Comparative Guide
Merger Control
United States
Contribution fromWhite & Case LLP08 October 2026
Merger control
Rankings
- 1
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- 1
Latham & Watkins
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 1
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Tier 1
- 2
Arnold & Porter
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
Freshfields
- 2
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 2
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sector knowledge - 2
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- 2
White & Case LLP
Tier 2
- 3
Axinn
- 3
Baker Botts L.L.P.
- 3
Dechert
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 3
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Goodwin
Lawyer & team quality - 3
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Jones Day
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Linklaters LLP
- 3
McDermott Will & Schulte
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Milbank
- 3
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- 3
Morrison Foerster
- 3
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Tier 3
- 4
A&O Shearman
- 4
Akin
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Clifford Chance
- 4
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
- 4
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- 4
Paul Hastings LLP
- 4
Ropes & Gray LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Sheppard
- 4
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- 4
WilmerHale
- 4
Winston Taylor
- 4
O'Melveny
- 4
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Tier 4
Sidley Austin LLP