Law Firm Tax Rankings: Skadden Is #1

This week, I have blogged the separate law firm tax rankings in the corporate tax and tax controversy areas developed by Chambers as part of its rankings of the top U.S. law firms by various specialities.  The rankings are based on 30-minute interviews with lawyers and clients (greater weight is given to the views of clients) (methodology).

There are 41 law firms ranked in the two tax categories, grouped in four bands.  Here is a ranking of the law firms that combines the two tax rankings, beginning with the ten firms that are listed in both rankings:

Rank	Firm	Corporate Tax	Tax Controversy
1	Skadden	1	1
2	Bingham McCutchen	3	1
	Latham & Watkins	2	2
	Mayer Brown	3	1
5	Baker & McKenzie	3	2
	McDermott Will & Emery	3	2
7	Dewey & LeBoeuf	3	3
8	Fulbright & Jaworski	4	3
	Sutherland Asbill & Brennan	4	3
	Steptoe & Johnson	4	4
11	Cleary Gottleib	1
	Davis Polk	1
	Sullivan & Cromwell	1
	Wachtell, Lipton	1
15	Cravath	2
	Debevoise & Plimpton	2
	Kirkland & Ellis	2
	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	2
	Weil, Gotchal & Manges	2
	Miller & Chevalier		2
21	Baker & Botts	3
	Cadwalader	3
	Caplin & Drysdale		3
	Chamberlain, Hrdlicka		3
	Paul, Weiss	3
	Ropes & Gray	3
	Shearman & Sterling	3
	Sidley Austin	3
29	Alston & Baird	4
	Dechert	4
	Fenwick & West	4
	Gibson, Dunn	4
	Irell & Manella	4
	Ivins, Phillips & Barker	4
	King & Spalding	4
	O’Melveny & Myers	4
	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius		4
	Pillsbury		4
	Roberts & Holland		4
	Vinson & Elkins	4
	White & Case		4