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Top Compliance & Regulatory firms
The firms with the deepest compliance & regulatory footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Compliance & Regulatory firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Compliance & Regulatory 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 compliance & regulatory practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central compliance & regulatory is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Compliance & Regulatory talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covington & Burling | 62.1 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
| 2 | Clifford Chance | 59.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 3 | Morrison & Foerster | 58.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, Washington, New York… |
| 4 | Akin | 58 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 5 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 56.4 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 6 | Littler Mendelson | 55.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bogotá… |
| 7 | King & Wood | 54.6 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong… |
| 8 | Cooley | 54.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Washington, New York… |
| 9 | Knights | 52.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | London, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Manchester… |
| 10 | Kennedys | 52.4 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, New York, Melbourne… |
| 11 | Han Kun Law Offices | 52.4 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen… |
| 12 | Skadden | 52.3 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 13 | Fisher Phillips | 51.9 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Diego… |
| 14 | Ogletree Deakins | 50.5 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh… |
| 15 | Shook Hardy & Bacon | 49.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Los Angeles, Houston… |
| 16 | Chiomenti Studio Legale | 47.3 | present | International | 250–500 | Milan, Rome, London… |
| 17 | WilmerHale | 47.1 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, Boston… |
| 18 | Jackson Lewis | 46.5 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 19 | Nishimura & Asahi | 46.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Bangkok, Hanoi… |
| 20 | Arnold & Porter | 46 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, San Francisco… |
| 21 | Lowenstein Sandler | 45.8 | present | National | 250–500 | New York, San Francisco, Washington… |
| 22 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 45.2 | strong | International | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Paris… |
| 23 | Cipriani & Werner | 44 | strong | National | 250–500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 24 | JMW Solicitors | 44 | present | National | 250–500 | Manchester, London, Liverpool |
| 25 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 43.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Chicago… |
| 26 | Maples Group | 42.8 | present | Global | 250–500 | George Town, Dublin, Hong Kong… |
| 27 | TLT | 42.8 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Bristol, London, Manchester… |
| 28 | Brown Rudnick | 42.4 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Boston, London… |
| 29 | Gunderson Dettmer | 42.3 | present | International | 250–500 | San Francisco, New York, Boston… |
| 30 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 42.2 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 31 | Steptoe | 41.7 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Chicago… |
| 32 | Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu | 41.5 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore… |
| 33 | Jenner & Block | 41.4 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Chicago, Washington, New York… |
| 34 | Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner | 40.8 | present | Global | 250–500 | Washington, Boston, London… |
| 35 | Hengeler Mueller | 40.7 | strong | International | 250–500 | Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin… |
| 36 | Boies Schiller Flexner | 40.1 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Miami, Washington… |
| 37 | Bech-Bruun | 39.9 | present | National | 100–250 | Copenhagen, Aarhus |
| 38 | Gleiss Lutz | 39.3 | strong | International | 250–500 | Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Berlin… |
| 39 | Cravath Swaine & Moore | 38.7 | present | International | 100–250 | New York, London, Washington |
| 40 | McDonald Hopkins | 38.6 | strong | National | 100–250 | Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit… |
| 41 | Wiley | 38.4 | present | National | 250–500 | Washington |
| 42 | Kobre & Kim | 38.3 | present | Global | 100–250 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 43 | Walker Morris | 38.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Leeds |
| 44 | Constangy Brooks Smith | 37.9 | major | National | 100–250 | Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia… |
| 45 | BonelliErede | 37.7 | present | Global | 250–500 | Milan, Rome, Genoa… |
| 46 | Fenwick & West | 37 | present | National | 500–1,000 | San Francisco, New York, Seattle… |
| 47 | Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman | 35.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Denver… |
| 48 | Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez | 35.7 | strong | International | 100–250 | Mexico City, Monterrey, Madrid |
| 49 | De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | 34.5 | strong | International | 100–250 | Amsterdam, Singapore, Brussels… |
| 50 | Capital Law | 34.3 | present | National | 100–250 | London, Cardiff, Bristol |
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How are the top Compliance & Regulatory 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 compliance & regulatory is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's compliance & regulatory work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in compliance & regulatory, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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