Ranking Table

Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

This chapter includes company acquisitions, dispositions and related financing arrangements, mergers, joint ventures capitalizations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements and governance matters. Also covers those transactions designed to help restructuring within companies and their subsidiaries by change of ownership. Priority is placed on primary representatives, those acting for buyers and sellers, whilst those acting for financial advisors, underwriters and the banks financing such transactions are also considered. This section focuses on the transactional aspect of private equity funds work. It takes into account LBOs, M&A, recapitalization and restructuring-related matters at both the high-end and mid-market level.

How rankings work
How rankings work

  • Band 1

    Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis

    22 years ranked

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    22 years ranked

    Sidley Austin LLP

    Sidley Austin LLP

    22 years ranked

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

    22 years ranked

  • Band 2

    Baker McKenzie

    Baker McKenzie

    22 years ranked

    Mayer Brown LLP

    Mayer Brown LLP

    22 years ranked

    McDermott Will & Schulte

    McDermott Will & Schulte

    22 years ranked

    Paul Hastings LLP

    Paul Hastings LLP

    16 years ranked

    Ropes & Gray LLP

    Ropes & Gray LLP

    13 years ranked

    Winston Taylor LLP

    Winston Taylor LLP

    22 years ranked

  • Band 3

    DLA Piper LLP (US)

    DLA Piper LLP (US)

    21 years ranked

    Katten

    Katten

    22 years ranked

  • Band 4

    Ashurst Perkins Coie – London, New York, Seattle, Sydney

    Ashurst Perkins Coie – London, New York, Seattle, Sydney

    14 years ranked

    Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC

    Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC

    3 years ranked

    Jones Day

    Jones Day

    22 years ranked

    Much Shelist, P.C.

    Much Shelist, P.C.

    8 years ranked

    Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

    Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

    17 years ranked

    Reed Smith LLP

    Reed Smith LLP

    22 years ranked

  • Band 5

    Barack Ferrazzano

    Barack Ferrazzano

    9 years ranked

    Eversheds Sutherland

    Eversheds Sutherland

    1 year ranked

    Jenner & Block LLP

    Jenner & Block LLP

    22 years ranked

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton

    2 years ranked

    McGuireWoods LLP

    McGuireWoods LLP

    6 years ranked

    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

    Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

    1 year ranked

    Vedder

    Vedder

    16 years ranked

    White & Case LLP

    White & Case LLP

    6 years ranked

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    1 year ranked

Related Rankings: Corporate/M&A & Private Equity

  • Corporate/M&A - Illinois
  • Private Equity: Buyouts - Illinois

What success is built on

Chambers is the leading data and intelligence partner for the legal sector.

Explore thought leadership