Law Firm Corporate Tax Rankings

Chambers has ranked the top U.S. law firms by various specialities.  The rankings are based on over 14,000 one-hour interviews with lawyers and clients (greater weight is given to the views of clients). Here are the top Top 28 law firms in the area of Tax: Corporate and Finance, grouped in five bands, with the city or cities in which the firm's major tax practice is located in parentheses):

Band #1:

• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (New York)
• Davis Polk & Wardwell (New York)
• Latham & Watkins (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C.)
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (New York, Washington, D.C.)
• Sullivan & Cromwell (New York)
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (New York)

Band #2:

• Baker & McKenzie (Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C.)
• Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York)
• Debevoise & Plimpton (New York)
• Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago, New York)
• McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C.)
• McKee Nelson (Washington, D.C.)
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (New York)
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Dallas, New York)

Band #3:

• Baker Botts (Houston)
• Fenwick & West (San Francisco)
• Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (New York, Washington, D.C.)
• Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston)
• Irell & Manella (Los Angeles)
• Mayer Brown (Chicago)
• Shearman & Sterling (New York, Washington, D.C.)
• Sidley Austin (Chicago)
• Vinson & Elkins (Houston)

Band #4:

• Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (New York)
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (Los Angeles)
• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York)
• Ropes & Gray (Boston)
• Steptoe & Johnson (Washington, D.C.)

(Hat Tip: Danny Sokol.)