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Top BigLaw Firms for International Arbitration

Research, drafting submissions and supporting hearings in disputes between companies or states, often across borders and legal systems. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 36 firms in our directory nationwide for international arbitration, 4 of them in Band 1.

Ranked nationwide
36
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
0

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.White & Case LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  2. 2.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  3. 3.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  4. 4.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  5. 5.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  6. 6.Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  7. 7.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  8. 8.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  9. 9.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  10. 10.Vinson & Elkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  11. 11.Foley Hoag LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  12. 12.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  13. 13.Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  14. 14.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  15. 15.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  16. 16.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  17. 17.Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  18. 18.Reed Smith LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · International Arbitration
  19. 19.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  20. 20.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  21. 21.Cooley LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  22. 22.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  23. 23.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  24. 24.Linklaters LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  25. 25.Baker Botts L.L.P.First-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  26. 26.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  27. 27.Baker & Hostetler LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  28. 28.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  29. 29.Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  30. 30.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  31. 31.Winston Taylor LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  32. 32.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  33. 33.Baker McKenzie LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  34. 34.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  35. 35.Troutman Pepper Locke LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration
  36. 36.Steptoe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · International Arbitration

Is international arbitration a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People with international backgrounds or languages
  • Strong writers and advocates
  • Those who enjoy comparative law

What a 1L can do this year

  • Join the Vis Moot or another arbitration competition
  • Take International Business Transactions or Arbitration
  • Ask which offices staff the arbitration group
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