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Top BigLaw Firms for Antitrust

Merger review work with the FTC and DOJ (economic analysis, document productions, advocacy papers), plus antitrust litigation and counseling. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 30 firms in our directory nationwide for antitrust, 7 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.

Ranked nationwide
30
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
18

Antitrust by city

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Antitrust
  2. 2.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Antitrust
  3. 3.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Antitrust
  4. 4.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Antitrust
  5. 5.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Antitrust
  6. 6.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Antitrust
  7. 7.Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Antitrust
  8. 8.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Antitrust
  9. 9.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 2 · Antitrust
  10. 10.Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.First-year base $225,000Band 2 · Antitrust
  11. 11.Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzFirst-year base $230,000Band 3 · Antitrust
  12. 12.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Antitrust
  13. 13.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Antitrust
  14. 14.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Antitrust
  15. 15.White & Case LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Antitrust
  16. 16.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Antitrust
  17. 17.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Antitrust
  18. 18.Milbank LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 4 · Antitrust
  19. 19.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Antitrust
  20. 20.Williams & Connolly LLPFirst-year base $260,000Band 4 · Antitrust
  21. 21.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Antitrust
  22. 22.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Antitrust
  23. 23.O'Melveny & Myers LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Antitrust
  24. 24.Winston Taylor LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Antitrust
  25. 25.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Antitrust
  26. 26.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 4 · Antitrust
  27. 27.Dechert LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Antitrust
  28. 28.Vinson & Elkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Antitrust
  29. 29.Baker Botts L.L.P.First-year base $225,000Band 4 · Antitrust
  30. 30.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 4 · Antitrust

Is antitrust a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People who like economics and markets
  • Those who enjoy dealing with regulators
  • Writers who can explain competition in plain terms

What a 1L can do this year

  • Take Antitrust; a microeconomics background helps
  • Follow a current FTC or DOJ merger challenge
  • Join the ABA Antitrust Law Section's student resources
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