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Top Tax firms
The firms with the deepest tax footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Tax firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Tax 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 tax practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central tax is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Tax talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | 78.3 | present | Global | 4,000+ | London, New York, Toronto… |
| 2 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 76.1 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | Washington, London, New York… |
| 3 | DLA Piper | 75.5 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 4 | CMS | 71.1 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Paris, Amsterdam… |
| 5 | Baker McKenzie | 70.9 | major | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Chicago, Amsterdam… |
| 6 | A&O Shearman | 68.7 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Amsterdam… |
| 7 | Eversheds Sutherland | 64.9 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Atlanta, Washington… |
| 8 | White & Case | 63.6 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Paris… |
| 9 | Freshfields | 61.7 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 10 | Greenberg Traurig | 61.6 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, Miami, Chicago… |
| 11 | Winston Taylor | 60.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Chicago, New York… |
| 12 | Latham & Watkins | 60.3 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 13 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 59.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 14 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 59.6 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, Columbia, Miami… |
| 15 | Kirkland & Ellis | 58.2 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, Chicago, London… |
| 16 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 58.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 17 | Akin | 58 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 18 | Linklaters | 57.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Frankfurt, New York… |
| 19 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 57.7 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 20 | K&L Gates | 57.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Melbourne, Pittsburgh, Washington… |
| 21 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 57.2 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, San Francisco… |
| 22 | Morgan Lewis | 57.2 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 23 | FBT Gibbons | 56.5 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Louisville, Cincinnati, Newark… |
| 24 | Holland & Knight | 55.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, Miami, New York… |
| 25 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 55.6 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 26 | Proskauer | 55.5 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Boston… |
| 27 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 55.1 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 28 | Reed Smith | 54.7 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Pittsburgh, New York… |
| 29 | DWF | 52.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Warsaw… |
| 30 | Mayer Brown | 52.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Chicago, London, New York… |
| 31 | Withersworldwide | 52.8 | major | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Singapore, New York… |
| 32 | Kutak Rock | 52.5 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Omaha, Denver, Kansas City… |
| 33 | Skadden | 52.3 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 34 | Simmons and Simmons | 51.7 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Paris, Milan… |
| 35 | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | 51.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 36 | Foley & Lardner | 50.6 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Washington… |
| 37 | Ogletree Deakins | 50.5 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh… |
| 38 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | 49.9 | present | National | 250–500 | Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington… |
| 39 | Ropes & Gray | 49.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, London… |
| 40 | Osborne Clarke | 49.8 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Paris, Bristol… |
| 41 | Loeb & Loeb | 49 | present | International | 500–1,000 | New York, Los Angeles, Chicago… |
| 42 | Vorys | 48.9 | strong | International | 250–500 | Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland… |
| 43 | McCarter & English | 48.5 | present | National | 250–500 | Newark, Boston, New York… |
| 44 | Fox Rothschild | 48.3 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis… |
| 45 | Michael Best & Friedrich | 48.2 | present | National | 250–500 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison… |
| 46 | Cuatrecasas | 48.1 | major | Global | 500–1,000 | Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon… |
| 47 | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | 47.6 | present | National | 250–500 | Denver, Washington, Las Vegas… |
| 48 | Fidal | 47.4 | major | International | 500–1,000 | Paris, Lyon, Nantes… |
| 49 | BakerHostetler | 47.3 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Cleveland, Washington… |
| 50 | Chiomenti Studio Legale | 47.3 | strong | International | 250–500 | Milan, Rome, London… |
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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 tax is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's tax work.
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“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in tax, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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