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Headquarters | 250 West 55th Street, New York, NY |
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No. of offices | 9 |
No. of attorneys | 450+ |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Revenue | $370 million (2015)[1] |
Profit per equity partner | $1.38 million (2015)[1] |
Date founded | 1917 (New York City) |
Founder | Benjamin Kaye Jacob Scholer |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Dissolved | 2017 |
Website | www.arnoldporter.com |
Kaye Scholer was a law firm founded in 1917 by Benjamin Kaye and Jacob Scholer. The firm had more than 450 attorneys in nine offices located in the cities of Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York City (headquarters), Shanghai, Palo Alto, Washington, D.C., and West Palm Beach.[2]
In late 2016, Kaye Scholer voted to merge with Washington D.C.-based law firm Arnold & Porter to create a $1 billion+ sized multinational firm with a large offering both in the US and internationally. The merger was effected on January 1, 2017, as Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, later modified to operating as Arnold & Porter, in February 2018.