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Top Securities & Capital Markets firms
The firms with the deepest securities & capital markets footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Securities & Capital Markets firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Securities & Capital Markets 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 securities & capital markets practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central securities & capital markets is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Securities & Capital Markets talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A&O Shearman | 72.5 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Amsterdam… |
| 2 | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | 67.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, Washington… |
| 3 | White & Case | 66.1 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Paris… |
| 4 | Goodwin Procter | 63.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, Washington… |
| 5 | Clifford Chance | 62.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 6 | Cooley Godward | 60.5 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Washington, New York… |
| 7 | Kirkland & Ellis | 60.5 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | New York, Chicago, London… |
| 8 | Linklaters | 60.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Frankfurt, New York… |
| 9 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 59.9 | major | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, San Francisco… |
| 10 | Skadden Arps | 59.4 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 11 | Morgan Lewis | 58.6 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 12 | Latham & Watkins | 58.4 | major | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 13 | Morrison & Foerster | 58 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, Washington, New York… |
| 14 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 57.8 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 15 | Sidley Austin | 57 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 16 | Wilmer Hale | 56.3 | strong | International | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, Boston, New York… |
| 17 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 56.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 18 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 56.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 19 | Haynes and Boone | 55.1 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Dallas, New York, Houston… |
| 20 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 54.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 21 | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | 54.8 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Atlanta, San Francisco, Winston-Salem… |
| 22 | Proskauer | 54.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Boston… |
| 23 | Mayer Brown | 54.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Chicago, New York, London… |
| 24 | Ropes & Gray | 52.7 | major | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, London… |
| 25 | Winston & Strawn | 51.7 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Chicago, New York, Paris… |
| 26 | Quinn Emanuel | 51 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, London… |
| 27 | Paul Hastings | 50.8 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, Los Angeles… |
| 28 | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | 50.5 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 29 | Mintz Levin | 50.4 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Boston, New York, Washington… |
| 30 | McGuireWoods | 50.3 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Richmond, Charlotte, Washington… |
| 31 | Katten Muchin Rosenman | 50 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 32 | Thompson Hine | 49.7 | strong | National | 250–500 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York… |
| 33 | Blank Rome | 49.6 | strong | International | 1,500–2,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Washington… |
| 34 | King & Wood Mallesons | 48.8 | major | International | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong… |
| 35 | Vedder Price | 47.9 | strong | International | 250–500 | Chicago, New York, London… |
| 36 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 47.7 | strong | International | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Paris… |
| 37 | Vinge | 47.7 | present | International | 250–500 | Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo… |
| 38 | Akin Gump | 47.4 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
| 39 | Hunton Andrews Kurth | 47.3 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Richmond, Washington, New York… |
| 40 | O'Melveny & Myers | 47.3 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, New York, Washington… |
| 41 | Milbank | 46.7 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Munich… |
| 42 | Borden Ladner Gervais | 46.2 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver… |
| 43 | Carlton Fields | 46 | strong | National | 250–500 | Tampa, Miami, New York… |
| 44 | Cleary Gottlieb | 45.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 45 | Dechert | 45.7 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Philadelphia, Washington… |
| 46 | Armstrong Teasdale | 45.6 | strong | National | 250–500 | St. Louis, Chicago, Miami… |
| 47 | Lowenstein Sandler | 45 | strong | National | 250–500 | New York, San Francisco, Washington… |
| 48 | Baker Botts | 44.1 | major | Global | 500–1,000 | Houston, Washington, New York… |
| 49 | Blake Cassels & Graydon | 43.4 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal… |
| 50 | Pryor Cashman | 42 | strong | National | 100–250 | New York, Los Angeles, Miami |
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How are the top Securities & Capital Markets 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 securities & capital markets is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's securities & capital markets work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in securities & capital markets, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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