The Best Law Firms

Best Law Firms for General Corporate Practice

Not every firm is created equal. Find out how top firms stack up when it comes to general corporate practice.

2014 Rank	2013 Rank	Change	Company	% of Votes	Location
1	2	▲	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates	44.22	New York, NY
2	1	▼	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	44.18	New York, NY
3	3	—	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	40.84	New York, NY
4	4	—	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	28.97	New York, NY
5	6	▲	Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	19.65	New York, NY
6	5	▼	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	18.29	New York, NY
7	7	—	Latham & Watkins LLP	12.48	New York, NY
8	9	▲	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	9.36	Chicago, IL
9	8	▼	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	8.13	New York, NY
10	10	—	Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP	5.93	New York, NY
11	11	—	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	3.30	Palo Alto, CA
12	15	▲	Sidley Austin LLP	2.73	Chicago, IL
13	17	▲	Jones Day	2.68	Washington, DC
14	14	—	Shearman & Sterling LLP	2.55	New York, NY
15	19	▲	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	2.51	New York, NY
16	23	▲	White & Case LLP	2.42	New York, NY
17	16	▼	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP	2.33	Los Angeles, CA
18	21	▲	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	2.20	New York, NY
19	24	▲	Allen & Overy LLP	2.15	New York, NY
19	18	▼	Clifford Chance US LLP	2.15	New York, NY
20	12	▼	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP	2.07	New York, NY
21	20	▼	Cooley LLP	1.98	Palo Alto, CA
22	20	▼	Ropes & Gray LLP	1.93	Boston, MA
23	25	▲	Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP	1.89	New York, NY
23	13	▼	Linklaters LLP (US)	1.89	New York, NY
24	22	▼	Morrison & Foerster LLP	1.80	San Francisco, CA
25	NR	—	DLA Piper	1.58	New York, NY
25	NR	—	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP	1.58	New York, NY

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