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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 3
21 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Baker Botts
7 practice areas
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Bracewell
7 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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
6 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
6 practice areas
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Porter Hedges
7 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
3 practice areas
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Tier 3

Haynes and Boone
5 practice areas
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Husch Blackwell
6 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
4 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
5 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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White & Case
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
7 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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Spencer Fane
2 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 3
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
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Baker Botts
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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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Project development
Active
17 firms ranked
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Active

Baker Botts
7 practice areas
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Bracewell
7 practice areas
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Duane Morris
6 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
8 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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King & Spalding
3 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
6 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
4 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
7 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
5 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
2 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
4 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
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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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
7 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
6 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 2
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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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Since its founding in 1931, Weil Gotshal & Manges has grown to become one of the country’s leading firms in M&A, private equity and restructuring and insolvency. It has also physically grown to 15 offices across three continents. There are eight offices in the United States: Boston, Dallas, Houston, Miami, New York, Princeton, Silicon Valley and Washington DC. The New York office serves as the firm’s headquarters and is also its largest. 

The firm is a market leader in M&A, private equity and restructuring and insolvency, but it is also well known for its work in the banking, structured finance and securitization and private equity funds practices. Overall it is a strong firm across all financial and corporate practices. 

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Ingo Brinker and Niklas Brueggemann join the firm from White & Case and Latham, respectively
New hires were made across corporate, PE, M&A and finance groups in London, Miami, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Milan
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
M&A
Kamyar Abrar returns to the firm’s Frankfurt office to co-lead a ‘new vanguard of corporate dealmaking’
A revamped rulebook has given a boost to London IPO activity that looks set to continue in the fourth quarter and into 2026, lawyers tell IFLR
M&A
New hires were made in the corporate, M&A, PE and finance practices in Washington, Houston, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich and London
Kon Asimacopoulos and Michael Francies have joined the firm in what could be the start of a significant expansion in the UK capital
Against a backdrop of market volatility and capital waiting to be deployed, liability management exercises are expected to rise in Europe
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