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Banking
Project finance
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : High yield
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Financial services regulatory
Private equity
Restructuring
Insolvency
M&A
Project development
Banking and finance
Firm overview

White & Case is a truly global law firm, uniquely positioned to help our clients achieve their ambitions in today's G20 world. As a pioneering international law firm, our cross-border experience and diverse team of local, US and English-qualified lawyers consistently deliver results for our clients. n both established and emerging markets, our lawyers are integral, long-standing members of the community, giving our clients insights into the local business environment alongside our experience in multiple jurisdictions. We work with some of the world's most respected and well-established banks and businesses, as well as start-up visionaries, governments and state-owned entities.

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2027 Edition
Banking and finance
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Luther
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
3 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
5 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
22 firms ranked
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
25 firms ranked
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Capital markets : High yield
11 firms ranked
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
16 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Dentons
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
1 practice area
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Financial services regulatory
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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PwC Legal
1 practice area
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

Annerton
1 practice area
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Deloitte Legal
1 practice area
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GSK Stockmann
3 practice areas
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Gunnercooke
1 practice area
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Görg
6 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Insolvency
26 firms ranked
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Dr Beck & Partner
4 practice areas
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Görg
6 practice areas
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Kebekus & Zimmermann
3 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Anchor
1 practice area
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Brinkmann & Partner
2 practice areas
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Jaffé
2 practice areas
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SGP Schneider Geiwitz & Partner
2 practice areas
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Tier 3

BRL Boege Rohde Luebbehuesen
1 practice area
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Eckert
1 practice area
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Flöther & Wissing
1 practice area
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Grub Brugger & Partner
4 practice areas
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Hack Hoefer
2 practice areas
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Müller-Heydenreich Bierbach & Kollegen
1 practice area
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PLUTA
4 practice areas
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Schultze & Braun
3 practice areas
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Tier 4

Kübler
2 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Piepenburg – Gerling
2 practice areas
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hww hermann wienberg wilhelm
2 practice areas
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BBL
1 practice area
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Theopark Rechtsanwälte
1 practice area
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Thorwart Rechtsanwälte
1 practice area
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Wellensiek
3 practice areas
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Westpfahl & Spilker
3 practice areas
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M&A : Large-cap
24 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
4 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Private equity
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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LUPP + PARTNER
1 practice area
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Tier 5

GLNS
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Project development
21 firms ranked
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Dentons
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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GvW Graf von Westphalen
1 practice area
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Project finance
15 firms ranked
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Restructuring
30 firms ranked
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Görg
6 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Wellensiek
3 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Finkenhoff
1 practice area
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Schultze & Braun
3 practice areas
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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
Cars Alliance Auto Loans Germany Master - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
HSBC
Underwriter
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale-Helaba - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Commerzbank, Citigroup, Helaba, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, UniCredit, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Morgan Stanley, Société Générale, UBS
Underwriter
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale-Helaba - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Helaba, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Helaba - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Underwriter
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale-Helaba - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale-Helaba
Underwriter
Ceconomy - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
UniCredit, Commerzbank
Underwriter
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Issuer
Evonik Industries AG - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Evonik Industries AG
Issuer
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Issuer
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Issuer
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Issuer
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale-Helaba - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale-Helaba
Issuer
Cars Alliance Auto Loans Germany Master - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
HSBC
Underwriter
Cars Alliance Auto Loans Germany Master - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
HSBC
Underwriter
Cars Alliance Auto Loans Germany Master - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
HSBC
Underwriter
Cars Alliance Auto Loans Germany Master - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
HSBC
Underwriter
Vonovia SE - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, UniCredit, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Société Générale, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen Girozentrale-Helaba - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley, Helaba, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Commerzbank, UBS, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Société Générale, UniCredit
Underwriter
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Issuer
Deutsche Lufthansa AG - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
White & Case
Germany
Bond issue
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Issuer
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Additions at King & Spalding, Latham, White & Case and Norton Rose Fulbright spanned fund finance, capital markets, M&A, energy and data centres, while Orrick added a Willkie partner to lead French project finance
Legal practitioners gathered in London as the annual Women in Business Law EMEA Awards 2026 recognised standout women lawyers, leading firms and diversity initiatives across the region
White & Case finance partner Kamran Ahmad and local partner Ryan Gawrych discuss the offtake, financing and execution challenges behind a deal centring on sustainable aviation fuel
M&A
Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist joined the firm’s Japanese office, taking the firm’s M&A hires this week to four
M&A
New hires and appointments were made in the corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms in Hong Kong, Tokyo, the US and the UK
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
M&A
Andrea Basham and Jennifer Cheng have joined the firm as partners in its global M&A practice in New York
M&A
New hires were made across the M&A, corporate and finance teams at leading firms across the UK, Germany and Saudi Arabia
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