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Key practice areas
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : High yield
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Capital markets : Derivatives
Financial and corporate
Financial services regulatory
Registered funds
Hedge funds
Private equity funds
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Project development : Power
Project development : Energy
CFIUS
Firm overview

Skadden is a leading firm in the US for debt capital markets, M&A, structured finance, restructuring and insolvency, financial services regulatory, and also maintains excellent banking, equity capital markets, project finance, project development, hedge funds and private equity practices.  A powerhouse corporate firm, anything related to acquisitions is squarely in the firm’s wheelhouse. 

Address:
One Manhattan West
New York
NY
10001-8602
Tel:+12127353000 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.skadden.com/
Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 2
55 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 5

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Alston & Bird
4 practice areas
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Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Loeb & Loeb
3 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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McGuireWoods
4 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Arnall Golden Gregory
3 practice areas
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Calfee Halter & Griswold
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Haynes and Boone
3 practice areas
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Luskin Stern & Eisler
4 practice areas
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Moore & Van Allen
2 practice areas
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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
4 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
2 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 1
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Derivatives
Tier 3
21 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 5

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Chapman and Cutler
10 practice areas
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WilmerHale
6 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 2
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Cooley
2 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Capital markets : High yield
Tier 3
32 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 5

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 6

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 2
37 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
5 practice areas
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Chapman and Cutler
10 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 5

Alston & Bird
4 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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CFIUS
Tier 2
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 2

Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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WilmerHale
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 1
32 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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WilmerHale
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Alston & Bird
4 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Husch Blackwell
5 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Tier 5

Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Littler Mendelson
1 practice area
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Loeb & Loeb
3 practice areas
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Manatt Phelps & Philips
1 practice area
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
2 practice areas
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Williams & Connolly
1 practice area
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Hedge funds
Tier 3
27 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
7 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Seward & Kissel
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
6 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Cole-Friedman Mallon
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Herrick Feinstein
6 practice areas
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Purrington Moody
3 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Sadis & Goldberg
4 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt
7 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
58 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Nutter McClennen & Fish
2 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
4 practice areas
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Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Cole Schotz
5 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 5

Akerman
3 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Husch Blackwell
5 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 6

Dentons
8 practice areas
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Fenwick & West
2 practice areas
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Foley & Lardner
5 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Perkins Coie
2 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Ballard Spahr
7 practice areas
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Bodman
3 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
6 practice areas
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Stinson
2 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 3
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Akerman
3 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Foley & Lardner
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Ballard Spahr
7 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
6 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Private equity funds
Tier 4
29 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
7 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Full service firm Skadden is a top tier firm, especially in M&A, debt capital markets, structured finance and securitization, regulatory financial services, restructuring and insolvency and oil and gas projects. It was founded in New York in 1948 and the New York office remains the firm’s headquarters and largest office. It has since, however, expanded to 22 offices across three continents. In the United States, the firm has offices in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Washington D.C. and Wilmington.   

 

Highlights

Across all its practices, Skadden is accustomed innovative transactions. The firm’s M&A department advised Activision Blizzard as the seller in its sizeable all-cash acquisition by Microsoft Corporation. This transaction broke world records in the history of the gaming industry, the technology sector, all-cash transactions and Microsoft Corporation. The firm had similar landmark success in the Japanese pharmaceutical sector, the US utilities sector and the software industry. Furthermore, the firm showed finesse in guiding clients towards authorization from Antitrust authorities and the Food and Drug Administration.

In project finance, the firm led novel transactions in the renewables sector including its representation of the lenders in a first-of-its-kind unguaranteed bridge facility with a unique tax credit sale feature. This is financing a Parliament Solar project. It also represented Pattern Energy Group in the financing of SunZia’s landmark transmission and wind projects. This deal is unprecedented for the US clean energy infrastructure sector.

 

Key clients 

Key clients for the firm include First BanCorp, Crédit Agricole, Banco Azteca, Centene, Zillow, Bank of America, Scotia Capital, Citigroup, CEMEX, Pfizer, Morgan Stanley, PayPal, Barclays, Eaton Vance, Fair Oaks Capital, AES, BlackRock, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, NextEra Energy Partners, Exact Sciences, Array BioPharma, DowDuPont, The Blackstone Group, Aflac, Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, UBS, Synergy Pharmaceuticals and Stearns Holdings.

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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
American Financial Group Inc. - M&A
2021-01-27
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Woodard, Jessica Hough, Patrick Lewis, Todd Freed, William Leonard, Young Park
American Financial Group Inc.
Seller
Safe Auto Group Agency Inc. - M&A
2021-06-01
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Christopher Ulery, Jared Binstock, Jessica Hough, Joseph Penko, Michael Amalfe, Todd Freed, William Leonard, Young Park
Safe Auto Group Agency Inc.
Seller
Alpha Latam Management LLC - M&A
2021-11-04
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Carl Tullson, Evan Hill, George Panagakis, Paul Leake
Alpha Latam Management LLC
Seller
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. - M&A
2021-11-03
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Target
TULA Life Inc. - M&A
2022-01-04
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
David Schwartz, Dohyun Kim, Erica Schohn, Gavin White, Lily Huang, M. Oren Epstein
TULA Life Inc.
Target
Attune Insurance Services LLC - M&A
2021-10-05
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Todd Freed
Attune Insurance Services LLC
Target
Iora Health Inc. - M&A
2021-06-07
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Dohyun Kim, Howard Ellin, Maya Florence, Michael Ringler, Page Griffin, Regina Olshan, Samuel Cammer, Steven Matays, Thomas Wood
Iora Health Inc.
Target
Apax Partners LLP - M&A
2021-06-16
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Allison Shapiro, Ann Beth Stebbins, Erica Schohn, Evgueni Gokhmark, John Bodkin, Jun Park, Michael Cardella, Miriam Furst, Nancy Rubin, Stuart Levi, Victor Hollender, Victoria Smallwood
Apax Partners LLP
Buyer
Southwestern Energy Co. - M&A
2021-11-04
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Cody Carper, Eric Otness, Frank Bayouth
Southwestern Energy Co.
Buyer
New Residential Investment Corp. - M&A
2021-04-14
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
David Polster, Faiz Ahmad, Joseph Coco, Michael Schwartz, Michael Zeidel, Nickolas Gianou, Peter Serating, Seth Jacobson
New Residential Investment Corp.
Buyer
HP Inc. - M&A
2021-02-24
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Aurora Luoma, Joe Rancour, Steven Sunshine, Thorsten Goetz
HP Inc.
Buyer
L'Occitane International SA - M&A
2021-11-15
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Arash Attar-Rezvani, Carine Louyot, Margaux Lize, Patrick Dupuis, Philippe Despres, Samia Makhtoum, Thomas Perrot
L'Occitane International SA
Buyer
Apax Partners LLP - M&A
2021-08-04
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Ann Beth Stebbins, Erica Schohn, Genia Gokhmark, Jaclyn Castelar, John Bodkin, Kyle Hatton, Michael Cardella, Miriam Furst, Nancy Rubin, Stuart Levi, Theodore Leonhardt, Victor Hollender
Apax Partners LLP
Buyer
Envision Building Products LLC - M&A
2022-01-04
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Neil Stronski
Envision Building Products LLC
Buyer
Toshiba America Energy Systems Corp. - M&A
2021-05-10
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Mitsuhiro Kamiya
Toshiba America Energy Systems Corp.
Buyer
National Veterinary Associates Inc. - M&A
2021-06-22
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Alexandra McCormack, Daniel Luks, David Schwartz, Erica Schohn, Michael Wiseman, Nathaniel Nicholas, Paul Schnell, Ryne Posey, Sean Doyle
National Veterinary Associates Inc.
Buyer
PT Holdings LLC - M&A
2021-07-02
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Craig Alcorn, David Schwartz, David Wagener, Elizabeth Malone, Eric Sensenbrenner, Jessica Cohen, Kristin Davis, Mayte Quinn Salazar, Michael Carson, Shilpi Gupta, Stephanie Yesnik
PT Holdings LLC
Buyer
Waterlogic plc - M&A
2021-07-13
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Richard Youle
Waterlogic plc
Buyer
Dell Technologies Inc. - M&A
2021-05-02
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Allison Schneirov, Anne Villanueva, Brett Fleisher, Gavin White, Jeremy London, Ken Kumayama, Page Griffin, Rahul Bhasin, Tracey Chenoweth, Trevor Allen
Dell Technologies Inc.
Seller
CMS Energy Corp. - M&A
2021-06-08
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
United States (National)
M&A
Brian Christiansen, Collin Janus, Makala Kaupalolo, Sven Mickisch, Tim Gaffney
CMS Energy Corp.
Seller
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Rafique Bachour, who spent nearly 30 years at Freshfields, joins Skadden’s Belgian office amid heightened global regulatory scrutiny
M&A
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