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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 4
41 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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

Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Deacons
16 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
19 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
14 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Gallant
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith Richards Butler
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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CMS
11 practice areas
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Charltons
8 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Jingtian & Gongcheng
6 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Sterlington PLLC
1 practice area
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Tanner De Witt
7 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
4 practice areas
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Leveraged finance
Tier 3
16 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
14 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 3
60 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
7 practice areas
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Reed Smith Richards Butler
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
17 practice areas
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Charltons
8 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
12 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
19 practice areas
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MinterEllison
7 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Notable

Bird & Bird
6 practice areas
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Cooley
6 practice areas
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Dechert
7 practice areas
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Dentons
11 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
5 practice areas
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Gallant
5 practice areas
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H.M. Chan & Co
5 practice areas
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Haiwen & Partners
11 practice areas
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Jingtian & Gongcheng
6 practice areas
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JunHe
11 practice areas
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Kwok Yih & Chan
7 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Oldham Li & Nie
5 practice areas
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Seyfarth Shaw
7 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
9 practice areas
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Stevenson Wong & Co
7 practice areas
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Tanner De Witt
7 practice areas
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Timothy Loh
10 practice areas
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YYC Legal
5 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 1
40 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
20 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
16 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
7 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Davis Polk & Wardwell
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
12 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
14 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
18 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
16 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
8 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
12 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
9 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
14 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
18 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cooley
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
18 practice areas
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Deacons
16 practice areas
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Fangda Partners
8 practice areas
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H.M. Chan & Co
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
16 practice areas
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Johnson Stokes & Master
36 practice areas
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King & Wood
19 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
15 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Timothy Loh
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Originally founded in 1875, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is a New York-based international firm with more than 1,000 lawyers across eight offices. The firm services its Greater China clients from its offices in Beijing and Hong Kong. 

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm is best known for its private equity work and technology expertise. It also has a strong M&A team alongside a banking, leveraged finance and capital markets practice. It handles cross-border transactions involving jurisdictions throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including in mainland China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. 

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include PAG, State Grid, Wanda, Tencent, Didi Chuxing, KKR, DCP and General Atlantic. 

 

Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023) 

M&A 

“Paul Weiss is highly regarded in the industry and provides high-quality work and output.” 

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M&A
M&A lawyers Trent Bridges and Michael Darby join the firm’s M&A groups in Houston and New York respectively
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
ESG
Brad Karp said in a letter to the firm’s lawyers and employees that the March 14 executive order could have ‘destroyed’ the firm
ESG
US President Donald Trump withdraws an executive order against the firm as the two parties reach an agreement, including a commitment to scrap DEI policies
ESG
DEI practices named as one of the reasons behind the mandate for the suspension of the firm’s security clearances
M&A
Lawyers say Illumina’s win against the European Commission’s merger investigation uncovers patchy regulation that requires a major overhaul
M&A
Fuelled by M&A activity, US firms such as Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Paul Weiss report staggering revenue and PEP for the past year
M&A
The US firm has climbed the ranks of London’s legal market with a laser focus on becoming a transaction powerhouse
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