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Top BigLaw Firms for National Security / CFIUS

Foreign investment reviews by CFIUS, export controls and sanctions advice, often attached to cross-border deals. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 32 firms in our directory nationwide for national security and CFIUS, 7 of them in Band 1.

Ranked nationwide
32
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
0

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts; Band 1 · National Security
  2. 2.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · National Security; Band 2 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  3. 3.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · National Security; Band 2 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  4. 4.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  5. 5.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · National Security
  6. 6.White & Case LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  7. 7.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 1 · National Security
  8. 8.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts; Band 2 · National Security
  9. 9.Morrison & Foerster LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · National Security; Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  10. 10.Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.First-year base $225,000+Band 2 · National Security; Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  11. 11.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 2 · National Security
  12. 12.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  13. 13.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · National Security
  14. 14.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  15. 15.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  16. 16.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  17. 17.Cooley LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  18. 18.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  19. 19.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  20. 20.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  21. 21.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  22. 22.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  23. 23.O'Melveny & Myers LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  24. 24.Clifford Chance US LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  25. 25.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  26. 26.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  27. 27.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  28. 28.Dechert LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  29. 29.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  30. 30.Steptoe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  31. 31.Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts
  32. 32.Dorsey & Whitney LLPBand 4 · International Trade: CFIUS Experts

Is national security and CFIUS a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People interested in geopolitics
  • Those who like regulatory work tied to deals
  • Students with foreign policy backgrounds

What a 1L can do this year

  • Take National Security Law or International Trade
  • Follow sanctions and export control news
  • Ask how the group works with M&A teams
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