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Rankings published in 2026
M&A
Tier 4
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
6 practice areas
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Baker Botts
7 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
6 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
4 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bracewell
7 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
6 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
4 practice areas
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Tier 3

Haynes and Boone
5 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
5 practice areas
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Porter Hedges
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
6 practice areas
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White & Case
7 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
2 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
2 practice areas
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Reed Smith
4 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
5 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
3 practice areas
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Thompson & Knight
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
7 practice areas
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Duane Morris
6 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
7 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 4
18 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
6 practice areas
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Baker Botts
7 practice areas
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Bracewell
7 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
5 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
7 practice areas
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Tier 2

Haynes and Boone
5 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
6 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Porter Hedges
7 practice areas
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Thompson & Knight
5 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Akerman
2 practice areas
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Dykema Cox Smith
2 practice areas
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Husch Blackwell
6 practice areas
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Jackson Walker
2 practice areas
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McKool Smith
2 practice areas
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Tier 4

Reed Smith
4 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
7 practice areas
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Financial and corporate

Reed Smith is a dynamic international law firm, dedicated to helping clients advance their businesses. With over 1,000 lawyers and 900 staff members across 18 U.S. offices.

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We round up this week’s top moves in the finance, corporate, M&A and PE practices in the UK, France, the US and Germany
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
Ian Hohmeister discusses the strategy behind the new hub scale-up, from integration and hiring to market positioning, as headcount nears 20 just over a month after launch
New hires made in regulatory, corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms across the US and the UK, while German Hengeler Mueller elected two new managing partners
Ian Hohmeister, who arrived in March from Morrison Foerster, has been appointed the inaugural managing partner of the firm’s newest US hub
New hires were made across corporate, PE, M&A and finance groups in London, Miami, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Milan
M&A
New hires were made across the M&A, corporate and finance teams at leading firms across the UK, Germany and Saudi Arabia
Reed Smith has set up shop in Boston, while other firms have hired across capital structure solutions, project finance, corporate and banking practices in the US, Australia and Italy
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