Law Firm Rankings 2013: The Best Law Firms in Each Practice Area: Securities
VAULT RANKINGS
1-25| 2013 RANK |
2012 RANK |
CHANGE |
FIRM |
% Vote |
LOCATION |
| 1 | 1 |
|
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | 33.20 | New York, NY |
| 2 | 2 |
|
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates | 33.13 | New York, NY |
| 3 | 3 |
|
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 30.71 | New York, NY |
| 4 | 6 |
|
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 25.64 | New York, NY |
| 5 | 4 |
|
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | 24.08 | New York, NY |
| 6 | 5 |
|
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz | 20.42 | New York, NY |
| 7 | 8 |
|
Latham & Watkins LLP | 14.89 | New York, NY |
| 8 | 7 |
|
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | 14.65 | New York, NY |
| 9 | 9 |
|
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | 8.50 | New York, NY |
| 10 | 11 |
|
Shearman & Sterling LLP | 7.17 | New York, NY |
| 11 | 10 |
|
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | 5.77 | New York, NY |
| 12 | 14 |
|
Sidley Austin LLP | 4.52 | Chicago, IL |
| 13 | 13 |
|
Kirkland & Ellis LLP | 3.51 | Chicago, IL |
| 14 | 19 |
|
Clifford Chance US LLP | 3.20 | New York, NY |
| 15 | 15 |
|
White & Case LLP | 3.12 | New York, NY |
| 16 | 16 |
|
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 2.96 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 16 | 22 |
|
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 2.96 | Palo Alto, CA |
| 16 | 18 |
|
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | 2.96 | New York, NY |
| 17 | 12 |
|
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP | 2.65 | New York, NY |
| 18 | 17 |
|
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | 2.34 | New York, NY |
| 18 | 22 |
|
WilmerHale | 2.34 | Washington, DC |
| 19 | 25 |
|
Mayer Brown LLP | 2.18 | Chicago, IL |
| 19 | 21 |
|
Linklaters LLP (US) | 2.18 | New York, NY |
| 20 | 24 |
|
Cooley LLP | 2.03 | Palo Alto, CA |
| 20 | 21 |
|
Covington & Burling LLP | 2.03 | Washington, DC |
| 20 | 25 |
|
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (US) | 2.03 | New York, NY |
| 21 | 24 |
|
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP | 1.87 | New York, NY |
| 22 | 20 |
|
Allen & Overy LLP (US) | 1.79 | New York, NY |
| 23 | 21 |
|
Baker Botts LLP | 1.64 | Houston, TX |
| 24 | 23 |
|
Ropes & Gray LLP | 1.56 | Boston, MA |
| 25 | 23 |
|
O'Melveny & Myers LLP | 1.40 | Los Angeles, CA |
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