Ranking Table

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

This section covers the full range of matters involving employee benefits and compensation plans including advising on the design and implementation thereof, as well as related taxation issues. It also includes advice on executive compensation agreements and benefits matters pertaining to corporate transactions. Moreover, it includes contentious matters pertaining to the implementation of benefit plans. Please also see ERISA litigation for disputes brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

Ranking Table

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  • Band 1

    Band 1

    Groom Law Group, Chartered

    Groom Law Group, Chartered

    17 years ranked

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    17 years ranked

    McDermott Will & Schulte

    McDermott Will & Schulte

    17 years ranked

    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    17 years ranked

    Proskauer Rose LLP

    Proskauer Rose LLP

    17 years ranked

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

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

    17 years ranked

  • Band 2

    Band 2

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    17 years ranked

    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    10 years ranked

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    17 years ranked

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    6 years ranked

    Ropes & Gray LLP

    Ropes & Gray LLP

    16 years ranked

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    17 years ranked

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    17 years ranked

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    10 years ranked

  • Band 3

    Band 3

    A&O Shearman

    A&O Shearman

    6 years ranked

    Baker McKenzie

    Baker McKenzie

    8 years ranked

    Covington & Burling LLP

    Covington & Burling LLP

    17 years ranked

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    11 years ranked

    Faegre Drinker

    Faegre Drinker

    6 years ranked

    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

    6 years ranked

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    6 years ranked

    Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis

    7 years ranked

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    6 years ranked

  • Band 4

    Band 4

    DLA Piper LLP (US)

    DLA Piper LLP (US)

    5 years ranked

    Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

    Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

    4 years ranked

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    7 years ranked

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    6 years ranked

    Winston Taylor LLP

    Winston Taylor LLP

    7 years ranked

  • Band 5

    Band 5

    Alston & Bird LLP

    Alston & Bird LLP

    8 years ranked

    Baker Botts L.L.P.

    Baker Botts L.L.P.

    8 years ranked

    Cooley LLP

    Cooley LLP

    5 years ranked

    Dechert LLP

    Dechert LLP

    4 years ranked

    Fenwick

    Fenwick

    2 years ranked

    Goodwin Procter LLP

    Goodwin Procter LLP

    6 years ranked

    Haynes and Boone, LLP

    Haynes and Boone, LLP

    6 years ranked

    Jones Day

    Jones Day

    15 years ranked

    Mayer Brown LLP

    Mayer Brown LLP

    17 years ranked

    Paul Hastings LLP

    Paul Hastings LLP

    6 years ranked

    Polsinelli PC

    Polsinelli PC

    2 years ranked

    Sidley Austin LLP

    Sidley Austin LLP

    17 years ranked

    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

    3 years ranked

    Trucker Huss APC

    Trucker Huss APC

    4 years ranked

    Vinson & Elkins LLP

    Vinson & Elkins LLP

    5 years ranked

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

    2 years ranked

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