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HSF Kramer

Main areas of work Bankruptcy and restructuring; capital markets and M&A; commercial and white collar litigation; employment litigation; finance and banking; immigration; intellectual property; investment funds; real estate; land use and environmental; securitization; tax, employee benefits and individual clients.

Firm profile



Kramer Levin provides its clients proactive, creative and pragmatic solutions that address today’s most challenging legal issues. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Silicon Valley, Washington D.C. and Paris and fosters a strong culture of involvement in public and community service.

Recruitment Law Schools attending for OCIs in 2024:
• Brooklyn
• Columbia University
• Duke University
• Fordham University
• Georgetown University
• Harvard
• Hofstra University
• New York University School of Law
• University of California at Berkeley
• University of Michigan
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Virginia
• Yale

Recruitment outside OCIs:
Resume Collects at other Schools. Write in submissions welcome through Flo Recruit: https://www.florecruit.com/v2/app/kramerlevin/jobs/MTAxNTF-OUt0NFhKRWxTUzByeFJFem13Y0FLSXV1clFSb0x2/apply/

Summer associate profile:
We seek lawyers whose academic achievements, journal writing, and prior work experience demonstrate exceptional ability, motivation and potential for leadership.

Summer program components:
Our summer program offers a realistic experience. We fully involve summer associates in day to day practice and assign work comparable to that given to junior associates. Summer associates participate in our departmental meetings, firm-wide events and training programs and are given opportunities to attend court hearings, discovery proceedings, negotiating sessions, closings, pro bono matters and client meetings.

This Firm's Rankings in
USA Guide, 2024

Ranked Departments

    • Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite (Band 4)
    • Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite (Band 2)
    • Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (Band 5)
    • Environment (Band 3)
    • Immigration (Band 1)
    • Intellectual Property: Patent (Band 5)
    • Labor & Employment: The Elite (Band 3)
    • Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded (Band 1)
    • Litigation: Securities (Band 5)
    • Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite (Band 2)
    • Real Estate: Litigation (Band 2)
    • Real Estate: Mainly Dirt (Band 1)
    • Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Band 1)
    • Tax (Band 4)
    • Advertising: Litigation (Band 1)
    • Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite (Band 2)
    • Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS (Band 2)
    • Capital Markets: Securitization: PACE (Band 1)
    • Corporate Crime & Investigations: The Elite (Band 5)
    • Derivatives (Band 3)
    • Immigration (Band 3)
    • International Arbitration: The Elite (Band 3)
    • Product Liability: Tobacco (Band 1)