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Band One K&L Gates Latham & Watkins McDermott Perkins Coie Willkie Farr

Band Two Arnold & Porter Foley & Lardner Katten Morgan Lewis Polsinelli Proskauer Sheppard Mullin Sidley Austin Winston & Strawn White & Case

Band Three Cozen Crowell & Moring DLA Piper Greenberg Traurig Jones Day King & Spalding Ropes & Gray Skadden Seyfarth Shaw Vedder Price

 

 

 

 

Expertise

If you're motivated by doing the best work possible, the industry-standard Chambers USA rankings are invaluable. Here are the best firms in Chicago for the most common practice areas, plus the others that define the Chicago market. There are lower bands and many more practice area rankings at chambers.com.

 

Corporate, M&A and private equity	Band 1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Sidley Austin LLP Skadden	Band 2 Mayer Brown LLP McDermott Paul Hastings LLP Winston & Strawn LLP Ropes & Gray	Band 3 Baker McKenzie DLA Piper LLP (US) Katten
Litigation: general commercial	Band 1 Bartlit Beck LLP Jenner & Block LLP Kirkland & Ellis LLP Sidley Austin LLP	Band 2 Jones Day Latham & Watkins LLP Mayer Brown LLP Skadden Winston & Strawn LLP  Goldman Ismail	Band 3 Armstrong Teasdale McDermott Neal, Gerber Reed Smith  Greenberg Traurig
Banking and finance	Band 1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Sidley Austin LLP	Band 2 Goldberg Kohn Ltd Katten Mayer Brown LLP Skadden	Band 3 McDermott McGuireWoods LLP Paul Hastings Winston & Strawn LLP
Intellectual property	Band 1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Sidley Austin LLP	Band 2 Winston & Strawn LLP Latham & Watkins LLP McDermott	Band 3 ArentFox Schiff Bartlit Beck LLP Crowell & Moring DLA Piper LLP (US) Fitch, Even McAndrews Morgan Lewis Jenner & Block LLP Perkins Coie Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Jones Day Rakoczy Molino
Bankruptcy and restructuring	Band 1 Kirkland & Ellis LLP	Band 2 Latham & Watkins LLP Skadden Jenner & Block LLP	Band 3 Arnold & Porter DLA Piper LLP (US) Goldberg Kohn Ltd Greenberg Traurig, LLP Vedder Price Paul Hastings LLP Proskauer Rose LLP Sidley Austin LLP