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Top Real Estate firms
The firms with the deepest real estate footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Real Estate firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Real Estate footprint, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 measure of scale, reach and hiring built entirely from public data. The ranking reflects how large and active each firm's presence is, not the quality or prestige of its real estate practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central real estate is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Real Estate talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | 78.4 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Toronto, New York… |
| 2 | Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | 75.7 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | Washington, London, New York… |
| 3 | DLA Piper | 75.6 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 4 | Baker McKenzie | 71.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Chicago, Amsterdam… |
| 5 | CMS | 71 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Paris, Amsterdam… |
| 6 | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | 70 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 7 | Ashurst Perkins Coie | 69.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Seattle, London, New York… |
| 8 | HSF Kramer | 68.5 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, New York, Sydney… |
| 9 | A&O Shearman | 66.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Amsterdam… |
| 10 | Troutman Pepper Locke | 65.3 | strong | International | 1,500–2,500 | Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 11 | Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith | 65 | present | National | 1,500–2,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 12 | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | 64.9 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, Washington… |
| 13 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 64.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Houston… |
| 14 | Eversheds Sutherland | 64 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Atlanta, Washington… |
| 15 | Clifford Chance | 63.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Paris… |
| 16 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 62.4 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 17 | Goodwin Procter | 62.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, Washington… |
| 18 | Taft | 61.9 | strong | National | 1,500–2,500 | Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis… |
| 19 | Greenberg Traurig | 61.6 | major | Global | 2,500–4,000 | Miami, New York, London… |
| 20 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 61.5 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 21 | Latham & Watkins | 61.1 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 22 | Winston Taylor | 60.9 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Chicago, New York… |
| 23 | Clark Hill | 59.9 | strong | International | 1,000–1,500 | Detroit, Pittsburgh, Dallas… |
| 24 | Jones Day | 59.2 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 25 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 59 | major | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 26 | Sheppard | 59 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Diego… |
| 27 | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | 58.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 28 | Kirkland & Ellis | 58.1 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, Chicago, London… |
| 29 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 58.1 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, Columbia, Miami… |
| 30 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 57.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 31 | Morrison & Foerster | 57.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 32 | K&L Gates | 57.1 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Pittsburgh, Melbourne, Washington… |
| 33 | Pinsent Masons | 56.4 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 34 | Dinsmore | 56.4 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville… |
| 35 | Seyfarth Shaw | 55.9 | major | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 36 | Proskauer | 55.8 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Boston… |
| 37 | FBT Gibbons | 55.7 | major | National | 500–1,000 | Louisville, Cincinnati, Newark… |
| 38 | Spencer Fane | 55.6 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Denver, Houston… |
| 39 | Baker Donelson | 55.4 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Nashville, Memphis, Baltimore… |
| 40 | Holland & Knight | 55.3 | major | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, Miami… |
| 41 | Sidley Austin | 55.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 42 | Squire Patton Boggs | 55.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Washington, Los Angeles… |
| 43 | Mills & Reeve | 55.1 | strong | National | 1,000–1,500 | Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester… |
| 44 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 55 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 45 | Haynes and Boone | 55 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Dallas, New York, Houston… |
| 46 | Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer | 54.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Miami, Orlando, Atlanta… |
| 47 | Reed Smith | 54.6 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Pittsburgh, New York… |
| 48 | King & Wood | 54.5 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong… |
| 49 | Maynard Nexsen | 54.5 | major | National | 500–1,000 | Birmingham, Columbia, Huntsville… |
| 50 | Addleshaw Goddard | 54.3 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Manchester, Leeds… |
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How are the top Real Estate firms ranked?
Firms are ordered by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 score built from public signals (scale, geographic and practice reach, live hiring). This page lists firms for whom real estate is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's real estate work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in real estate, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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