Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP vs. Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Side-by-side on the metrics that actually drive the student's call. Sources: Vault 2027, AmLaw 200 FY2025, and reported Chambers records from the years shown.
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Est. 1931
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #15 / AmLaw #29. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate Governance, and Environment: Mainly Transactional. Operates from 16 offices worldwide.
Est. 2026 · merger
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is a 2,000-plus-attorney global firm, AmLaw #12. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Capital Markets: Securitization: CMBS, Capital Markets: Securitization: CRE CLOs, and Corporate/M&A. Operates from 40 offices worldwide.
- Vault rank
- #15
- AmLaw rank
- #29
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 7 records
- Vault rank
- #30
- AmLaw rank
- #12
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 27 records
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $5.59M
- Firm revenue
- $2.08B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.74M
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $3.52M
- Firm revenue
- $3.29B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.21M
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- -
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,200
- Offices
- 16
- Billable target
- -
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- -
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~3,100
- Offices
- 40
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- -
- How associates get work
- Centralized staffing
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- -
- How associates get work
- -
- 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.
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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