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Contribution fromLatham & Watkins LLP13 July 2026
M&A litigation: defense
Rankings
- 1
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 1
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Latham & Watkins
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sector knowledge - 1
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 1
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Tier 1
- 2
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 2
Freshfields
- 2
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 2
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Goodwin
Lawyer & team quality - 2
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
NPS ® - 2
Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
- 2
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- 2
Winston Taylor
- 2
Baker Botts L.L.P.
- 2
Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP
Tier 2
- 3
A&O Shearman
- 3
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- 3
Dechert
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
King & Spalding
- 3
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Tier 3
- 4
Brown Rudnick LLP
- 4
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Billing & efficiencyNPS ® - 4
Greenberg Traurig
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 4
K&L Gates
- 4
Paul Hastings LLP
- 4
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
- 4
Ropes & Gray LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
McDermott Will & Schulte
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
- 4
Vinson & Elkins LLP