Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP vs. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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Est. 1948 · New York
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #3 / AmLaw #5, founded in New York, NY. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Antitrust, Asset Management M&A, and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity. Operates from 21 offices worldwide.
Est. 1884
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, Vault #10 / AmLaw #10. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Asset Management M&A, Banking & Finance, and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity. Operates from 15 offices worldwide.
- Vault rank
- #3
- AmLaw rank
- #5
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 40 records
- Vault rank
- #10
- AmLaw rank
- #10
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 22 records
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $7.01M
- Firm revenue
- $4.07B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.32M
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $8.57M
- Firm revenue
- $3.55B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.02M
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- -
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,750
- Offices
- 21
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- 3:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~2,000
- Offices
- 15
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- -
- How associates get work
- -
- Specific practice area
- No
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- 265 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Centralized staffing
- Specific practice area
- No
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
Rank differences
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 “-”.
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Firm data comes from each firm’s own publications, Chambers USA and Vault; see Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for sources and dates.