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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 6
51 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
14 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
14 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bredin Prat
12 practice areas
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De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
10 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
9 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
10 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
8 practice areas
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
15 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
14 practice areas
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Dentons
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
8 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bird & Bird
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
10 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
7 practice areas
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Jeantet
11 practice areas
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LPA Law
7 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
9 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
7 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
7 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bignon Lebray
10 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
3 practice areas
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UGGC Avocats
7 practice areas
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Volt & Associes
4 practice areas
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Notable

August Debouzy
8 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2 practice areas
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De Gaulle Fleurance
11 practice areas
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Fidal
6 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Holman Fenwick Willan
4 practice areas
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King & Spalding
9 practice areas
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Lacourte Raquin Tatar
5 practice areas
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Levine Keszler
6 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Nabarro Béraud Avocats
2 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Racine
6 practice areas
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Reed Smith
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
4 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 2
63 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
10 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bredin Prat
12 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
14 practice areas
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De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
14 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
14 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
3 practice areas
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Linklaters
14 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
15 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
13 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
14 practice areas
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DLA Piper
10 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
13 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
9 practice areas
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Scotto Partners
6 practice areas
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White & Case
14 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
8 practice areas
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
15 practice areas
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Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
8 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
7 practice areas
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Jeantet
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
9 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
8 practice areas
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UGGC Avocats
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bignon Lebray
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
8 practice areas
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Chammas & Marcheteau
5 practice areas
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DS Avocats
9 practice areas
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Dentons
9 practice areas
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Franklin
7 practice areas
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Gowling WLG
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
10 practice areas
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Joffe & Associés
5 practice areas
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LL Berg
3 practice areas
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Lamartine Conseil
2 practice areas
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Mermoz Avocats
3 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
7 practice areas
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Volt & Associes
4 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
4 practice areas
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Notable

ASAFO & Co
5 practice areas
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Argos Avocats
3 practice areas
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August Debouzy
8 practice areas
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Berry Avocats
1 practice area
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Coblence Avocats
2 practice areas
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Crefovi
4 practice areas
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Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
8 practice areas
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Dechert
4 practice areas
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Duroc Partners
1 practice area
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FTPA
4 practice areas
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Fidal
6 practice areas
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King & Spalding
9 practice areas
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Levine Keszler
6 practice areas
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Moncey Avocats
1 practice area
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Nova Avocats
1 practice area
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Racine
6 practice areas
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Reed Smith
9 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
8 practice areas
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2 results2 results
Deal Highlights
11 results11 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Thoma Bravo LLC - M&A
2021-03-10
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Anna Metzger, Bradley Reed, Brett Nelson, Corey Fox, Edwin Cruz, George Boden, Louis Gosset, Peter Stach, Sophie Frishberg, Vincent Ponsonnaille
Thoma Bravo LLC
Buyer
Renaissance Learning Inc. - M&A
2021-03-22
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Adria Crowe, Allison Bray, Devin Heckman, James Brownstein, Laurent Victor Michel, Lucy Bower, Nadine Gelli, Parth Bhatt, Rohit Nafday, Sean Kramer, Seth Pritchard, Vladimir Khodosh
Renaissance Learning Inc.
Buyer
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Inc. - M&A
2021-04-30
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Adam Wexner, Ambarish Dash, Ayca Yilmaz, Christopher Shield, Daniel McMann, Fraser Eccles, Max Mugnaioni, Nadine Gelli, Phanne Yang, Rachel Cantor, Rory Mullarkey, Timothy Lowe
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures Inc.
Buyer
Platinum Equity LLC - M&A
2022-07-28
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Amanda Acobas, Cedric Van den Borren, Emma Flett, Guillaume Nivault, John Patten, Kalish Mullen, Louise Chappey, Lucy Bower, Marion Callot, Max Harris, Nadine Gelli, Neel Sachdev, Vincent Ponsonnaille
Platinum Equity LLC
Buyer
PAI Partners SAS - M&A
2023-01-12
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Benjamin Bignier, Christopher Odell, Christopher Simpson, Courtenay Stock, Francois Capoul, James King, Jonathan Kandel, Laurent Victor Michel, Lee Morlock, Louise Chappey, Lucy Bower, Luke Redstone, Nadine Gelli, Rajiv Chandrasena, Raphael Bloch, Richard Watkins, Robert Sharpe, Toby Karenowski
PAI Partners SAS
Target
Polyplus-transfection SA - M&A
2023-03-31
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Polyplus-transfection SA
Target
AXA IM Alts - M&A
2023-04-11
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Aladdin Benali, Alasdair Balfour, Amanda Acobas, Benjamin Lewis, Elizabeth Wauchope, Emma Flett, Etienne Vautier, Francois Capoul, Jacqueline Clover, Joanna Thomson, Kalish Mullen, Louis Gosset, Luke Forryan, Matthew Elliott, Vincent Ponsonnaille
AXA IM Alts
Seller
HgCapital LLP - M&A
2023-07-20
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Amanda Acobas, Bowen Huang, Carla Bisoli, Fabienne Hauf, Juan Donado-Diez, Kalish Mullen, Kanesh Balasubramaniam, Kenza Hamache, Louis Gosset, Marion Callot, Matthew Wilson, Neel Sachdev, Sonia Bouaffassa, Vincent Ponsonnaille
HgCapital LLP
Buyer
SK Capital Partners LP - M&A
2023-10-31
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
SK Capital Partners LP
Seller
Wilshire Associates Inc. - M&A
2023-10-31
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Wilshire Associates Inc.
Buyer
Arctos Sports Partners - M&A
2023-12-07
Kirkland & Ellis
France
M&A
Emma Flett, Francois Capoul, Louis Gosset, Luke Vaz, Max Harris, Vincent Ponsonnaille
Arctos Sports Partners
Buyer
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
The move gives the US firm a four-partner antitrust team across Brussels and London, adding senior firepower in two key European competition hubs
New hires made in regulatory, corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms across the US and the UK, while German Hengeler Mueller elected two new managing partners
New hires were made across the corporate, finance and M&A practices in the US, UK and Europe
Kon Asimacopoulos and Michael Francies have joined the firm in what could be the start of a significant expansion in the UK capital
M&A
Asia M&A co-head, Joey Chau, reflects on the firm’s work on public-to-private transactions in Hong Kong and the outlook for deal opportunities in the region
New hires were made across the fintech, PE, corporate, funds and venture capital practices in Washington DC, New York, Boston and Singapore
New hires were made across the investment funds, financial services and M&A practices in London, Dallas, Houston, Chicago and New York
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