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Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Bank lending : Borrower side
Bank lending : Lender side
Bank lending : Sponsor side
Financial restructuring
Project finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : High yield
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Capital markets : Derivatives
Financial and corporate
Financial services regulatory
Financial services regulatory : Contentious
Financial services regulatory : Non-contentious
Investment funds
Private equity funds
Corporate and M&A
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring
Restructuring : Corporate
M&A
Project development
Project development : Power
Project development : Infrastructure
Restructuring and insolvency
Project development : Energy
Rankings published in 2026
Bank lending : Borrower side
Tier 1
40 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 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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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 5

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Dechert
18 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Bank lending : Lender side
Tier 3
46 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 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

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 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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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 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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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 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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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 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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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 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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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 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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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Sullivan & Worcester
2 practice areas
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Bank lending : Sponsor side
Tier 1
34 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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

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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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 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 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 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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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Notable

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 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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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Milbank
27 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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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 2
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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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
25 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 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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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 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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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Notable

Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
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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Macfarlanes
18 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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Reed Smith
16 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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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Capital markets : Derivatives
Notable
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 3

Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
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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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Notable

Dechert
18 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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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 2
41 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Milbank
27 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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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 5

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cooley
2 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 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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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 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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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 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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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Capital markets : High yield
Tier 4
29 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
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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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

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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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Notable

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
5 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
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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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Notable
30 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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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Tier 2

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 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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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Notable

Alston & Bird
5 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 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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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 1
44 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 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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Tier 5

Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 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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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
50 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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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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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 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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Tier 4

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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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 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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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 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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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 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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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 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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Goodwin Procter
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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Private equity
Tier 1
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 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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Milbank
27 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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Travers Smith
24 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

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 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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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
2 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 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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King & Spalding
12 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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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Private equity funds
Tier 4
32 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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
View profile

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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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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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 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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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Travers Smith
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
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Charles Russell Speechlys
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Covington & Burling
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Fieldfisher
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Project development
Tier 3
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
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Trinity International
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Clyde & Co
3 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
4 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Project development : Energy
Tier 3
25 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Clyde & Co
3 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 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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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Trinity International
6 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 4
34 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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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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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 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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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Trinity International
6 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
4 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 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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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
6 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 1
48 firms ranked
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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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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 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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Davis Polk & Wardwell
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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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
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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Brown Rudnick
2 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
AstraZeneca - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
AstraZeneca
Issuer
AstraZeneca - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
AstraZeneca
Issuer
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc
Issuer
Saga PLC - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Saga PLC
Issuer
Motability Operations Group plc - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Motability Operations Group plc
Issuer
Tesco Corporate Treasury Services plc - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Tesco Corporate Treasury Services plc
Issuer
London Stock Exchange Group - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
London Stock Exchange Group
Issuer
Esure Group PLC - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Freshfields
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Esure Group PLC
Issuer
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. - M&A
2021-06-17
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
David Brooks, David Sonter, Graham Watson
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.
Buyer
True Potential LLP - M&A
2021-09-09
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
True Potential LLP
Target
Babylon Holdings Ltd. - M&A
2021-06-03
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Paul Gray, Sebastian Fain
Babylon Holdings Ltd.
Target
CVC Capital Partners Ltd. - M&A
2021-02-11
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Alex Mitchell, Alice Greenwell, Alison Kirby-Harris, Benjamin Crompton, Carolina Bazarova, Charles Hayes, David Brooks, Edmund Haxby, Elizabeth Forster, Gina Bicknell, Jay Swain, Jill Gatehouse, Laurie Dineen, Leo Mikros, Mark Goldberg, Michael Blau, Piusha Bose, Rob Colvin, Sally Roe, Stephanie Cripps, Terence Ayres, Titilayo Filani, Vincent Bergin
CVC Capital Partners Ltd.
Buyer
Spire Healthcare Group plc - M&A
2021-05-26
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Alice Greenwell, Carolina Bazarova, Chloe Coleman, Eleanor Storey, Mark Austin, Matthew Hoser, Nicholas French, Peter Clements, Stephen Hewes, Theodore Souris
Spire Healthcare Group plc
Target
Cazoo Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-29
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Alice Greenwell, Briony Driscoll, David Mitchell, Elizabeth Bieber, Guy Huffen, Henry Chau, James Smethurst, Jeremy Barr, Kate Cooper, Laura McDaniel, Lori Goodman, Mark Austin, Maxim Neumann, Natasha Good, Olaf Ehlers, Peter Clements, Piusha Bose, Robert Scarborough, Sebastian Fain, Stephen Wilkinson, Tochie Israel-Bolarinwa, Tom Bloxsome, Tom Rhodes, Valerie Jacob
Cazoo Ltd.
Target
Ferguson plc - M&A
2021-01-04
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Alice Greenwell, Charles Magoffin, Gareth Davies, Giles Pratt, Guy Huffen, Holly Baker, Jia Xie, Kate Pumfrey, Martin Hutchings, Michael Evans, Oliver Lazenby, Paul Davison, Rob Jones, Shang Koh, Tochie Israel-Bolarinwa, Tochukwu Egenti, Verity Stevens, Ziyad Nassif
Ferguson plc
Seller
CVC Capital Partners Ltd. - M&A
2021-06-28
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Alan Rafferty, Alex Mitchell, Alison Kirby-Harris, Charles Hayes, Chris Casson, David Brooks, David Mendel, Denise Ryan, Edmund Haxby, Edward Beard, George Clarke, Gina Bicknell, Jay Swain, Jill Gatehouse, Kate Hatcher, Lauren Jackson, Patrick Deady, Robert Kearns, Rohan Jerath, Stephanie Cripps, Vanessa Bailey, Vanessa Jakovich, Victoria Sigeti
CVC Capital Partners Ltd.
Buyer
Partners Group AG - M&A
2022-01-13
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Agnieszka Chambellan, Alexander Ryan, Ben Morgan, Christopher Davis, David Mendel, Friedrich Kalckreuth, George Clarke, Heiner Braun, Hugh Laundry, Louise Asbridge, Martin Schiessl, Megan Yeates, Michele Davis, Patrick Ko, Radu Valeanu, Simone Bono, Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam, Till Burmeister, Tim Wilmot, Victoria Hills
Partners Group AG
Buyer
Recordati SpA - M&A
2021-12-03
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Charles Hayes, Luigi Verga
Recordati SpA
Buyer
John Laing Group plc - M&A
2021-05-19
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Alex Carver, Amanda Mapanda, Bola Ajayi, Carolina Bazarova, David Mendel, Dawn Heath, Georgina Wood, Holly Baker, Michael Black, Michele Davis, Noor Maraghi, Oliver Lazenby, Peter Ma, Selina Pope
John Laing Group plc
Target
Cazoo Ltd. - M&A
2022-02-14
Freshfields
United Kingdom
M&A
Cazoo Ltd.
Target
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M&A
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
New hires were made across the M&A, securities and finance practices in New York, Miami and London
Asia managing partner Matthew O’Callaghan discusses how the firm is poised to capture opportunities in the region, particularly in financial services
M&A
New hires were made across the M&A and energy practices in New York, San Francisco, Paris and Milan
M&A
Improving staff training for AI and ensuring legal advice fits in with business goals are key demands for in-house counsel when sourcing external lawyers
M&A
New hires were made across the antitrust, M&A, finance and capital markets practices in Washington DC, New York, Boston and Hong Kong
New hires were made across the private capital, corporate and capital markets practices in London, Boston, Denver and Mexico City
Freshfields lawyer Tumise Jegede, who was named a Rising Star at the IFLR Middle East Awards, reflects on why finance can be likened to tennis and offers advice for young lawyers
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