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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets
Tier 4
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
5 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
5 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
7 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
6 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
5 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
7 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
4 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
8 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
6 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
3 practice areas
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Milbank
7 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
6 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
6 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
5 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
5 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Alston & Bird
4 practice areas
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Dechert
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 3
40 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cravath Swaine & Moore
5 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
7 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
6 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
7 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
6 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
5 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
5 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
4 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
6 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
6 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
3 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
5 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
7 practice areas
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White & Case
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
6 practice areas
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Dechert
7 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
4 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
5 practice areas
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Milbank
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith
5 practice areas
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Tier 5

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
5 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Cole Schotz
6 practice areas
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Duane Morris
4 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
3 practice areas
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Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
2 practice areas
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Seward & Kissel
2 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
6 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
4 practice areas
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Foreign

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
3 practice areas
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Real estate and Construction
Tier 4
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
6 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
5 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
6 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
6 practice areas
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Dechert
7 practice areas
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Milbank
7 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
7 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
4 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
6 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
5 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
6 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
6 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
5 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
7 practice areas
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White & Case
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

King & Spalding
4 practice areas
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Cole Schotz
6 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
7 practice areas
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Kasowitz LLP
2 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 4
33 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Davis Polk & Wardwell
7 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
6 practice areas
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Milbank
7 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
3 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Brown Rudnick
2 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
6 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
6 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
5 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
5 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cravath Swaine & Moore
5 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
8 practice areas
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Dechert
7 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
6 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
2 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
4 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith
5 practice areas
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White & Case
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
5 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
5 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
6 practice areas
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Cole Schotz
6 practice areas
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Dentons
3 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
10 practice areas
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King & Spalding
4 practice areas
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Luskin Stern & Eisler
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Fried Frank has offices in New York, Washington DC, London and Frankfurt. New York serves as both the oldest and largest office. The firm has an outstanding hedge fund and private equity practice. More broadly, the firm does also focus on banking, capital markets, M&A and restructuring and insolvency. The firm’s restructuring team often works on chapter 11 and 15 bankruptcy proceedings, advising joint administrators, senior mortgage and DIP lenders, shareholders and creditors in 363 sale processes, bond restructurings and recapitalizations.     

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Our second quarterly report shows law firms are bolstering their financial practices to meet the growing demand for regulatory compliance
M&A
There has been a significant uptick in US law firms making M&A hires in London and setting up shop in Belgium — here’s why
Partners from Clifford Chance, Orrick, Fried Frank, Linklaters and Cleary Gottlieb explain how they are preparing clients for the new requirements
Law firms provided crucial advice on the $53 billion acquisition, which is the second biggest in the energy sector globally this month
Steven Epstein will serve as the firm’s managing partner, while Scott Luftglass will become vice chair
Changes in attitude to merger reviews from one US presidential administration to the next create a challenging dealmaking environment
Lawyers say courts may not follow the guidelines in antitrust cases as they ignore important precedents and aren’t based on economic learning
Momentum is building to create an independent regulatory body that would specifically focus on the technology
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