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Top BigLaw Firms for Tax

Researching technical questions, reviewing deal structures for tax consequences, and drafting tax sections of agreements and memos. Tax lawyers work across many deal teams. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 43 firms in our directory nationwide for tax law, 11 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.

Ranked nationwide
43
Cities with 3+ ranked firms
28

Tax by city

Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026

  1. 1.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Tax: Controversy; Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  2. 2.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Tax: Controversy; Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  3. 3.Mayer Brown LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Tax: Controversy; Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  4. 4.Baker McKenzie LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Tax: Controversy; Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  5. 5.Kirkland & Ellis LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance; Band 5 · Tax: Controversy
  6. 6.Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  7. 7.Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzFirst-year base $230,000Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  8. 8.Sullivan & Cromwell LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  9. 9.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  10. 10.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  11. 11.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  12. 12.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Tax: Controversy; Band 2 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  13. 13.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Tax: Controversy; Band 4 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  14. 14.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  15. 15.Debevoise & Plimpton LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  16. 16.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  17. 17.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Tax: Controversy; Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  18. 18.Vinson & Elkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Tax: Controversy; Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  19. 19.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance; Band 4 · Tax: Controversy
  20. 20.Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Tax: Controversy; Band 4 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  21. 21.Fenwick & West LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance; Band 5 · Tax: Controversy
  22. 22.Milbank LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  23. 23.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  24. 24.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  25. 25.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  26. 26.Covington & Burling LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Tax: Corporate & Finance; Band 5 · Tax: Controversy
  27. 27.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 4 · Tax: Corporate & Finance; Band 5 · Tax: Controversy
  28. 28.White & Case LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  29. 29.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  30. 30.Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  31. 31.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 · Tax: Controversy
  32. 32.Baker Botts L.L.P.First-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Controversy; Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  33. 33.Steptoe LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 5 · Tax: Controversy; Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  34. 34.Paul Hastings LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  35. 35.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  36. 36.Clifford Chance US LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  37. 37.Freshfields US LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  38. 38.Dechert LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  39. 39.A&O Shearman LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  40. 40.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance
  41. 41.Baker & Hostetler LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Controversy
  42. 42.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 5 · Tax: Controversy
  43. 43.Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 5 · Tax: Corporate & Finance

Is tax law a fit?

Who tends to thrive

  • People who love a puzzle with a correct answer
  • Those who want deep expertise that every deal needs
  • Anyone comfortable with numbers and statutes

What a 1L can do this year

  • Take Federal Income Tax early; it is the gateway class
  • Talk to a tax associate about whether they did an LL.M.
  • Try reading a deal's tax section to see if it clicks
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