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Top Bankruptcy & Restructuring firms
The firms with the deepest bankruptcy & restructuring footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Bankruptcy & Restructuring 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 bankruptcy & restructuring practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central bankruptcy & restructuring is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Bankruptcy & Restructuring talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | 78.2 | present | Global | 4,000+ | London, Toronto, New York… |
| 2 | White & Case | 62.5 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Paris… |
| 3 | Clark Hill | 60.1 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago… |
| 4 | Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe | 59.7 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, San Francisco, Washington… |
| 5 | Baker & Hostetler | 59.1 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Cleveland, Washington… |
| 6 | Kirkland & Ellis | 57.5 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, Chicago, London… |
| 7 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 57.5 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 8 | Dinsmore | 57.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville… |
| 9 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 56.9 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 10 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 56.8 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, San Francisco… |
| 11 | Latham & Watkins | 56.8 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 12 | Seyfarth Shaw | 55.9 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 13 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 55.8 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 14 | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz | 55.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Nashville, Baltimore, Memphis… |
| 15 | Ashurst | 55.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Sydney, Frankfurt… |
| 16 | Proskauer | 55.3 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Boston… |
| 17 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 55.1 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 18 | Sidley Austin | 55 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 19 | Spencer Fane | 55 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Denver, Houston… |
| 20 | Akerman Senterfitt | 54.1 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, New York, Chicago… |
| 21 | Freeths | 53.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Nottingham, London, Birmingham… |
| 22 | Addleshaw Goddard | 52.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Leeds… |
| 23 | Thompson Coburn | 52.2 | present | National | 500–1,000 | St. Louis, Chicago, New York… |
| 24 | Han Kun Law Offices | 52 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen… |
| 25 | Stinson Morrison Hecker | 51.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Louis… |
| 26 | Gowling WLG | 51.5 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Ottawa, Toronto, London… |
| 27 | Buchalter | 51.1 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco… |
| 28 | Womble Bond Dickinson | 50.9 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Newcastle upon Tyne, Winston-Salem, Bristol… |
| 29 | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | 50.7 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 30 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 50.7 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 31 | Paul Hastings | 50.4 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, Los Angeles… |
| 32 | Quinn Emanuel | 49.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, London… |
| 33 | Saul Ewing | 49.8 | present | National | 250–500 | Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore… |
| 34 | Shook Hardy & Bacon | 49.4 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 35 | Ice Miller | 49.3 | present | National | 250–500 | Indianapolis, Columbus, Chicago… |
| 36 | Ropes & Gray | 49.2 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, London… |
| 37 | Blank Rome | 49.2 | strong | International | 1,500–2,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 38 | Benesch | 48.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Cleveland, Chicago, New York… |
| 39 | Snell & Wilmer | 48.9 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Phoenix, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City… |
| 40 | Burr & Forman | 48.4 | strong | National | 250–500 | Birmingham, Atlanta, Columbia… |
| 41 | JunHe | 48.1 | present | International | 250–500 | Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong… |
| 42 | Fox Rothschild | 48 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis… |
| 43 | Butler Snow | 48 | present | International | 250–500 | Jackson, Memphis, Nashville… |
| 44 | McCarter & English | 47.9 | present | National | 250–500 | Newark, Boston, New York… |
| 45 | Offit Kurman | 47.5 | strong | National | 250–500 | Washington, New York, Philadelphia… |
| 46 | Smith Gambrell Russell | 47.4 | present | International | 250–500 | Atlanta, Chicago, New York… |
| 47 | Fidal | 47.4 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Paris, Lyon, Nantes… |
| 48 | Lathrop GPM | 47.3 | present | National | 250–500 | Kansas City, Minneapolis, San Francisco… |
| 49 | Dykema Gossett | 47.2 | present | National | 250–500 | Detroit, Chicago, San Antonio… |
| 50 | Akin Gump | 47.1 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
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How are the top Bankruptcy & Restructuring 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 bankruptcy & restructuring is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's bankruptcy & restructuring work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in bankruptcy & restructuring, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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