Best Law Firms for Private Equity

Not every firm is created equal. Find out how top firms stack up when it comes to private equity.

2014 Rank	2013 Rank	Change	Company	% of Votes	Location
1	1	—	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	38.25	New York, NY
2	2	—	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	34.44	Chicago, IL
3	3	—	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates	23.63	New York, NY
4	4	—	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	17.88	New York, NY
5	7	▲	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	16.84	New York, NY
6	6	—	Latham & Watkins LLP	15.04	New York, NY
7	8	▲	Ropes & Gray LLP	12.82	Boston, MA
8	11	▲	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	11.99	New York, NY
9	5	▼	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	11.92	New York, NY
10	9	▼	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	11.23	New York, NY
11	10	▼	Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	11.02	New York, NY
12	12	—	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	7.35	New York, NY
13	13	—	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	6.24	New York, NY
14	14	—	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP	4.85	New York, NY
15	15	—	Sidley Austin LLP	4.02	Chicago, IL
16	22	▲	Proskauer Rose LLP	3.53	New York, NY
17	19	▲	Jones Day	3.19	Washington, DC
18	19	▲	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	2.98	Los Angeles, CA
19	20	▲	Cooley LLP	2.77	Palo Alto, CA
19	16	▼	Shearman & Sterling LLP	2.77	New York, NY
20	24	▲	White & Case LLP	2.43	New York, NY
21	23	▲	Clifford Chance US LLP	2.29	New York, NY
22	NR	—	DLA Piper	2.22	New York, NY
23	NR	—	Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP	2.15	Boston, MA
24	NR	—	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP	1.94	New York, NY
25	18	▼	Goodwin Procter LLP	1.87	Boston, MA

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