DLA Piper has overtaken Baker & McKenzie as the largest law firm in the US, according to research by Legal Week’s US sister title, The National Law Journal (NLJ), which shows the top 250 US law firms have grown headcount by 5.6% in the past year.

DLA Piper has increased its headcount by 8.7% to overtake Bakers as the largest firm by number of lawyers. The transatlantic firm now has 3,623 lawyers compared with Bakers’ 3,335.