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Date founded | 1919 |
| Founder | J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Website | www.cov.com |
Covington & Burling LLP is an international law firm with offices in Beijing, Brussels, Dubai, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, and Washington, DC. The firm advises multinational corporations on significant transactional, litigation, regulatory, and public policy matters. Covington & Burling LLP consistently ranks among the top 15 law firms on Vault, and the top 20 on The American Lawyer’s "A-List", based on financial performance, pro bono activity, associate satisfaction, and diversity. As of 2015[update], it is the largest and most prestigious law firm in Washington, DC.
According to Vault's branche-internal 2013 law firm surveys, Covington & Burling is the most prestigious law firm to work for in Washington, D.C., the #11 most prestigious law firm to work for in the world, and the #6 most selective law firm in the world. The firm has appeared on The American Lawyer's "A-List" consecutively for the past three years. The firm was also ranked #2 (tie) on the 2007 Schiltz 100, a ranking that inversely correlates profits per partner and firm prestige.
Judge J. Harry Covington and Edward B. Burling founded Covington & Burling in Washington, DC, on January 1, 1919.
In 1988, Covington opened a London office, followed by a Brussels office in 1990. In 1999, Covington merged with a 60-lawyer New York firm called Howard, Smith & Levin and also opened its first West Coast office in San Francisco. In 2008, Covington entered into a strategic alliance with Institution Quraysh for Law & Policy (iQ), a Qatar-based transnational law firm and think-tank, for the joint provision of legal and consulting services in the Middle East. As of mid-2009, both firms share the same London office premises.
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