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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 4
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 3
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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Notable

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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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Mayer Brown is a large international firm that entered its current form through three cross-border mergers in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Today the firm’s network covers 27 offices spanning three continents. In the US, where the firm has several of its largest branches, it has a presence in six states and teams based in Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Washington DC. It works directly with banks and borrowers on cross-border syndicated credit facilities. It also partakes in novel acquisition financing transactions. 

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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
ESG
The reform presents a number of challenges for investors, particularly for the renewables sector as investment may be disincentivised
IFLR’s legal benchmarking title reveals its latest rankings for the US, Mexico and Caribbean
M&A
Bulk hires were made at Greenberg Traurig and Ropes & Gray, which opened new offices in Munich and Paris respectively
With two potential approaches to reform that have emerged, banking organisations will need to consider the pros and cons for each option
As US SPAC activity picks up, we consider opportunities for law firms, what is driving the revival and the impact of recent regulatory developments
Capital markets partner Anna Pinedo discusses what’s fuelling market activity and where opportunities for the firm lie
M&A
New hires were made across the M&A, private credit and funds practices in New York, Washington DC and Milan
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