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Paul Hastings was founded in 1951 and has developed an international practice serving investment banks, asset managers, and corporations. Its current firm materials emphasize financial and business clients, with…
First-year comp
$225,000+
Market rate
Profits per partner
$8.33M
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader brings together the practices of Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The combined firm's launch materials describe a platform centered on the intersection of business, finance,…
$3.52M
Proskauer advises clients in sports, asset management, healthcare, life sciences, media and entertainment, and hospitality and leisure. Its sports practice has a history extending over six decades and serves both…
$5.02M
King & Spalding traces its history to Atlanta in the 1890s and operates across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Its firm materials describe an international practice built around industry…
$7.26M
Winston Taylor launched in June 2026 through the combination of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing's UK-led business. The combined firm brings together practices across the United States, United Kingdom, Europe,…
$4.05M
Orrick organizes its practice around energy and infrastructure, technology and innovation, finance, and life sciences and health technology. Its international platform serves businesses and investors working in those…
$4.20M
Mayer Brown identifies banking and finance as a foundational practice and a continuing part of its international identity. Its clients include financial institutions as well as borrowers, issuers, and other…
$3.20M
Holland & Knight's services cover corporate transactions, finance, regulated industries, and disputes. Its finance offering includes commercial and asset-based lending, asset finance, fund finance, private credit,…
$2.51M
Dechert advises asset managers, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, life sciences businesses, and multinational companies. Its practice addresses complex business legal matters.
$255,000+
$6.20M
Greenberg Traurig is one of the largest and most entrepreneurial law firms in the world, and its growth trajectory over the past two decades has been remarkable. With approximately 3,200 attorneys in offices across…
Varies by office
$2.90M
Alston & Bird traces its roots to predecessor firms dating to 1893; the merger that created the Alston & Bird name took place in 1982. Its history records expansion from Georgia into Washington, North Carolina, New…
$4.55M
McGuireWoods' practice includes debt finance and government investigations, serving financial institutions, businesses, and individuals. Its financing work covers secured and unsecured credit arrangements,…
$215,000
Base salary
$2.68M
Troutman Pepper Locke advises clients in energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, insurance and reinsurance, private equity, and real estate. Its services span transactions, litigation, and…
$235,000+
$1.85M
Katten's practice includes a substantial financial markets and funds offering serving investment banks, investment managers, hedge funds, private equity and other alternative funds, trading firms, exchanges, and…
$3.32M
Haynes Boone's energy finance practice illustrates the firm's connection to financial institutions, investors, and operating businesses. It represents lenders and borrowers in transactions involving oil and gas,…
$225,000
$1.68M
Cozen O'Connor combines a broad business-law practice with a distinctive history in insurance-related disputes. Subrogation and recovery are particularly visible parts of the firm: that practice seeks recovery from…
$180,000 - $215,000
$1.29M
Seyfarth combines legal practice with a visible focus on the way legal services are organized and delivered. Its work includes employment matters, transactions, and disputes, while its public materials address…
$1.90M
Hunton's practice has substantial connections to energy, financial services, real estate, retail and consumer products, and technology. Its history brings together practices with longstanding roots in Virginia and…
$2.63M
Kilpatrick's services combine intellectual property with business, real estate, construction, and disputes work. Its current practice materials include patent-related work as well as trademarks, copyright, trade…
$1.88M
Littler focuses on labor and employment law for employers. Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1942, it advises businesses on workplace questions through both counseling and disputes work. Its services include…
$1.02M
Bradley traces its origins to 1870 in Elyton, Alabama, before moving to Birmingham the following year. Its business practice includes litigation, healthcare, banking and transactions, alongside construction work. The…
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani began in San Francisco in 1974 and established offices in all 50 states in 2019. Its service offerings span insurance, commercial litigation, employment, environmental, banking and…
Jackson Lewis has focused on labor and employment law since 1958. Its services address both workplace disputes and the steps employers take to prevent them, including employment policies, wage and hour compliance,…
Lewis Brisbois combines a nationwide litigation practice with transactional, contractual, and regulatory services. Its published firm materials emphasize liability defense, complex business disputes, and trial work,…
$1.23M