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BigLaw firms in Shanghai, China

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

Firms
26
Offices
26
Median first-year base
$225,000
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26 firms in Shanghai, China

  1. Vault #6Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #1

    $225,000+

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

  2. Vault #12Covington & Burling LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #30

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

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

    Office here · AmLaw #20

    $235,000+

    Announced by the firm (Sep 2026)

  4. Vault #18White & Case LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #9

    $225,000+

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

  5. Vault #20Ropes & Gray LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #7

    $225,000+

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

  6. Vault #21Paul Hastings LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #22

    $225,000+

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

  7. Vault #22Cooley LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #24

    $255,000+

  8. Vault #23Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #35

    $225,000+

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

  9. Vault #26Jones Day

    Office here · AmLaw #15

    $225,000+

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

  10. Vault #30Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Office here · AmLaw #12

    $225,000+

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

  11. Vault #32Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #53

    $225,000+

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

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

    Office here · AmLaw #37

    $225,000+

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

  13. Vault #37Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #11

    $225,000+

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

  14. Vault #41Clifford Chance US LLP

    Office here

    $255,000+

  15. Vault #42DLA Piper LLP (US)

    Office here · AmLaw #3

    $225,000+

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

  16. Vault #50Freshfields US LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  17. Vault #52Linklaters LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  18. Vault #55Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #17

    Varies by office

  19. Vault #56A&O Shearman LLP

    Office here

    $225,000+

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

  20. Vault #57Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #19

    $235,000+

    Confirmed by the firm

  21. Vault #60Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #65

    $225,000+

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

  22. Vault #68McGuireWoods LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #54

    $215,000

  23. Vault #81Haynes and Boone, LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #85

    $225,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

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

    Office here · AmLaw #45

    $200,000

  25. Vault #94Duane Morris LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #84

    $215,000

    Reported to Chambers Associate (Sep 2026)

  26. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

    Office here · AmLaw #99

    Pay not published
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