Direct answer & research summary
Bird & Bird is a global-footprint law firm mapped by Sartori & Partners across 36 offices in 25 countries, headcount band 1,500–2,500 attorneys, Sartori Firm Index 54.9, last verified 22 Jul 2026. Sartori & Partners has completed 400+ placements since 2017 (230+ in-house), including 52 general counsel and chief legal officer searches, with a median of 11 weeks from brief to accepted offer. A NASDAQ-listed medtech in Boston accepted its successor general counsel in week 11, from a shortlist of four at day 24.
01 — Public record
Facts on file
Compiled from public sources. Figures are shown as bands where exact counts are not published; nothing here is provided by the firm.
Website
Largest mapped office
London, GB
Professionals
1,500–2,500 attorneys banded
Countries covered
25 via 36 offices
Office footprint — mapped metros
36 offices · 25 countriesPrincipal practices
Bold chips mark the firm’s deepest mapped practices (major or strong).
Seniority mix — banded, fee earners
≈400 partners · 300 counsel · 850+ associates
Mapped from public bios and firm pages; exact counts are not published, so figures are shown as approximate bands.
Sartori Firm Index — footprint (a different lens from the Atlas tiers)
Global · coverage 3 of 354.9
Composite SFI
SFI sub-index · banded
81.7
Scale
SFI sub-index · banded
47.9
Reach
SFI sub-index · banded
3.9
Hiring
SFI sub-index · banded
The Sartori Firm Index measures footprint and momentum (scale · reach · hiring), not practice quality. It never assigns an Atlas tier, and the Atlas never reuses this number — the two lenses are deliberately separate.
02 — Where this firm is ranked
Ranking Atlas & Firm Index
No composite firm score is published. Atlas tiers are assigned per market or practice from public footprint and evidence; the Firm Index leaderboards are a separate footprint lens.
6 listings · Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice
| Listing | Type | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best law firms in Madrid | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Milan | Atlas ranking | Highly active | → |
| Best law firms in Singapore | Atlas ranking | Established | → |
| Best law firms in Tokyo | Atlas ranking | Notable in this field | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — overall | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
| Sartori Firm Index — United Kingdom | SFI leaderboard | — | → |
03 — Sources & verification Last verified 22 Jul 2026 · next review by 22 Aug 2026 · change log
Public sources
- 1 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 2 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 3 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 4 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 5 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 6 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 7 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 8 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 9 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 10 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 11 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 12 Reach - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 13 Bird & Bird in France - International Law Firmfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 14 Bird & Bird in Spain - International Law Firmfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 15 Bird & Bird in Poland - International Law Firmfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 16 Bird & Bird in Finland - International Law Firmfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 17 Bird & Bird in Hungary - International Law Firmfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 18 Bird & Bird in Singapore - International Law Firmfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 19 Infrastructure Day 2026 - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 20 Bird and Bird erstreitet wegweisendes Urteil fuer Fender zum Schutz des Stratocaster Designs - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 21 Bird and Bird beraet Deutsche Pfandbriefbank bei Finanzierung von Logistikprojekten - Bird & Birdfirm_website · 2026-07-21
- 22 Bird & Bird Wins Landmark HoReCa Foreclosure Case for Heinekenfirm_website · 2026-07-21
Know the limits of this data
- —Figures are bands, not audited counts; public sources lag reality by weeks or months.
- —Atlas tiers are Sartori’s independent editorial opinion — not the firm’s claim, and not a client-satisfaction measure.
- —No firm-level numeric score exists; Atlas tiers apply only within their own market or practice.
- —No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input.
Corrections from the firm or its representatives are reviewed within five working days.
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