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Rankings published in 2026
Banking - Foreign
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Capital markets - Foreign
Tier 2
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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M&A - Foreign
Tier 1
45 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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CMS
4 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Notable

Cuatrecasas
4 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Garrigues
6 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
3 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Project development - Foreign
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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King & Wood
14 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Project finance - Foreign
Tier 2
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2018) Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of Communications, ICBC, Agricultural Bank of China, JP Morgan Chase, DBS Bank, CMBC International Holdings, China Construction Bank, Bank of China, Morgan Stanley, China Merchants Bank, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Société Générale, UBS
Underwriter
Hainan State Farms Investment Holdings Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital, Bank of Communications, China Minsheng Banking, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, ICBC
Underwriter
Ping An Bank - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
ANZ Bank, China Minsheng Banking, Bank of China, Industrial Bank Co Ltd
Underwriter
Ningbo Yingcheng Group Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Minsheng Banking, Central China International Capital Ltd, Bank of China, CITIC Group Corp, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, China Securities Co Ltd, Guotai Junan Capital
Underwriter
Industrial Bank Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Guotai Junan Capital, China Industrial Securities International Financial Group Ltd, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, Emirates NBD PJSC, China International Capital Corp, HSBC, BOSC International Co Ltd, China Merchants Bank, Bank of East Asia, China Minsheng Banking, China Everbright Bank, CMB International Capital Ltd, CSC Financial Co Ltd, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, CNCB (Hong Kong) Capital Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, Dongxing Securities Co Ltd, Groupe BPCE, Huafu Securities Co Ltd, SPDB International Capital Ltd, Huatai Securities Co Ltd, ICBC, Nanyang Commercial Bank Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Wing Lung Bank
Underwriter
Chengdu Jiaozi Financial Holding Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Chengdu Jiaozi Financial Holding Co Ltd
Issuer
Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Development Co - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of Communications, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, China Minsheng Banking, Bank of China, Central Wealth Securities Investment Ltd, CEB International Capital Corp Ltd, Donghai Securities Co Ltd, CSC Financial Co Ltd, Central China International Capital Ltd, Industrial Bank Co Ltd, CNCB (Hong Kong) Capital Ltd, Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd, Zhongtai International Securities Ltd
Underwriter
China Development Bank - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Development Bank
Issuer
Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Shanghai Pudong Development (Group) Co Ltd
Issuer
Gansu Electic Power Investment Group - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Everbright Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, CCB International (Holdings) Ltd, China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd, Hua Xia Bank Co Ltd, Bank of China, China Minsheng Banking, Ping An Bank, CITIC Group Corp, Industrial Bank Co Ltd
Underwriter
Contemporary Ruiding Development Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, China Minsheng Banking, CITIC Group Corp, Barclays, CMB International Capital Ltd, HSBC, BNP Paribas, ICBC
Underwriter
Shenzhen Expressway Co - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, China PA Securities (Hong Kong) Co Ltd, UBS, Guotai Junan Capital, ICBC
Underwriter
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China
Issuer
China Aoyuan Group Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Aoyuan Group Ltd
Issuer
Guoren Property And Casualty Insurance Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Guoren Property And Casualty Insurance Co Ltd
Issuer
Quan Cheng Financial Holdings (BVI) Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Quan Cheng Financial Holdings (BVI) Ltd
Issuer
Wuhan Real Estate Development & Investment Group Co - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Wuhan Real Estate Development & Investment Group Co
Issuer
China Construction Bank - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Construction Bank
Issuer
China Aoyuan Group Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
China Aoyuan Group Ltd
Issuer
Bank of China - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China
Issuer
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New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
ESG
Lawyers welcome the European Commission revamp, saying the reforms bring long-needed clarity to sustainable finance
As the European banking sector continues to consolidate, M&A and regulatory lawyers that can smooth the path to deal completion are proving their value
Carl Fernandes, global head of Linklaters’ financial regulation group, outlines the firm’s opportunities in the financial sector, particularly in Europe and the US
New hires were made across the finance, M&A and funds practices in New York, London and Paris
ESG
A unified approach to the carbon markets will help lower costs and break down barriers for investment in low carbon technologies
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
ESG
A number of recent developments in the regulation, such as country risk classification, mean that businesses need to consider whether they can benefit from simplified due diligence requirements
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