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Top Antitrust & Competition firms
The firms with the deepest antitrust & competition footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Antitrust & Competition firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Antitrust & Competition footprint, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 measure of scale, reach and hiring built entirely from public data. The ranking reflects how large and active each firm's presence is, not the quality or prestige of its antitrust & competition practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central antitrust & competition is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Antitrust & Competition talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baker McKenzie | 70.9 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Chicago, Amsterdam… |
| 2 | A&O Shearman | 68.7 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Amsterdam… |
| 3 | HSF Kramer | 68.4 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, New York, Sydney… |
| 4 | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | 66.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, Washington… |
| 5 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 64.3 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Houston… |
| 6 | White & Case | 63.6 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Paris… |
| 7 | Covington & Burling | 62.1 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
| 8 | Freshfields | 61.7 | major | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 9 | Latham & Watkins | 60.3 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 10 | Clifford Chance | 59.6 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 11 | Jones Day | 58.9 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 12 | Kirkland & Ellis | 58.2 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, Chicago, London… |
| 13 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 58.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 14 | Linklaters | 57.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Frankfurt, New York… |
| 15 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 57.7 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 16 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 57.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, San Francisco… |
| 17 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 56.4 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 18 | Proskauer | 55.5 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Boston… |
| 19 | Bird & Bird | 55 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Paris, Milan… |
| 20 | Skadden | 52.3 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 21 | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | 51.1 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 22 | Quinn Emanuel | 50.1 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, London… |
| 23 | Ropes & Gray | 49.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, London… |
| 24 | Shook Hardy & Bacon | 49.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Los Angeles, Houston… |
| 25 | Fidal | 47.4 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Paris, Lyon, Nantes… |
| 26 | Chiomenti Studio Legale | 47.3 | present | International | 250–500 | Milan, Rome, London… |
| 27 | Vinge | 47.2 | strong | International | 250–500 | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo… |
| 28 | WilmerHale | 47.1 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, Boston… |
| 29 | Cleary Gottlieb | 46.6 | major | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 30 | Nishimura & Asahi | 46.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Bangkok, Hanoi… |
| 31 | Arnold & Porter | 46 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, San Francisco… |
| 32 | Kromann Reumert | 45.9 | strong | International | 250–500 | Copenhagen, Aarhus, London |
| 33 | O'Melveny & Myers | 45.8 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Washington… |
| 34 | Crowell & Moring | 45.5 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 35 | Dechert | 45.4 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Philadelphia, Washington… |
| 36 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 45.2 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Paris… |
| 37 | Loyens & Loeff | 45.2 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Brussels… |
| 38 | Vinson & Elkins | 43.6 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Houston, Dallas, New York… |
| 39 | Blake Cassels & Graydon | 42.7 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal… |
| 40 | Noerr | 42.4 | strong | Global | 250–500 | Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin… |
| 41 | Uría Menéndez | 42.3 | present | International | 100–250 | Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona… |
| 42 | Fried Frank | 42.1 | present | International | 500–1,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 43 | Mannheimer Swartling | 42 | present | International | 250–500 | Stockholm, Malmo, Gothenburg… |
| 44 | Epstein Becker & Green | 41.8 | present | National | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Newark… |
| 45 | Steptoe | 41.7 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Chicago… |
| 46 | Baker Botts | 41.6 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Houston, Washington, New York… |
| 47 | Anderson Mori & Tomotsune | 40.9 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta… |
| 48 | Hengeler Mueller | 40.7 | strong | International | 250–500 | Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin… |
| 49 | Sullivan & Cromwell | 40.4 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 50 | Boies Schiller Flexner | 40.1 | strong | International | 250–500 | New York, Miami, Washington… |
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How are the top Antitrust & Competition firms ranked?
Firms are ordered by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 score built from public signals (scale, geographic and practice reach, live hiring). This page lists firms for whom antitrust & competition is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's antitrust & competition work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in antitrust & competition, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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