Top BigLaw Firms for Banking & Finance in New York
Every firm in our directory with a New York office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for banking and finance in New York, strongest band first. Latham & Watkins LLP leads with Band 1, one of 7 firms in Band 1.
- Ranked firms
- 34
- Band 1 firms
- 7
- Median first-year base
- $225,000
34 ranked firms for banking and finance in New York
| # | Firm | Chambers 2026 | First-year base | 2L summer applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latham & Watkins LLP Vault #4 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 1, 2026Deadline Jan 29, 2027 |
| 2 | Kirkland & Ellis LLP Vault #6 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 1, 2026 |
| 3 | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Vault #7 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Sep 15Deadline Mar 1, 2027 |
| 4 | Milbank LLP Vault #9 |
| $235,000+ | Nov 1, 2026 |
| 5 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Vault #10 |
| $225,000+ | Expected fall 2026 |
| 6 | Paul Hastings LLP Vault #21 |
| $225,000+ | Expected mid-December 2026 |
| 7 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Vault #73 |
| $225,000+ | Oct 15, 2026 |
| 8 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Vault #1 |
| $225,000+ | Jan 4, 2027 |
| 9 | White & Case LLP Vault #18 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 1, 2026 |
| 10 | Ropes & Gray LLP Vault #20 |
| $225,000+ | Expected fall 2026 |
| 11 | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Vault #23 |
| $225,000+ | Expected early November 2026 |
| 12 | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Vault #5 |
| $235,000+ | Not announced (last cycle Nov 1, 2025) |
| 13 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Vault #15 |
| $225,000+ | Not announced |
| 14 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Vault #16 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 1, 2026 |
| 15 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Vault #2 |
| $450,000+ | Dec 1, 2026Deadline Feb 5, 2027 |
| 16 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vault #3 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 17 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Vault #8 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 2, 2026Deadline Feb 5, 2027 |
| 18 | Sidley Austin LLP Vault #11 |
| $225,000+ | Expected early November 2026 |
| 19 | Proskauer Rose LLP Vault #33 |
| $225,000+ | See the job board |
| 20 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Vault #35 |
| $225,000+ | Expected late November 2026 |
| 21 | King & Spalding LLP Vault #36 |
| $225,000+ | Expected early November 2026 |
| 22 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Vault #47 |
| $225,000+ | Expected mid-December 2026 |
| 23 | A&O Shearman LLP Vault #56 |
| $225,000+ | See the job board |
| 24 | Cooley LLP Vault #22 |
| $255,000+ | Expected November 2026 |
| 25 | Goodwin Procter LLP Vault #31 |
| $255,000+ | Not announced |
| 26 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Vault #37 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 2, 2026 |
| 27 | DLA Piper LLP (US) Vault #42 |
| $225,000+ | Expected early January 2027 |
| 28 | Mayer Brown LLP Vault #44 |
| $225,000+ | See the job board |
| 29 | Freshfields US LLP Vault #50 |
| $225,000+ | Not announced |
| 30 | Dechert LLP Vault #51 |
| $225,000 | Expected late October to November 2026 |
| 31 | Vinson & Elkins LLP Vault #53 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 1, 2026 |
| 32 | Haynes and Boone, LLP Vault #81 |
| $225,000 | Not announced |
| 33 | Clifford Chance US LLP Vault #41 |
| $255,000+ | Expected fall 2026 |
| 34 | Baker McKenzie LLP Vault #45 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 1, 2026Deadline Mar 1, 2027 |
Chambers bands from Chambers USA 2026, New York tables; Band 1 is the strongest, and a “Highly Regarded” band sits below every “Elite” band. Pay is each firm’s first-year base; summer dates come from each firm’s own page via the BigLaw job board. How rankings work
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Other practices in New York
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