Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

What Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP does

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP operates today as Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership delivering full-service legal representation for multinational corporate clients. Its practice spans complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory work across more than 98 practice area categories, with 235+ attorneys recognized in the Chambers USA 2026 Guide. The firm maintains 18 offices across the United States (Albany, Boulder, Chicago, Denver, Des Moines, Florham Park, Fort Wayne, Hartford, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Princeton, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington D.C., Wilmington), plus international offices in London and Shanghai, allowing it to staff cross-border matters with locally qualified counsel.

Revenue is generated through professional-service fee arrangements — predominantly billable hours, supplemented by fixed fees for specific matters and retainer arrangements — with pricing negotiated privately per engagement rather than publicly disclosed. The client base is concentrated in large multinational businesses requiring sophisticated corporate, regulatory, and litigation advice. The firm emphasizes sector depth, with Environment & Energy called out as a spotlight sector and franchise services supported by dedicated events such as the Franchise Summit 2026.

On the technology side, the firm is a consumer rather than a developer of AI: in June 2026 it announced a firmwide deployment of Harvey AI as part of an expanded technology and innovation investment program, positioning AI-driven productivity as a client service differentiator. Leadership includes Jane Koehl as Chief Operating Officer. No funding rounds, M&A activity, or external equity ownership are present in the data; the entity operates as a partner-owned LLP, consistent with the structure of large US law firms.

Name

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Legal name

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Website

https://drinkerbiddle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1849

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Full-service law firm with 620+ lawyers across 18 offices in the US, London, and Shanghai, serving multinational corporate clients with complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory work.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Professional Services: Fee-based legal services including complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory work for multinational corporate clients. Revenue generated through billable hours, fixed fees for specific matters, and potentially retainer arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP is a full-service law firm handling complex corporate transactions, litigation, and regulatory work for multinational businesses. The firm delivers professional legal services across multiple practice areas, including corporate law, commercial litigation, regulatory compliance, and specialized sectors such as environment and energy, via 620 lawyers distributed across 18 offices in the U.S., U.K., and China.

Product overview

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (operating as Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) is a full-service law firm that handles complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory work for multinational businesses. The firm provides legal services across multiple practice areas including corporate law, litigation, regulatory compliance, and specialized sectors such as environment and energy. No discrete software products, platforms, or modules were identified in the provided source material — the firm offers professional legal services rather than technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Complex Transactional Legal Services Full-service legal counsel for complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and other sophisticated transactional matters, delivered to multinational business clients.
• Commercial Litigation Services Representation in high-stakes commercial litigation matters, including cross-border disputes, delivered to multinational businesses requiring sophisticated trial and dispute resolution counsel.
• Regulatory and Compliance Legal Services Advisory and representation on multi-jurisdictional regulatory and compliance matters for multinational corporations, including environment and energy regulatory work.
• International / Cross-Border Legal Counsel Legal services coordinated across U.S., U.K. (London), and China (Shanghai) offices for multinational clients with matters spanning multiple jurisdictions.
• Environment and Energy Legal Services Specialized legal and regulatory counsel for clients in the environment and energy sector, addressing their most complex legal and regulatory challenges.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DLA Piper: Global full-service law firm with a similarly broad practice mix and deep cross-border platform across the US, UK and Asia. Most direct peer given overlapping multinational corporate client base, M&A and regulatory practices, and comparable international office footprint.
• Hogan Lovells: Major international full-service firm combining a US and UK platform with strong regulatory and sector practices (energy, life sciences). Directly comparable to Faegre Drinker on cross-border corporate, litigation and regulatory mandates for multinational clients.
• Dentons: Largest global law firm by headcount, with an explicitly polycentric, multi-jurisdictional model. Comparable to Faegre Drinker in providing full-service corporate, litigation and regulatory work across the US, UK and China.
• Baker McKenzie: One of the original global full-service law firms with deep cross-border transactional and regulatory capabilities, including significant Asia presence. Closely comparable in client base (multinational corporates) and practice breadth to Faegre Drinker.
• K&L Gates: US-headquartered full-service firm with strong cross-border platform and notable strength in energy, financial services and regulatory work. Direct peer based on overlapping sectors, similar international office footprint, and similar mid-Am Law positioning.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Global full-service firm formed through a transatlantic merger, with comparable strengths in financial services, energy and cross-border M&A. Direct peer based on similar combination of US depth and UK/international reach.
• Squire Patton Boggs: Full-service international firm with deep public policy, energy and regulated industries practices. Closely comparable client profile (multinational corporates and institutions) and similar Am Law 100 size band as Faegre Drinker.
• Holland & Knight: Large US-headquartered full-service firm with growing international presence and comparable strength in litigation, regulatory and transactional work for corporate clients. Directly comparable on practice breadth and client type.
• Reed Smith: International full-service firm with comparable mid-Am Law positioning and strong cross-border capabilities in litigation, regulatory and corporate work. Comparable in scale, practice mix and multinational client base.
• Eversheds Sutherland: Global full-service firm formed through a transatlantic combination, directly comparable to Faegre Drinker on cross-border corporate, litigation and energy/regulated industries practices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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