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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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M&A
Tier 4
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 3
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 3
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

McDermott Will & Schulte is an international firm founded and headquartered in Chicago. It has offices in 13 locations in the United States, and seven offices across five European countries.  The firm does notable work across many financial and corporate practice areas including banking, M&A, private equity, project finance and restructuring and insolvency. In banking work the firm represents borrowers and lenders in term loans, secured and unsecured credit facilities, subordinated debt facility and refinancings. The M&A team represents private equity and strategic buyers and sellers in acquisition, mergers and corporate reorganization related matters.

 

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As capital sources diversify, companies can better match resources to risk and growth
M&A
We round up top lateral hires across the finance, PE, M&A, competition and corporate practices at leading law firms in the UK, the US and the EU
New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
M&A
The firm’s chair and London co-head share how its recent merger elevates its M&A strength and global reach, and outline their bold vision for the firm’s future
ESG
As sustainable finance matures, legal practitioners have a key role to play in shaping market practice
M&A
The completed merger between McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel creates a new law firm with more than 1,750 attorneys and 20 offices worldwide
IFLR’s legal benchmarking title reveals its latest rankings for the US, Mexico and Caribbean
M&A
Lawyers who can help in-house counsel manage costs and budget stand out, but few meet client expectations in the UK, IFLR data reveals
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