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Top BigLaw Firms for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Chambers USA 2026 ranks 39 firms in our directory nationwide for employee benefits and executive compensation, 5 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.

Ranked nationwide
39
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
26

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation by city

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  2. 2.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  3. 3.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  4. 4.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  5. 5.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 1 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  6. 6.Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  7. 7.Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzFirst-year base $230,000Band 2 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  8. 8.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 2 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  9. 9.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  10. 10.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  11. 11.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  12. 12.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  13. 13.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  14. 14.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  15. 15.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  16. 16.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  17. 17.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  18. 18.Baker McKenzie LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  19. 19.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  20. 20.A&O Shearman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  21. 21.Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  22. 22.Winston Taylor LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  23. 23.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  24. 24.Seyfarth Shaw LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  25. 25.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  26. 26.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  27. 27.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  28. 28.Cooley LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  29. 29.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  30. 30.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  31. 31.Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.First-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  32. 32.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  33. 33.Dechert LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  34. 34.Vinson & Elkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  35. 35.Baker Botts L.L.P.First-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  36. 36.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  37. 37.Fenwick & West LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  38. 38.Troutman Pepper Locke LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
  39. 39.Haynes and Boone, LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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