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Top BigLaw Firms for Restructuring / Bankruptcy in Los Angeles

Every firm in our directory with a Los Angeles office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for restructuring and bankruptcy in California, strongest band first. Latham & Watkins LLP leads with Band 2.

Ranked firms
16
Band 1 firms
0
Median first-year base
$225,000
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16 ranked firms for restructuring and bankruptcy in Los Angeles

#FirmChambers 2026First-year base2L summer applications
1Latham & Watkins LLP

Vault #4

  • Band 2 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Nov 1, 2026Deadline Jan 29, 2027
2Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Vault #30

  • Band 2 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Expected early January 2027
3Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Vault #8

  • Band 3 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Nov 2, 2026Deadline Feb 5, 2027
4Sidley Austin LLP

Vault #11

  • Band 3 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Expected early November 2026
5Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Vault #14

  • Band 3 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$235,000+See the job board
6Paul Hastings LLP

Vault #21

  • Band 3 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Expected mid-December 2026
7Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Vault #29

  • Band 3 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Jan 1, 2027
8Dentons US LLP

Vault #62

  • Band 3 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Not announced
9Baker & Hostetler LLP

Vault #63

  • Band 3 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$215,000Opened Sep 15Deadline Jan 15, 2027
10Milbank LLP

Vault #9

  • Band 4 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$235,000+Nov 1, 2026
11Jones Day

Vault #26

  • Band 4 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$240,000Not announced (last cycle Oct 27, 2025)
12O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Vault #28

  • Band 4 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Opened Oct 1Deadline Jan 31, 2027
13Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Vault #66

  • Band 4 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Not announced
14Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

Vault #24

  • Band 5 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$255,000+Expected early January 2027
15DLA Piper LLP (US)

Vault #42

  • Band 5 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$225,000+Expected early January 2027
16Fox Rothschild LLP

Vault #76

  • Band 5 · Bankruptcy/Restructuring · California
$205,000Not announced

Chambers bands from Chambers USA 2026, California tables; Band 1 is the strongest, and a “Highly Regarded” band sits below every “Elite” band. Pay is each firm’s first-year base; summer dates come from each firm’s own page via the BigLaw job board. How rankings work

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