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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 3
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Tier 1

Kirkland & Ellis
4 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
6 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
7 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
6 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
3 practice areas
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Tier 3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
8 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
3 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
3 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
2 practice areas
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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
4 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
7 practice areas
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Tier 4

Reed Smith
6 practice areas
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Notable

Duane Morris
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe was founded in 1863 in San Francisco. Since then it has expanded to 26 offices across three continents. In the United States the firm has 14 offices. 

 

Focusses / specialisms

The firm is best known for its work in structured finance and securitization. Its industry specialities include technology, energy, infrastructure and financial services.

The banking practice advises borrowers, lenders, arrangers and investors in complex financing transactions related to acquisitions, refinancing, project financing and general working capital financing. It also works on the capital markets side with sovereign and corporate debt offerings and hybrid securitizations. 

 

Key clients

Key clients for the firm include Applied Materials, Kingdom of Morocco, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Equinix, Wells Fargo, RREEF America REIT II, Juniper Networks, Convoy, Cap Vert Energy and Greenlight Planet. 

 

Research period review: 30th edition (2019/2020)

Throughout the research period, the banking team was mostly on the borrower side in complex and novel financing transactions. Most of them were related to general working capital financings, but there were several related to acquisition and project financings. 

 

Deal highlights: 30th edition (2019/2020)

Kingdom of Morocco €1 billion sovereign bond issue

Poarch Band of Creek Indians acquisition of Sands Casino Resort

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