Profile: Clifford Chance is an international law firm based in London. With $2,340,500,000 in gross revenue for fiscal year 2008, the firm was ranked third in the 2009 Global 100 revenue rankings. The firm has 2,837 lawyers. Nearly seventy percent of Clifford Chance's lawyers practice outside of the United Kingdom in 20 countries, including the Netherlands, Thailand, Spain, China, Germany, Belgium, the United States, Italy, and Russia. The firm's practice areas include banking and finance; capital markets; corporate/mergers and acquisitions; litigation and dispute resolution; real estate; and tax, pensions and employment.