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BigLaw firms in Hong Kong

Every firm in our directory with an office in Hong Kong, best-known first, with first-year pay and where it comes from.

Firms
40
Offices
40
Median first-year base
$225,000
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40 firms in Hong Kong

  1. Vault #3Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #5

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  2. Vault #4Latham & Watkins LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #2

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  3. Vault #5Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #25

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  4. Vault #6Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #1

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  5. Vault #7Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #14

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  6. Vault #8Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #4

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  7. Vault #9Milbank LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #28

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  8. Vault #10Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #10

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  9. Vault #11Sidley Austin LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #6

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  10. Vault #14Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  11. Vault #15Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #29

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  12. Vault #16Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #32

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  13. Vault #18White & Case LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #9

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  14. Vault #20Ropes & Gray LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #7

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  15. Vault #21Paul Hastings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #22

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  16. Vault #22Cooley LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #24

    $255,000+

  17. Vault #23Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #35

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  18. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  19. Vault #27Morrison & Foerster LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #42

    $225,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  20. Vault #30Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Office here · AmLaw #12

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  21. Vault #31Goodwin Procter LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #21

    $255,000+

  22. Vault #33Proskauer Rose LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #41

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  23. Vault #34Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

    Office here · AmLaw #37

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  24. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  25. Vault #41Clifford Chance US LLP

    Office here

    $255,000+

  26. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  27. Vault #44Mayer Brown LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #27

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  28. Vault #45Baker McKenzie LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #8

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  29. Vault #50Freshfields US LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  30. Vault #52Linklaters LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  31. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  32. Vault #57Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #19

    $235,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  33. Vault #59Reed Smith LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #40

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  34. Vault #60Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #65

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  35. Vault #62Dentons US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #18

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  36. Vault #75Nixon Peabody LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #88

    $210,000

  37. Vault #79Steptoe LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #98

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  38. Vault #82Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #45

    $200,000

  39. Vault #89Seyfarth Shaw LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #63

    $225,000+

    Market base, no firm announcement (as of Sep 2026)

  40. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #99

    Pay not published
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