Top BigLaw Firms for Restructuring / Bankruptcy in New York
Every firm in our directory with a New York office that Chambers USA 2026 ranks for restructuring and bankruptcy in New York, strongest band first. Latham & Watkins LLP leads with Band 1 (The Elite), one of 6 firms in Band 1.
- Ranked firms
- 51
- Band 1 firms
- 6
- Median first-year base
- $225,000
51 ranked firms for restructuring and bankruptcy in New York
| # | Firm | Chambers 2026 | First-year base | 2L summer applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latham & Watkins LLP Vault #4 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1Deadline Jan 29, 2027 |
| 2 | Kirkland & Ellis LLP Vault #6 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 3 | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Vault #7 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 4 | Milbank LLP Vault #9 |
| $235,000+ | Open now |
| 5 | Paul Hastings LLP Vault #21 |
| $225,000 | Opened Oct 15 |
| 6 | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Vault #38 |
| $225,000 | Opened Oct 15 |
| 7 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Vault #2 |
| $230,000 | Dec 1, 2026Deadline Feb 6, 2027 |
| 8 | White & Case LLP Vault #18 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Nov 1 |
| 9 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Vault #3 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 10 | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Vault #5 |
| $235,000+ | Opened Nov 1Deadline Mar 5, 2027 |
| 11 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Vault #8 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2Deadline Feb 5, 2027 |
| 12 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Vault #16 |
| $225,000+ | Nov 12, 2026 |
| 13 | Morrison & Foerster LLP Vault #27 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Oct 1Deadline Feb 28, 2027 |
| 14 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Vault #35 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 15 | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP Vault #14 |
| $235,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 16 | Ropes & Gray LLP Vault #20 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 17 | Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Vault #23 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 18 | Jones Day Vault #26 |
| $240,000 | Open now |
| 19 | Proskauer Rose LLP Vault #33 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 20 | McDermott Will & Schulte LLP Vault #46 |
| Not reported | Opened Nov 2 |
| 21 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Vault #10 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 22 | Sidley Austin LLP Vault #11 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Nov 1 |
| 23 | DLA Piper LLP (US) Vault #42 |
| $225,000+ | Open now |
| 24 | Dechert LLP Vault #51 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 25 | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Vault #25 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 26 | O'Melveny & Myers LLP Vault #28 |
| $225,000+ | Open nowDeadline Jan 31, 2027 |
| 27 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Vault #30 |
| $225,000+ | Opened Nov 1Deadline Mar 31, 2027 |
| 28 | King & Spalding LLP Vault #36 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 29 | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Vault #78 |
| $235,000+ | Expected late fall 2026 |
| 30 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Vault #1 |
| $225,000 | Jan 4, 2027 |
| 31 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Vault #37 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 32 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Vault #40 |
| $225,000+ | Not announced (last cycle Nov 1, 2025) |
| 33 | Freshfields US LLP Vault #50 |
| $225,000 | Open nowDeadline Jan 18, 2027 |
| 34 | Linklaters LLP Vault #52 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 35 | Vinson & Elkins LLP Vault #53 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 36 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP Vault #55 |
| Varies by office | Dec 1, 2026 |
| 37 | A&O Shearman LLP Vault #56 |
| $225,000+ | Expected announced soon |
| 38 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP Vault #73 |
| $225,000 | Opened Oct 15 |
| 39 | ArentFox Schiff LLP Vault #80 |
| $215,000 | Not announced |
| 40 | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Vault #85 |
| $225,000 | Not announced |
| 41 | Lowenstein Sandler |
| $225,000 | Jan 1, 2027 |
| 42 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed |
| $225,000 | Not announced |
| 43 | Seward & Kissel |
| $225,000 | See the Job Board |
| 44 | Winston Taylor LLP Vault #39 |
| $225,000+ | Open nowDeadline Mar 1, 2027 |
| 45 | Mayer Brown LLP Vault #44 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 2 |
| 46 | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Vault #47 |
| $225,000 | Open now |
| 47 | Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Vault #57 |
| $235,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 48 | Alston & Bird LLP Vault #58 |
| $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
| 49 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Vault #60 |
| $225,000+ | Dec 1, 2026 |
| 50 | Baker & Hostetler LLP Vault #63 |
| $225,000 | Open nowDeadline Feb 16, 2027 |
| 51 | Blank Rome LLP Vault #91 |
| $210,000 - $225,000 | Opened Nov 1 |
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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- Restructuring / Bankruptcy in San Francisco15 firms
- Restructuring / Bankruptcy in Wilmington14 firms
- Restructuring / Bankruptcy in Austin13 firms
- Restructuring / Bankruptcy in Silicon Valley12 firms
- Restructuring / Bankruptcy in Philadelphia9 firms
- Restructuring / Bankruptcy in Boston9 firms
- Restructuring / Bankruptcy in Atlanta9 firms
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