White & Case LLP vs. Paul Hastings LLP
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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.
Est. 1951
Paul Hastings LLP is a 1,000-plus-attorney firm, Vault #21 / AmLaw #22. Jurisdiction-specific Chambers rankings include Band 1 in Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, and Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt. Operates from 24 offices worldwide.
- Vault rank
- #18
- AmLaw rank
- #9
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 8 records
- Vault rank
- #21
- AmLaw rank
- #22
- Reported Chambers Band 1 records
- 21 records
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $4.41M
- Firm revenue
- $3.59B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $1.36M
- First-year comp
- $225,000+
- Profits per partner
- $8.33M
- Firm revenue
- $2.68B
- Revenue per lawyer
- $2.11M
- Billable target
- 2,000
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- -
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~2,650
- Offices
- 43
- Billable target
- 2,000
- Partnership track
- -
- US associates per partner
- 2.4:1
- Firm size (rounded to 50)
- ~1,500
- Offices
- 24
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- 82 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- -
- Specific practice area
- No
- Offer rate
- -
- Class size
- 131 (year not confirmed)
- How associates get work
- Centralized staffing
- Specific practice area
- Case by Case
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.
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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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