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2027 Edition
Capital markets : Debt
42 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Slaughter and May
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker Botts
2 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Hedge funds
16 firms ranked
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Keystone Law
1 practice area
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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M&A : Mid-cap
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
14 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bracewell
9 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Cooley
2 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Shoosmiths
1 practice area
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Baker Botts
2 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Walker Morris
1 practice area
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Womble Bond Dickinson
1 practice area
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Private equity
52 firms ranked
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Private equity funds
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 5

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
50 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Alston & Bird
5 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
17 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Arnold & Porter is a leading international law firm with a highly regarded investment funds and life sciences practice, under the leadership of Simon Firth. The firm advises asset managers, funds and institutional investors on fund formation, regulatory compliance and complex structuring matters, with particular strength in alternative investment funds and UK and EU financial regulation. The team is also widely recognised for its life sciences expertise, acting for major pharmaceutical and biotech clients on high-value M&A and strategic transactions.

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Among top hires, Akin continues its Chicago build-out, while Latham, Reed Smith and Vinson & Elkins expanded their infrastructure, PE, corporate and regulatory benches
Ken Miller joins as a partner in the firm’s life sciences and technology transactions teams, taking the firm’s Seattle headcount to 40 just over a year after launch
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New hires and appointments were made in the corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms in Hong Kong, Tokyo, the US and the UK
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Annette Becker, who joined the firm’s new Seattle hub last year after nearly 25 years at K&L Gates, discusses building an M&A platform amid AI-driven deal complexity
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