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Top BigLaw Firms for Project Finance

Documenting financing for large projects such as power plants, renewables and infrastructure, coordinating many parties and agreements. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 38 firms in our directory nationwide for project finance, 16 of them in Band 1.

Ranked nationwide
38
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
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Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: LNG; Band 1 · Projects: Oil & Gas
  2. 2.Milbank LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 · Projects: Mining & Metals; Band 1 · Projects: Oil & Gas
  3. 3.Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 · Projects: Agency Financing; Band 1 · Projects: LNG
  4. 4.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Band 1 · Projects: PPP
  5. 5.White & Case LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: Agency Financing; Band 1 · Projects: Oil & Gas
  6. 6.Vinson & Elkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: Oil & Gas; Band 1 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
  7. 7.A&O Shearman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: Agency Financing; Band 1 · Projects: Mining & Metals
  8. 8.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 · Projects: LNG; Band 1 · Projects: Mining & Metals
  9. 9.Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: PPP; Band 2 · Projects: Agency Financing
  10. 10.Baker Botts L.L.P.First-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: LNG; Band 2 · Projects: Oil & Gas
  11. 11.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: LNG; Band 3 · Projects: Oil & Gas
  12. 12.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: PPP; Band 3 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  13. 13.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: PPP
  14. 14.Ashurst Perkins Coie LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Projects: PPP
  15. 15.Morrison & Foerster LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Projects: Agency Financing
  16. 16.Clifford Chance US LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Projects: Agency Financing
  17. 17.Winston Taylor LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Projects: PPP; Band 2 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  18. 18.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Projects: Power; Band 2 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
  19. 19.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Projects: LNG; Band 2 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
  20. 20.Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Band 2 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  21. 21.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Band 3 · Projects: Oil & Gas
  22. 22.O'Melveny & Myers LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Projects: PPP; Band 5 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  23. 23.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Projects: Agency Financing
  24. 24.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Projects: Power; Band 3 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  25. 25.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 3 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Band 3 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  26. 26.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Projects: Power; Band 4 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  27. 27.Linklaters LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
  28. 28.Greenberg Traurig, LLPFirst-year base Varies by officeBand 3 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
  29. 29.McGuireWoods LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
  30. 30.Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 3 · Projects: PPP
  31. 31.Troutman Pepper Locke LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 4 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional; Band 4 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  32. 32.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 4 · Projects: PPP
  33. 33.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  34. 34.Baker McKenzie LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
  35. 35.Nixon Peabody LLPFirst-year base $210,000Band 4 · Projects: PPP
  36. 36.Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.First-year base $225,000+Band 5 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  37. 37.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 5 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  38. 38.Husch Blackwell LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 5 · Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy

Is project finance a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People who like big, physical projects
  • Organized coordinators
  • Those interested in energy and infrastructure finance

What a 1L can do this year

  • Take Secured Transactions and Energy Law
  • Read about a recent large infrastructure financing
  • Ask how project finance overlaps with energy groups
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