Comparative Guide
Sports Law
United States
Contribution fromHerrick, Feinstein LLP10 November 2025
Sport
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The Institutionalization of Sports Ownership: Valuation Growth, Private Equity Investment and the Expanding Scope of Professional Sports
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Rankings
- 1
Latham & Watkins
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 1
Proskauer Rose LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 1
Winston Taylor
Tier 1
- 2
ArentFox Schiff
- 2
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 2
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledge - 2
Sidley Austin LLP
- 2
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledge - 2
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Tier 2
- 3
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Billing & efficiencyNPS ® - 3
Katten
- 3
Loeb & Loeb LLP
- 3
McDermott Will & Schulte
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 3
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- 3
Ashurst Perkins Coie
- 3
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 3
Wilkinson Stekloff
NPS ®
Tier 3
- 4
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Sector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Ebadat Law
- 4
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 4
Greenberg Traurig
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiency - 4
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
- 4
Sheppard
- 4
Eversheds Sutherland
- 4
O'Melveny
Tier 4
- 5
Akin
Lawyer & team qualitySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
Arnold & Porter
Lawyer & team qualityBilling & efficiencySector knowledgeNPS ® - 5
Cooley LLP
- 5
Thompson Hine LLP
- 5
Vinson & Elkins LLP