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Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins brings together transactional, litigation, and regulatory practices across major business and financial centers. Its firm materials describe a broad platform designed to combine disciplines around a…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$8.65M

Band 1Environment · Illinois

29 officesEst. 1934 · Los AngelesAmLaw #2
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Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley is an elite global law firm. With 2,300 lawyers, annual revenue of US $3.4 billion, and experience that spans almost 160 years, we have established a reputation using Built to Win℠ legal strategies in…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$5.97M

Band 2Environment · Illinois

20 officesEst. 1866 · ChicagoAmLaw #6
21Vault

Paul Hastings LLP

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

Band 3Environment · Nationwide

24 officesEst. 1951AmLaw #22
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Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie has been named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 22 consecutive years -- a streak no other law firm comes close to matching. Headquartered in Seattle and deeply embedded in the Pacific…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$1.99M

Band 1Environment · Nationwide

16 officesEst. 1912AmLaw #51
32Vault

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Arnold & Porter combines regulatory, litigation and transactional work, drawing on lawyers with experience in government, private practice and in-house legal departments. Its own firm overview describes teams working…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$1.65M

Band 3Environment · Illinois

16 officesEst. 2017 · mergerAmLaw #53
36Vault

King & Spalding LLP

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…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$7.26M

Band 3Environment · Illinois

25 officesEst. 1885AmLaw #23
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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Morgan Lewis combines litigation, transactional advice, and regulatory services across an international platform. Its published offering includes corporate finance and investment management, business disputes,…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$2.27M

Band 2Environment · Nationwide

32 officesEst. 1873AmLaw #11
39Vault

Winston Taylor LLP

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,…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$4.05M

Band 2Environment · Illinois

12 officesEst. 1853AmLaw #49
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DLA Piper LLP (US)

DLA Piper combines an international legal practice with an industry-based approach to client work. Its materials describe legal teams working across markets and overlaying practice expertise with sector knowledge.…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$4.14M

88 officesEst. 2005 · mergerAmLaw #3
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Jenner & Block LLP

Jenner & Block began in Chicago in 1914, and that office remains central to its history and practice. Its Chicago lawyers handle business litigation, investigations, corporate transactions, and appeals, including…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$3.35M

Band 3Environment · Illinois

4 officesEst. 1914AmLaw #81
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Mayer Brown LLP

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…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$3.20M

Band 1Environment · Illinois

18 officesEst. 1881 · ChicagoAmLaw #27
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Baker McKenzie LLP

Baker McKenzie's international identity rests on combining local legal knowledge with the coordination required for businesses operating in several countries. Its network spans the Americas, Europe, the Middle East,…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$2.44M

Band 2Environment · Illinois

17 officesEst. 1949AmLaw #8
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McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

McDermott Will & Schulte advises on corporate transactions, investment management, litigation, tax, and restructuring. Its services also include intellectual property, employment, and regulatory matters.

First-year comp

$255,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$5.17M

25 officesEst. 1934AmLaw #16
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Holland & Knight LLP

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,…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$2.51M

Band 3Environment · Nationwide

34 officesEst. 1889 · TampaAmLaw #26
49Vault

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates combines legal and public policy capabilities across an integrated international platform. Its firm overview describes interdisciplinary teams working across offices, while its practice materials show how…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$1.63M

Band 4Environment · Nationwide

17 officesEst. 2007 · mergerAmLaw #48
55Vault

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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…

First-year comp

Varies by office

Profits per partner

$2.90M

Band 3Environment · Nationwide

52 officesEst. 1967AmLaw #17
56Vault

A&O Shearman LLP

A&O Shearman was created in 2024 through the combination of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. Its identity rests on bringing English-law, US-law and local-law capabilities into the same international practice.…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

Not reported

48 officesEst. 2024 · merger4,000 attorneys
57Vault

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Norton Rose Fulbright provides business-law services to corporations and financial institutions. Its industry coverage includes financial services, energy and infrastructure, technology, transport, life sciences and…

First-year comp

$235,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$2.06M

48 officesEst. 2013AmLaw #19
58Vault

Alston & Bird LLP

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…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$4.55M

Band 3Environment · Nationwide

13 officesEst. 1893AmLaw #44
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Reed Smith LLP

Reed Smith organizes its practice around energy and natural resources, entertainment and media, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and transportation. It combines those industry concentrations with…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$2.02M

19 officesEst. 1877AmLaw #40
63Vault

Baker & Hostetler LLP

BakerHostetler's practice addresses the legal risks that arise across a business, including transactions, disputes, privacy, intellectual property and regulatory issues. Its public materials organize some of this…

First-year comp

$215,000

Base salary

Profits per partner

$2.48M

15 officesEst. 1916 · ClevelandAmLaw #59
65Vault

Crowell & Moring LLP

Crowell & Moring was founded in 1979 and describes government, business and industry experience as important foundations of its practice. Its work spans complex litigation, regulatory and policy advice, intellectual…

First-year comp

$215,000

Base salary

Profits per partner

$1.68M

Band 4Environment · Nationwide

14 officesEst. 1979 · WashingtonAmLaw #86
66Vault

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard's practice includes corporate work, real estate, intellectual property, and advice to healthcare, entertainment, media, and technology businesses. Its published restructuring work illustrates how those areas…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$3.04M

11 officesEst. 1927AmLaw #47
68Vault

McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods' practice includes debt finance and government investigations, serving financial institutions, businesses, and individuals. Its financing work covers secured and unsecured credit arrangements,…

First-year comp

$215,000

Base salary

Profits per partner

$2.68M

Band 4Environment · Nationwide

22 officesEst. 1834AmLaw #54