Ranking tables
Hedge Funds | USA
USA - Nationwide
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Senior Statespeople
Eminent Practitioners
Band 1
- David J Efron Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP12 Years Ranked
- David Nissenbaum Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP19 Years Ranked
- Jonathan S Adler Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP13 Years Ranked
- Laurel FitzPatrick Ropes & Gray LLP18 Years Ranked
- Lawrence N Barshay Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP19 Years Ranked
- Leor Landa Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP22 Years Ranked
- Sarah Davidoff Ropes & Gray LLP18 Years Ranked
- Stephanie R Breslow Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP23 Years Ranked
Band 2
- Allison Yacker Katten8 Years Ranked
- Christopher M Wells Proskauer Rose LLP18 Years Ranked
- Daniel Spies Sidley Austin LLP7 Years Ranked
- Elizabeth Shea Fries Sidley Austin LLP18 Years Ranked
- Jason Kaplan Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP9 Years Ranked
- Kelli Moll Proskauer Rose LLP9 Years Ranked
- Olga Gutman Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP18 Years Ranked
- Peter Greene Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP7 Years Ranked
Band 3
- Arthur L Zwickel Paul Hastings LLP7 Years Ranked
- Daniel Hunter Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP8 Years Ranked
- Heather Cruz Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates12 Years Ranked
- Henry Bregstein Katten17 Years Ranked
- Jamie L. Nash Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, PC7 Years Ranked
- Jedd H Wider Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP20 Years Ranked
- Leigh Fraser Ropes & Gray LLP12 Years Ranked
- Lisa Schneider Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP10 Years Ranked
- Richard A Goldman Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP18 Years Ranked
- Robert G Leonard Dechert LLP12 Years Ranked
- Robert G Minion Lowenstein Sandler LLP21 Years Ranked
- Steven B Nadel Seward & Kissel LLP13 Years Ranked
- Timothy P Selby Alston & Bird LLP16 Years Ranked
Band 4
- Cynthia Marian Greenberg Traurig, LLP2 Years Ranked
- Dorothy Mehta Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP5 Years Ranked
- Eileen Overbaugh Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP5 Years Ranked
- Janelle Ibeling Sidley Austin LLP7 Years Ranked
- Jason P. Grunfeld Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, PC5 Years Ranked
- Joseph P Cunningham Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP6 Years Ranked
- Mark Vandehaar Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP6 Years Ranked
- Melissa Bender Ropes & Gray LLP6 Years Ranked
- Michael Mavrides Dechert LLP7 Years Ranked
- Patricia Poglinco Seward & Kissel LLP7 Years Ranked
- Tram N. Nguyen Mayer Brown LLP7 Years Ranked
Band 5
- Allison Muth Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP7 Years Ranked
- Barbara Niederkofler Akin2 Years Ranked
- Benjamin Kozinn McDermott Will & Emery LLP4 Years Ranked
- Brad Howard Sidley Austin LLP5 Years Ranked
- Caryn J Greenspan Proskauer Rose LLP2 Years Ranked
- Daniel Bresler Seward & Kissel LLP1 Years Ranked
- David Form Sidley Austin LLP1 Years Ranked
- David Solander DLA Piper LLP (US)5 Years Ranked
- Deborah Tuchman Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP5 Years Ranked
- Elaine Hughes A&O Shearman2 Years Ranked
- Eric Wagner Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, PC3 Years Ranked
- Heather Wyckoff Alston & Bird LLP1 Years Ranked
- Ira Kustin Akin5 Years Ranked
- Jeff VonDruska Vedder Price PC1 Years Ranked
- Jeffrey Blumberg Faegre Drinker2 Years Ranked
- Jennifer Dunn Proskauer Rose LLP4 Years Ranked
- John (Sean) Finley A&O Shearman9 Years Ranked
- Karl Cole-Frieman Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP1 Years Ranked
- Lance Zinman Katten2 Years Ranked
- Leonora Shalet Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP1 Years Ranked
- Max Karpel Akin1 Years Ranked
- Michael G. Tannenbaum Tannenbaum Helpern8 Years Ranked
- Nicholas Hodge K&L Gates5 Years Ranked
- Nicholas R. Miller Seward & Kissel LLP2 Years Ranked
- Peter Naismith Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP1 Years Ranked
- Robert Van Grover Seward & Kissel LLP7 Years Ranked
- Scott Beal Barnes & Thornburg LLP2 Years Ranked
- Wendy Cohen Katten3 Years Ranked
- Yousuf I Dhamee Paul Hastings LLP6 Years Ranked
- Zeke Johnson Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP5 Years Ranked
- Neil KorenShartsis Friese LLP
Up and Coming
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedThe team at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson focuses its practice on advising asset managers in connection with the full range of matters including fund formation, fund seeding and M&A. The firm commands a strong awareness of the hedge fund regulatory landscape and current market trends, giving clients an edge in a highly competitive market. It advises on the formation and operation of funds investing in a range of assets, including secondary interests, corporate bonds and distressed companies.
1 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison demonstrates high-quality counsel for sophisticated sponsors and fund managers in the structuring and formation of novel hedge products, with significant expertise in seed capital arrangements. The team is well versed in a comprehensive array of hedge and hybrid fund types and structures, as well as risk management, crisis and compliance issues. It possesses strength in the handling of capital market and credit transactions.
1 Ropes & Gray LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedThe Ropes & Gray team draws upon experience working with both promising startups and the largest domestic and global hedge fund entities, as well as offering familiarity with the domains of commodities and derivatives. The team is well versed in a plethora of transactional concerns, such as acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and cross-border investments. It is noted for its offering in the credit funds space and related experience in direct lending.
1 Schulte Roth & Zabel LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedSchulte Roth & Zabel is at the forefront of both the domestic and international hedge fund markets, counseling the most prolific funds in connection with all regulatory compliance concerns. The firm benefits from a long history at the forefront of the hedge fund industry, and is able to provide comprehensive counsel throughout every stage of fund formation and maintenance. It is experienced in dealing with the full range of funds, including credit, distressed, lending and commodities funds.
1 Sidley Austin LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years RankedSidley Austin boasts a masterful hedge funds practice serving the most prominent funds and managers worldwide, and providing critical advisory capabilities across the fields of securities, derivatives, fund formation and regulations. It offers an increasingly global spread of resources and familiarity with regulatory procedures in a number of jurisdictions. Teh team boasts a broad practice consisting of tax and litigation partners with particular expertise in hedge funds.
Band 2
2 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years RankedMorgan, Lewis & Bockius brings to bear global resources to counsel fund managers, broker-dealers and institutional investors on fund formation, securities and corporate matters, with additional strength in the securities regulatory enforcement space. The firm provides counsel on a global scale throughout the process of fund development. It is experienced in crossover, master-feeder, customized and captive funds.
2 Proskauer Rose LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years RankedProskauer Rose handles a comprehensive spectrum of fund formation, litigation, restructuring, compliance and trading concerns for both institutional investors and hedge fund managers. The firm displays a critical affinity for the tax-efficient structuring of funds both domestically and beyond the USA. It offers expertise across the regulatory sphere, including SEC and CFTC registration.
2 Seward & Kissel LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years RankedSeward & Kissel is noted for its representation of both large players and startup operations, handling a variety of work from fund formation to federal compliance, restructuring and other corporate matters. It is adept at handling all regulatory issues affecting asset managers and valued for its ability to handle tax, ERISA and related litigation.
Band 3
3 AkinHedge Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedThe Akin team is adept in acting for fledgling startups and multibillion-dollar hedge and private equity investment vehicles alike, guiding funds through Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) issues, and fund managers through SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations. It brings to bear additional assets in key markets around the world, including Hong Kong, London and Singapore.
3 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedDavid Polk & Wardwell provides strong capabilities across the hedge funds space, with a critical affinity for compliance and internal investigations, as well as seamlessly integrated broker-dealer, ERISA and tax practices. The team is adept in overseeing fund registration and structuring, as well as regulatory compliance matters, for both offshore and domestic funds. It regularly works with credit and distressed securities funds.
3 KattenHedge Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedKatten boasts a polycentric team with experienced hedge funds lawyers in the firm's New York and Chicago offices. It is retained for ongoing operational advice by numerous asset managers, also boasting an excellent track record in fund launches and investment platform establishment.
3 Lowenstein Sandler LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedLowenstein Sandler is a notable investment funds player with an established practice assisting significant clients in the hedge fund space. It offers expertise in the formation of debt funds, funds of funds and other pooled investment vehicles. The team has considerable experience of handling matters involving multiple jurisdictions.
3 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedWillkie Farr & Gallagher possesses substantial experience of advising on a broad spectrum of transactional issues within the hedge funds market. They boast experience in launching funds of all structure types, including hybrid funds and funds linked with vehicles in other jurisdictions.
Band 4
4 Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedCole-Frieman & Mallon is held in high regard for its expertise in hedge funds. The law firm advises start-up and established investment managers across a plethora of transactions and fund formations. The team has particular expertise in cryptocurrency and digital assets.
4 Dechert LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedDechert has a broad ranging practice in the hedge funds space, with notable strength in advising on fund formation and launches. The team has experience of advising clients on funds focused on various sectors, including energy and healthcare. The group boasts strength across a range of jurisdictions and draws strength from its global platforms.4 K&L GatesHedge Funds2025 | Band 4 | 2 Years RankedK&L Gates team is highlighted for its ability to provide counsel to both sponsors and managers on a range of issues. The team has experience of providing counsel on fund formations and restructurings, as well as regulatory and compliance matters. The group routinely demonstrates its strength in handling matters containing cross-border elements.4 Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, PCHedge Funds2025 | Band 4 | 5 Years RankedKleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen brings to bear extensive experience in the field of private investment funds, having counseled innumerable high-profile domestic and international fund managers on an extensive spectrum of concerns. The team works with funds of all sizes, tackling issues from formation and compliance to employment and tax. It covers a variety of hedge funds including those dedicated to insurance and those investing in the technology and media sectors.
4 Paul Hastings LLPHedge Funds2025 | Band 4 | 5 Years RankedPaul Hastings has a well-respected practice with a strong team of practitioners in the hedge fund space. It draws on its global presence to advise on restructuring, high-value launches and formations. The team is frequently sought to advise on the structuring of funds pursuing innovative and esoteric strategies.
4 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & AffiliatesHedge Funds2025 | Band 4 | 1 Years RankedSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is renowned for its expertise in the investment management space. The law firm advises sponsors and investors from fund formation to M&A. The team also has expertise in cross-border matters.