Comparative Guide
Capital Markets
United States
Contribution fromWhite & Case LLP14 July 2026
Capital markets: debt offerings
Rankings
Advice to issuers
- 1
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- 1
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 1
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 1
Latham & Watkins
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sector knowledge
Tier 1
- 2
A&O Shearman
- 2
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 2
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 2
Mayer Brown
- 2
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- 2
White & Case LLP
Tier 2
- 3
Baker Botts L.L.P.
- 3
Cooley LLP
- 3
Freshfields
- 3
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 3
Goodwin
Lawyer & team quality - 3
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Jones Day
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Milbank
- 3
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- 3
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 3
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- 3
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Tier 3
- 4
Bracewell LLP
- 4
Dechert
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
King & Spalding
- 4
Morrison Foerster
- 4
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- 4
Paul Hastings LLP
- 4
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 4
Ropes & Gray LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Sidley Austin LLP
- 4
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
- 4
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- 4
WilmerHale
- 4
Winston Taylor
- 4
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- 4
McGuireWoods LLP
- 4
O'Melveny
Tier 4
Advice to underwriters
- 1
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- 1
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 1
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 1
Latham & Watkins
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Sector knowledge
Tier 1
- 2
A&O Shearman
- 2
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- 2
Mayer Brown
- 2
Paul Hastings LLP
- 2
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- 2
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Tier 2
- 3
Goodwin
Lawyer & team quality - 3
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Milbank
- 3
White & Case LLP
- 3
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Tier 3
- 4
Baker Botts L.L.P.
- 4
Bracewell LLP
- 4
Cooley LLP
- 4
Freshfields
- 4
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 4
Morrison Foerster
- 4
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 4
Ropes & Gray LLP
Lawyer & team quality - 4
Sidley Austin LLP
- 4
Winston Taylor
Tier 4
- 1
Duane Morris LLP