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Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP vs. White & Case LLP

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Est. 1819

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a mid-size firm of ~572 attorneys, Vault #1 / AmLaw #50. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel, and Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Manager Counsel.

White & Case LLP

Est. 1901 · New York

White & Case LLP is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Vault #18 / AmLaw #9, founded in New York, NY. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy Litigation, and Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business.

Rankings & prestige
Vault rank
#1
AmLaw rank
#50
Reported Chambers Band 1 records
15 records
Vault rank
#18
AmLaw rank
#9
Reported Chambers Band 1 records
8 records
Compensation
First-year comp
$225,000+
Profits per partner
$7.20M
Firm revenue
$1.29B
Revenue per lawyer
$2.26M
First-year comp
$225,000+
Profits per partner
$4.41M
Firm revenue
$3.59B
Revenue per lawyer
$1.36M
Work & scale
Billable target
-
Partnership track
7 years
US associates per partner
3.3:1
Firm size (rounded to 50)
~550
Offices
3
Billable target
2,000
Partnership track
-
US associates per partner
-
Firm size (rounded to 50)
~2,650
Offices
43
Summer program
Offer rate
100%
Class size
143 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work
Rotation
Specific practice area
Yes
Offer rate
-
Class size
82 (year not confirmed)
How associates get work
-
Specific practice area
No
Chambers by practice, market and year

Shared results are listed once. Green marks only a lower reported Chambers band for the same exact practice, market and year. Records with a missing year or market are not compared. Historical records are retained; individual ranking verification status is not available.

Shared rankings

Banking & Finance · Nationwide · 2026Band 2
Banking & Finance · New York · 2026Band 2
Litigation: General Commercial · Nationwide · 2026Band 2 · The Elite
Intellectual Property: Patent · New York · 2026Band 4
Life Sciences · Nationwide · 2026Band 5
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations · New York · 2026Band 1 · Highly Regarded

Rank differences

AntitrustNationwide · 2026
Band 1
Band 3
AntitrustNew York · 2026
Band 1
Band 2
Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer CounselNationwide · 2026
Band 1
Band 4
Corporate/M&ANationwide · 2026
Band 1 · Elite
Band 4 · Elite
Corporate/M&ANew York · 2026
Band 1 · Elite
Band 4 · Elite
Employee Benefits & Executive CompensationNew York · 2026
Band 1
Band 4
Environment: Mainly TransactionalNew York · 2026
Band 1
Band 2
Litigation: General CommercialNew York · 2026
Band 1 · Elite
Band 2 · Elite
Litigation: SecuritiesNew York · 2026
Band 1
Band 4
TaxNew York · 2026
Band 1
Band 4
Tax: Corporate & FinanceNationwide · 2026
Band 1
Band 4
Bankruptcy/RestructuringNew York · 2026
Band 1 · Highly Regarded
Band 2 · Elite

Firm-only and additional rankings remain available on each firm profile so missing coverage is not mistaken for a head-to-head loss.

Data sources: Vault 2027, AmLaw 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown. Chambers record counts can span years and reporting coverage varies; missing years or markets are not compared. Current Chambers bands were checked against each firm’s Chambers profile on Sep 26, 2026; where Chambers splits a table, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm. Missing values shown as “-”.