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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets - Foreign
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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M&A - Foreign
Tier 1
45 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
6 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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CMS
4 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
7 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Notable

Cuatrecasas
4 practice areas
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Dorsey & Whitney
6 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Garrigues
6 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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LPA Law
3 practice areas
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Nishimura & Asahi
3 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Private equity - Foreign
Tier 2
26 firms ranked
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
8 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
9 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman - China
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
12 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
5 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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Cooley
5 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
5 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
8 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
8 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
11 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
5 practice areas
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Project development - Foreign
Tier 4
20 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
15 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
14 practice areas
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King & Wood
14 practice areas
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Milbank
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
14 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
15 practice areas
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Jones Day
11 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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White & Case
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

MinterEllison
6 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
14 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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GRATA International
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Formed in 1948, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is a New York-based international law firm with 1,700 lawyers across 22 offices. The firm’s Beijing office opened in 1991. The firm serves its clients’ Greater China interests from its offices in Hong Kong and Beijing with more than 70 lawyers.

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
Bond issue
E-House (China) Enterprise Holdings Ltd
Issuer
Yuzhou Group Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, CITIC Group Corp, Bank of China, Central Wealth Securities Investment Ltd, HSBC, UBS, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of East Asia, Yuzhou Financial Holdings Ltd, Goldman Sachs, Guotai Junan Capital, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2018) Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
Bond issue
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2018) Ltd
Issuer
Yuzhou Group Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, HSBC, Haitong Securities Co Ltd
Underwriter
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2021-04-30
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Jian Wang, Julie Gao, Peter Huang, Yakun Liu
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
DuPont de Nemours Inc. - M&A
2021-03-08
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Audrey Sokoloff, Brandon Van Dyke, Bruce Goldner, David Rievman, George Knighton, Jeffrey Gerrish, Marcel Rosner, Nathan Giesselman, Rachel Arnett, Regina Olshan
DuPont de Nemours Inc.
Buyer
Dada Auto Inc. - M&A
2022-02-08
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Dada Auto Inc.
Target
Yuzhou Group Holdings Co Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
Bond issue
Bank of China, Credit Suisse, Haitong Securities Co Ltd, HSBC
Underwriter
ECARX Holdings Inc. - M&A
2022-05-26
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Peter Huang
ECARX Holdings Inc.
Target
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2022-06-17
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Peter Huang
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
Lotus Technology Inc. - M&A
2023-01-31
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Lotus Technology Inc.
Target
NIO Inc. - M&A
2023-07-20
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Yuting Wu
NIO Inc.
Target
New Genetron Holding Ltd. - M&A
2023-10-11
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Peter Huang
New Genetron Holding Ltd.
Buyer
DiDi Global Inc. - M&A
2023-08-28
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
China (National)
M&A
Haiping Li
DiDi Global Inc.
Seller
M&A
Rafique Bachour, who spent nearly 30 years at Freshfields, joins Skadden’s Belgian office amid heightened global regulatory scrutiny
M&A
Andrea Spadacini, partner in the firm’s M&A team in Abu Dhabi, discusses dealmaking in the UAE, from joint ventures to public deals, and its impact on law firms’ strategy
Lawyers at Clifford Chance and Skadden examine how the regulation has driven legal demand at their firms and transformed advisory strategies
Lawyers see the potential for first-mover advantage in advising on a new trading platform for shares, but they are not certain it will achieve all its goals
Lorenzo Corte, partner and global head of transaction practices, discusses a de-SPAC deal using native treasury companies and how the firm is building momentum in this market
New York-based financial services regulatory lawyer Wendy Goldberg discusses how she helps clients remain nimble in our latest 'Five minutes with' series
New hires were made across the corporate, M&A and finance practices in London, New York and Houston
The New York-based lawyer explains why building great relationships motivates him and why his younger brother inspires him
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