Top BigLaw Firms for Commercial Litigation in New York
Every firm in our directory with a New York office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for commercial litigation in New York, strongest band first. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP leads with Band 1 (The Elite), one of 8 firms in Band 1.
- Ranked firms
- 57
- Band 1 firms
- 8
- Median first-year base
- $225,000
57 ranked firms for commercial litigation in New York
| # | Firm | Chambers 2026 | First-year base | 2L summer applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Vault #1 |
| $225,000 | Jan 4, 2027 |
| 2 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vault #3 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 3 | Latham & Watkins LLP Vault #4 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1Deadline Jan 29, 2027 |
| 4 | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Vault #5 |
| $235,000+ | Opened Nov 1Deadline Mar 5, 2027 |
| 5 | Kirkland & Ellis LLP Vault #6 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 6 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Vault #8 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2Deadline Feb 5, 2027 |
| 7 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Vault #14 |
| $235,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 8 | Susman Godfrey LLP Vault #19 |
| $240,000 | Not announced |
| 9 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Vault #2 |
| $230,000 | Dec 1, 2026Deadline Feb 6, 2027 |
| 10 | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Vault #7 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 11 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Vault #10 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 12 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Vault #16 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 12, 2026 |
| 13 | White & Case LLP Vault #18 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Nov 1 |
| 14 | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Vault #23 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 15 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Vault #25 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 16 | Milbank LLP Vault #9 |
| $235,000+ | Open now |
| 17 | Paul Hastings LLP Vault #21 |
| $225,000 | Opened Oct 15 |
| 18 | King & Spalding LLP Vault #36 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 19 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Vault #73 |
| $225,000 | Opened Oct 15 |
| 20 | Sidley Austin LLP Vault #11 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Nov 1 |
| 21 | Jones Day Vault #26 |
| $240,000 | Open now |
| 22 | Morrison & Foerster LLP Vault #27 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Oct 1Deadline Feb 28, 2027 |
| 23 | O'Melveny & Myers LLP Vault #28 |
| $225,000+ | Open nowDeadline Jan 31, 2027 |
| 24 | Kobre & Kim |
| $225,000 | See the Job Board |
| 25 | Kasowitz Benson Torres |
| $225,000 | See the Job Board |
| 26 | Ropes & Gray LLP Vault #20 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 27 | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Vault #32 |
| $225,000 | Dec 14, 2026 |
| 28 | Proskauer Rose LLP Vault #33 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 29 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Vault #40 |
| $225,000+ | Not announced (last cycle Nov 1, 2025) |
| 30 | Jenner & Block LLP Vault #43 |
| $225,000+ | Open now |
| 31 | Mayer Brown LLP Vault #44 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 32 | Freshfields US LLP Vault #50 |
| $225,000 | Open nowDeadline Jan 18, 2027 |
| 33 | Cooley LLP Vault #22 |
| $255,000+ | Opened Oct 31Deadline Jan 29, 2027 |
| 34 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Vault #35 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 35 | Dechert LLP Vault #51 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 36 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
| $225,000 | Not announced |
| 37 | Goodwin Procter LLP Vault #31 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 38 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Vault #38 |
| $225,000 | Opened Oct 15 |
| 39 | Winston Taylor LLP Vault #39 |
| $225,000+ | Open nowDeadline Mar 1, 2027 |
| 40 | DLA Piper LLP (US) Vault #42 |
| $225,000+ | Open now |
| 41 | McDermott Will & Schulte LLP Vault #46 |
| Not reported | Opened Nov 2 |
| 42 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Vault #47 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 43 | A&O Shearman LLP Vault #56 |
| $225,000+ | Expected announced soon |
| 44 | Alston & Bird LLP Vault #58 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 45 | Boies Schiller Flexner LLP Vault #61 |
| $225,000+ | Open now |
| 46 | Venable LLP Vault #69 |
| $215,000 | Not announced |
| 47 | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Vault #77 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Oct 1Deadline Dec 11, 2026 |
| 48 | Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP Vault #24 |
| $255,000+ | Not announced (last cycle Jan 5, 2026) |
| 49 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Vault #30 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Nov 1Deadline Mar 31, 2027 |
| 50 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Vault #37 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 51 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP Vault #55 |
| Varies by office | Dec 1, 2026 |
| 52 | Steptoe LLP Vault #79 |
| $225,000+ | Not announced |
| 53 | Cozen O'Connor P.C. Vault #88 |
| $180,000 - $215,000 | Expected January 2027 |
| 54 | Reed Smith LLP Vault #59 |
| $225,000 | Jan 4, 2027 |
| 55 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Vault #60 |
| $225,000+ | Dec 1, 2026 |
| 56 | Baker & Hostetler LLP Vault #63 |
| $225,000 | Open nowDeadline Feb 16, 2027 |
| 57 | Crowell & Moring LLP Vault #65 |
| $215,000 | See the Job Board |
Chambers bands from Chambers USA 2026, New York tables; Band 1 is the strongest, and a “Highly Regarded” band sits below every “Elite” band. Pay is each firm’s first-year base; summer dates come from each firm’s own page via the BigLaw Job Board. How rankings work
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