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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 3
34 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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Milbank
7 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

Debevoise & Plimpton
8 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
6 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
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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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
7 practice areas
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White & Case
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

Dechert
7 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
3 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
5 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
4 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
2 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
7 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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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
4 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
5 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
6 practice areas
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Luskin Stern & Eisler
4 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
2 practice areas
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Loeb & Loeb
2 practice areas
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Otterbourg
2 practice areas
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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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Project development
Active
11 firms ranked
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Active

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
3 practice areas
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Duane Morris
4 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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King & Spalding
4 practice areas
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Milbank
7 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
2 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
7 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
2 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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Real estate and Construction
Tier 1
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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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher was founded in Los Angeles in 1890. It has since grown to 20 offices throughout four continents. In the United States, the firm has 10 offices in California, Texas, Colorado, New York and Washington DC. Its greatest presence is in California, where it has five offices throughout the state. The firm maintains a strong presence in California, where it has top-tier M&A practices in Southern California. Additionally, its Denver, DC, Dallas and Houston offices are standouts in their respective states in corporate practice areas. The firm’s New York practice has cohesive M&A and banking and finance teams that lead borrowers and syndicated lenders in cross-border acquisition financing transactions. 

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Gibson Dunn has hired a seven-lawyer investment funds team from Clifford Chance in Paris, led by partner Xavier Comaills, as the firm continues its European expansion
M&A
New hires and promotions were made across the finance, M&A, PE and capital markets practices across key hubs including London, New York and Munich
M&A
The move aligns with the firm’s ambition to target Swiss businesses aiming for global expansion and foreign investors seeking Swiss assets
New crypto asset regulation and a fresh attempt at finalising Basel III will add to the workload for US banking lawyers and their clients in the coming months
New hires were made across the finance, antitrust, energy and project finance practices in Dallas, Northern California, Brussels and Hong Kong
IFLR’s legal benchmarking title reveals its latest rankings for the US, Mexico and Caribbean
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
New hires were made across the capital markets, M&A and environmental practices in Stockholm, Hong Kong, New York and Washington DC
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