2016 Vault Law Firm Tax Rankings

Vault has released its annual ranking of the Top 100 Law Firms, based on prestige as voted on by associates (methodology here). The Top Tax Practices are:

Rank	Firm	Home City	% Vote
1	Skadden	New York	42.20%
2	Davis Polk	New York	24.28%
3	Cleary Gottlieb	New York	22.83%
4	Wachtell Lipton	New York	17.63%
5	Baker & McKenzie	Chicago	16.78%
6	Cravath	New York	15.90%
7	McDermott Will & Emery	Chicago	15.32%
8	Sullivan & Cromwell	New York	12.14%
9	Caplin & Drysdale	D.C.	10.12%
10	Simpson Thacher	New York	9.83%
11	Kirkland & Ellis	Chicago	9.25%
11	Latham & Watkins	New York	9.25%
13	Weil Gotscal	New York.	7.51%
14	Miller & Chevalier	D.C.	6.07%
15	Sidley Austin	Chicago	5.78%
16	Mayer Brown	Chicago	4.34%

For the sixth year in a row, Skadden is #1. The city rankings are:

1. New York (9)
2. Chicago (5)
3. D.C. (2)

For prior years' Vault Law Firm Tax Rankings, see:

• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015