GCs and Board Members Rank the Top 20 Firms
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom ranked as America's best corporate law firm in a survey of general counsel and directors of publicly traded companies.
June 13, 2007 at 12:12 PM
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom ranked as America's best corporate law firm in a survey of general counsel and directors of publicly traded companies. Corporate Board Member Magazine conducted the survey in conjunction with FTI Consulting. Survey respondents have named Skadden the top firm for seven consecutive years. This year, 802 directors and 235 GCs participated in the survey. Two newcomers to the list, Baker Botts and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, were ranked in the top 20, replacing Sidley Austin and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. A list of the 2007 rankings (and the rankings from 2006) follows:
The Top 20 Firms2006 Ranking
1. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (New York)1
2. Cravath Swaine & Moore (New York)2
3. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz (New York)3
4. Sullivan & Cromwell (New York) 4
5. Davis Polk & Wardwell (New York)6
6. Jones Day (Cleveland) 5
7. Latham & Watkins (Los Angeles) 7
8. Baker & McKenzie (Chicago)11
9. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (Los Angeles)10
10. Weil Gotshal & Manges (New York)9
11. Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago) 8
12. Fulbright & Jaworski (Houston)13
13. Shearman & Sterling (New York)12
14. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Washington, D.C.)15
15. O'Melveny & Myers (Los Angeles)19
16. Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett (New York) 17
17. Baker Botts (Houston) –
18. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Palo Alto) 16
19. Covington & Burling (Washington, D.C.) 20
20. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr (Washington, D.C.)–
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