Chambers has ranked the top U.S. law firms by various specialities. The rankings are based on over 14,000 one-hour interviews with lawyers and clients (greater weight is given to the views of clients). Here are the top Top 28 law firms in the area of Tax: Corporate and Finance, grouped in five bands, with the city or cities in which the firm’s major tax practice is located in parentheses):
Band #1:
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (New York)
- Davis Polk & Wardwell (New York)
- Latham & Watkins (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C.)
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (New York, Washington, D.C.)
- Sullivan & Cromwell (New York)
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (New York)
Band #2:
- Baker & McKenzie (Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.)
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York)
- Debevoise & Plimpton (New York)
- Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago, New York)
- McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C.)
- McKee Nelson (Washington, D.C.)
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (New York)
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Dallas, New York)
Band #3:
- Baker Botts (Houston)
- Fenwick & West (San Francisco)
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (New York, Washington, D.C.)
- Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston)
- Irell & Manella (Los Angeles)
- Mayer Brown (Chicago)
- Shearman & Sterling (New York, Washington, D.C.)
- Sidley Austin (Chicago)
- Vinson & Elkins (Houston)
Band #4:
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (New York)
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Los Angeles)
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York)
- Ropes & Gray (Boston)
- Steptoe & Johnson (Washington, D.C.)
(Hat Tip: Danny Sokol.)
