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Banking and finance
- Banking
- Project finance
Capital markets
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Competition
Corporate and M&A
- M&A
- Private equity
Financial and corporate
- Financial and corporate : Offshore
Financial services regulatory
Investment funds
- Hedge funds
- Investment funds : Offshore
- Private equity funds
- Real estate funds
- Retail funds
Restructuring and insolvency

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Rankings

Banking

Tier 1

Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters

Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Mayer Brown JSM
Norton Rose Fulbright
Paul Hastings
White & Case

Tier 3

Herbert Smith Freehills
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Tier 4

Ashurst
Deacons
DLA Piper
Latham & Watkins
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Reed Smith Richards Butler
Ropes & Gray
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Other notable

Gallant

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Capital markets : Equity

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling

Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Morrison & Foerster
Paul Hastings
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
Sullivan & Cromwell

Tier 3

Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Deacons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Reed Smith Richards Butler

Tier 4

Debevoise & Plimpton
Jones Day
Mayer Brown JSM
MinterEllison
ONC Lawyers

Other notable

Kwok Yih & Chan
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Ropes & Gray
Troutman Sanders
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo

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Competition

Tier 1

Baker McKenzie
Linklaters
Norton Rose Fulbright

Tier 2

Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons

Tier 3

DLA Piper
Mayer Brown JSM
Slaughter and May

Other notable

Jones Day
O'Melveny & Myers
Sidley Austin
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

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Financial services regulatory

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters

Tier 2

Allen & Overy
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons
Sidley Austin

Tier 3

Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Deacons
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown JSM
O'Melveny & Myers
Reed Smith Richards Butler
Slaughter and May
Timothy Loh

Other notable

Norton Rose Fulbright
Proskauer Rose
Tanner De Witt

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Investment funds : Offshore

Tier 1

Maples and Calder

Tier 2

Appleby
Conyers Dill & Pearman
Harneys
Ogier
Walkers

Tier 3

Mourant Ozannes
Travers Thorp Alberga

Other notable

Campbells

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Private equity

Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Tier 2

Davis Polk & Wardwell
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Kirkland & Ellis
Linklaters
Morrison & Foerster
Ropes & Gray
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Tier 3

Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Debevoise & Plimpton
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown JSM
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
O'Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley Austin
Slaughter and May

Tier 4

Deacons
DLA Piper
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
King & Wood Mallesons
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Proskauer Rose
Simmons & Simmons
Sullivan & Cromwell

Other notable

Jones Day

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Project finance

Tier 1

Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Linklaters

Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Latham & Watkins
Norton Rose Fulbright
Shearman & Sterling
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
White & Case

Tier 3

Ashurst
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
Jones Day
King & Wood Mallesons
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown JSM
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Paul Hastings
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
Vinson & Elkins

Other notable

Sullivan & Cromwell

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Restructuring and insolvency

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
Hogan Lovells
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown JSM
Tanner De Witt

Tier 2

Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Linklaters

Tier 3

Deacons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings
Reed Smith Richards Butler
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin

Other notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Eversheds Sutherland
Latham & Watkins

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Capital markets : Debt

Tier 1

Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Linklaters
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley Austin

Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown JSM
Paul Hastings
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

Tier 3

Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
King & Wood Mallesons
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Sullivan & Cromwell
White & Case

Tier 4

Hogan Lovells
Kirkland & Ellis
Morrison & Foerster
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May

Tier 5

Deacons
Kwok Yih & Chan
Squire Patton Boggs

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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation

Tier 1

Allen & Overy
King & Wood Mallesons
Linklaters

Tier 2

Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Eversheds Sutherland
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Simmons & Simmons

Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jones Day
K&L Gates
Mayer Brown JSM
Sidley Austin

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Financial and corporate : Offshore

Tier 1

Conyers Dill & Pearman
Maples and Calder
Walkers

Tier 2

Appleby
Harneys
Mourant Ozannes
Ogier
Travers Thorp Alberga

Other notable

Campbells

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Hedge funds

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
Sidley Austin

Tier 2

Deacons
DLA Piper
Shearman & Sterling
Simmons & Simmons

Tier 3

Dechert
King & Wood Mallesons
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Other notable

Timothy Loh

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M&A

Tier 1

Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Herbert Smith Freehills

Tier 2

Allen & Overy
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Morrison & Foerster
Norton Rose Fulbright
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Slaughter and May
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
King & Wood Mallesons
Mayer Brown JSM
O'Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Reed Smith Richards Butler
Ropes & Gray
Shearman & Sterling
Sidley Austin
Simmons & Simmons
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Ashurst
Deacons
MinterEllison
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Proskauer Rose
Vinson & Elkins

Other notable

Bird & Bird
Debevoise & Plimpton
Eversheds Sutherland
Gallant
Kwok Yih & Chan
Tanner De Witt
Timothy Loh
Troutman Sanders
Winston & Strawn
WongPartnership
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo

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Private equity funds

Tier 1

Clifford Chance
Debevoise & Plimpton
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Weil Gotshal & Manges

Tier 2

Shearman & Sterling
Simmons & Simmons

Tier 3

Allen & Overy
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Jones Day
K&L Gates
King & Wood Mallesons
O'Melveny & Myers
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Ropes & Gray
Slaughter and May
Timothy Loh
White & Case

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Real estate funds

Tier 1

Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
DLA Piper
Paul Hastings
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Tier 2

Ashurst
King & Wood Mallesons
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sidley Austin
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo

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Retail funds

Tier 1

Deacons
Simmons & Simmons

Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
Clifford Chance
Dechert
DLA Piper
King & Wood Mallesons
Sidley Austin
Timothy Loh

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