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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 2
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 4
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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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Ropes & Gray was founded in 1865 in Boston. It has since expanded globally to 11 offices in three continents. In the United States the firm has offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington DC. The firm is best known for its work in the United States for financial services regulatory, private equity and registered funds’ work. Its real estate and banking and finance practices are also strong, and have great cross-border presence, representing international financial institutions on their commercial mortgage loans portfolios and joint ventures. The firm is also active in the financing of real estate projects. 

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Paul Hastings’ latest finance hires from Cahill and Ropes & Gray stood out in a week that also saw Akin and Charles Russell Speechlys add corporate partners
New hires were made across corporate, PE, M&A and finance groups in London, Miami, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Milan
M&A
HSF Kramer appoints M&A trio in New York, while Vinson & Elkins opens its Brussels office and Morgan Lewis elects new chair
M&A
New hires were made in the finance, corporate and M&A practices in the UK and the US
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, banking and finance practices in London, Riyadh and key US hubs
M&A
New hires were made across PE, M&A, capital markets and finance practices in key hubs including Milan, New York and London
New hires and promotions were made across finance, PE and M&A practices in London, Singapore, New York and Santiago
M&A
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