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Top International & Cross-Border firms
The firms with the deepest international & cross-border footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading International & Cross-Border firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public International & Cross-Border 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 international & cross-border practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central international & cross-border is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the International & Cross-Border talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covington & Burling | 62.1 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
| 2 | Freshfields | 61.7 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 3 | Akin | 58 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 4 | Squire Patton Boggs | 56.1 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Washington, Los Angeles… |
| 5 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 55.1 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 6 | Skadden | 52.3 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 7 | HFW | 51.4 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Hong Kong, Paris… |
| 8 | King & Spalding | 50.3 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, Washington, New York… |
| 9 | Quinn Emanuel | 50.1 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, London… |
| 10 | JunHe | 47.9 | present | International | 250–500 | Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong… |
| 11 | Pillsbury | 47.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, San Francisco… |
| 12 | WilmerHale | 47.1 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, Boston… |
| 13 | Nishimura & Asahi | 46.1 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Bangkok, Hanoi… |
| 14 | Arnold & Porter | 46 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, San Francisco… |
| 15 | Foley Hoag | 46 | major | International | 250–500 | Boston, New York, Washington… |
| 16 | Crowell & Moring | 45.5 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 17 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 45.2 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Paris… |
| 18 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 43.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Chicago… |
| 19 | ArentFox Schiff | 42.8 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Washington, Chicago, New York… |
| 20 | Curtis Mallet-Prevost | 42.6 | major | Global | 100–250 | New York, London, Milan… |
| 21 | Steptoe | 41.7 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Chicago… |
| 22 | Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu | 41.5 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore… |
| 23 | Anderson Mori & Tomotsune | 40.9 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta… |
| 24 | Mori Hamada & Matsumoto | 40.4 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City… |
| 25 | Boies Schiller Flexner | 40.1 | strong | International | 250–500 | New York, Miami, Washington… |
| 26 | Wiley | 38.4 | strong | National | 250–500 | Washington |
| 27 | Kobre & Kim | 38.3 | strong | Global | 100–250 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 28 | Stewarts | 38.2 | strong | National | 100–250 | London, Leeds |
| 29 | Kirton McConkie | 36.6 | strong | National | 100–250 | Salt Lake City, Provo, Boise… |
| 30 | Kim & Chang | 35.8 | strong | International | 100–250 | Seoul, Hong Kong, Singapore |
| 31 | Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez | 35.7 | strong | International | 100–250 | Mexico City, Monterrey, Madrid |
| 32 | Susman Godfrey | 34.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Houston, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 33 | Santamarina + Steta | 34.2 | present | National | 100–250 | Monterrey |
| 34 | Williams & Connolly | 34 | present | National | 250–500 | Washington |
| 35 | Garrigues | 33.3 | present | National | 50–100 | Mexico City, Monterrey |
| 36 | Von Wobeser y Sierra | 32.9 | strong | International | 100–250 | Mexico City, Houston |
| 37 | Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp | 30.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Los Angeles, New York, Washington |
| 38 | EC Rubio | 30 | strong | National | 50–100 | Ciudad Juárez, Monterrey, Mexico City |
| 39 | Cohen Milstein | 29.8 | present | National | 100–250 | Washington, New York, Philadelphia… |
| 40 | Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick | 27.6 | present | National | 100–250 | Washington |
| 41 | Ramos Ripoll Schuster | 26.9 | strong | National | 50–100 | Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey |
| 42 | Miller & Chevalier | 25.6 | strong | National | 50–100 | Washington |
| 43 | Selendy Gay | 25.3 | present | National | 50–100 | New York |
| 44 | Meysan | 24.5 | present | Global | 50–100 | Kuwait City, Riyadh, Cairo… |
| 45 | Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton | 22.8 | present | International | Under 50 | Mexico City, Monterrey, Ciudad Juárez… |
| 46 | Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa | 22.3 | strong | International | 50–100 | Monterrey, Madrid, Houston |
| 47 | Vaughan Avocats | 14.6 | present | National | Under 50 | Paris, Toulouse, Rennes |
| 48 | M&CO Legal | 14.2 | present | National | Under 50 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi |
| 49 | Assembla | 11 | strong | International | Under 50 | New York, Mexico City |
| 50 | RLD | 7.1 | strong | International | Under 50 | Madrid, Dubai |
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How are the top International & Cross-Border 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 international & cross-border is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's international & cross-border work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in international & cross-border, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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