Top BigLaw Firms for Investment Funds
Chambers USA 2026 ranks 51 firms in our directory nationwide for investment funds, 17 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.
- Ranked nationwide
- 51
- Cities with 3+ ranked firms
- 1
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- Investment Funds in Boston11 ranked firms
Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026
- 1.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 1 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 2.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Impact Investing; Band 1 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 3.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 4.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 5.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 6.Dechert LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 1 · Registered Funds
- 7.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Hedge Funds; Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 8.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 9.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 10.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 2 · Registered Funds
- 11.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 2 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 12.Cooley LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Band 2 · Impact Investing
- 13.K&L Gates LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Registered Funds; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 14.Morrison & Foerster LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Impact Investing; Band 3 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 15.Stradley Ronon Stevens & YoungFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Registered Funds; Band 5 · Hedge Funds
- 16.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 17.Gunderson Dettmer LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 18.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Hedge Funds; Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 19.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 3 · Hedge Funds
- 20.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 3 · Hedge Funds
- 21.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation; Band 3 · Impact Investing
- 22.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 23.Seward & KisselFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Hedge Funds; Band 4 · Registered Funds
- 24.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 25.Vedder PriceFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Registered Funds; Band 5 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 26.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 27.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 28.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Hedge Funds; Band 3 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 29.Lowenstein SandlerFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Hedge Funds; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 30.Clifford Chance US LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- 31.Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Impact Investing; Band 3 · Registered Funds
- 32.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Impact Investing; Band 4 · Hedge Funds
- 33.Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 · Impact Investing; Band 4 · Registered Funds
- 34.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance; Band 4 · Registered Funds
- 35.Winston Taylor LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 36.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Impact Investing
- 37.Reed Smith LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 38.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Venture Capital: Fund Formation
- 39.Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Hedge Funds
- 40.Seyfarth Shaw LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- 41.Foley Hoag LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Impact Investing
- 42.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Registered Funds
- 43.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Hedge Funds; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 44.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Hedge Funds; Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 45.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 46.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 47.Linklaters LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 48.Greenberg Traurig, LLPFirst-year base Varies by officeBand 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 49.Blank Rome LLPFirst-year base $210,000 - $225,000Band 4 · Registered Funds
- 50.Day Pitney LLPBand 4 · Private Equity: Fund Formation
- 51.Sullivan & WorcesterFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Registered Funds
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