Top BigLaw Firms for Investment Funds
Chambers USA 2026 ranks 46 firms in our directory nationwide for investment funds, 16 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.
- Ranked nationwide
- 46
- Cities with 3+ ranked firms
- 1
Investment Funds by city
- Investment Funds in Boston11 ranked firms
Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026
- 1.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 1 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 2.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Impact Investing; Band 1 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 3.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 4.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 5.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 6.Dechert LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 1 · Registered Funds
- 7.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 8.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 9.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 10.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 2 · Registered Funds
- 11.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 2 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 12.Cooley LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Band 2 · Impact Investing
- 13.K&L Gates LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Registered Funds; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 14.Morrison & Foerster LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Impact Investing; Band 3 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 15.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 16.Gunderson Dettmer LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 17.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Hedge Funds; Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 18.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 3 · Hedge Funds
- 19.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 3 · Hedge Funds
- 20.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 2 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Band 3 · Impact Investing
- 21.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 22.Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 23.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 24.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 25.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 26.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Hedge Funds; Band 3 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 27.Clifford Chance US LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 28.Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Impact Investing; Band 3 · Registered Funds
- 29.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Impact Investing; Band 4 · Hedge Funds
- 30.Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 · Impact Investing; Band 4 · Registered Funds
- 31.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 4 · Registered Funds
- 32.Winston Taylor LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 33.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Impact Investing
- 34.Reed Smith LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 35.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 36.Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Hedge Funds
- 37.Seyfarth Shaw LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 38.Foley Hoag LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Impact Investing
- 39.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Registered Funds
- 40.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Hedge Funds; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 41.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Hedge Funds; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 42.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 43.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 44.Linklaters LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 45.Greenberg Traurig, LLPFirst-year base Varies by officeBand 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 46.Blank Rome LLPFirst-year base $210,000Band 4 · Registered Funds
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