Top BigLaw Firms for Financial Services Regulation
Chambers USA 2026 ranks 41 firms in our directory nationwide for financial services regulation, 12 of them in Band 1.
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- Cities with 3+ ranked firms
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Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026
- 1.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance); Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 2.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 3.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 4.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 5.Troutman Pepper Locke LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 6.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- 7.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 8.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 9.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 10.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance); Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 11.Cooley LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations); Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 12.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 13.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 14.Ballard Spahr LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance); Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- 15.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations); Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 16.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 17.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 18.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 19.Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLPBand 2 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 20.Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBand 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance); Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 21.Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance); Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 22.A&O Shearman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 23.Morrison & Foerster LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- 24.McGuireWoods LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- 25.Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 26.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); Band 5 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- 27.Williams & Connolly LLPFirst-year base $260,000Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations)
- 28.O'Melveny & Myers LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
- 29.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 30.Davis Wright Tremaine LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 31.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Enforcement & Investigations); Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 32.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 33.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 34.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 35.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 36.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- 37.Dentons US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 38.Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- 39.Husch Blackwell LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 4 · Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Compliance)
- 40.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 5 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- 41.Haynes and Boone, LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
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