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Top Tax firms
The firms with the deepest tax footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Tax firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Tax 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 tax practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central tax is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Tax talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentons | 78.4 | present | 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 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 4 | Baker McKenzie | 71.5 | major | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Chicago, Amsterdam… |
| 5 | CMS | 71 | strong | Global | 4,000+ | London, Paris, Amsterdam… |
| 6 | A&O Shearman | 66.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Amsterdam… |
| 7 | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | 64.9 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Los Angeles, Washington… |
| 8 | Norton Rose Fulbright | 64.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Houston… |
| 9 | Eversheds Sutherland | 64 | strong | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Atlanta, Washington… |
| 10 | Clifford Chance | 63.5 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Paris… |
| 11 | McDermott Will & Schulte | 62.6 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Chicago, Washington… |
| 12 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 62.4 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 13 | Freshfields | 62 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, New York, Frankfurt… |
| 14 | Greenberg Traurig | 61.6 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | Miami, New York, London… |
| 15 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 61.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 16 | Latham & Watkins | 61.1 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, London, Washington… |
| 17 | Linklaters | 60.9 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | London, Paris, Frankfurt… |
| 18 | Winston Taylor | 60.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Chicago, New York… |
| 19 | Jones Day | 59.2 | present | Global | 2,500–4,000 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 20 | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | 59 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, St. Louis, New York… |
| 21 | Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | 58.5 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 22 | Kirkland & Ellis | 58.1 | present | Global | 4,000+ | New York, Chicago, London… |
| 23 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | 58.1 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | Atlanta, Columbia, Miami… |
| 24 | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 57.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 25 | Akin | 57.5 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 26 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | 57.2 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 27 | K&L Gates | 57.1 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Pittsburgh, Melbourne, Washington… |
| 28 | Littler Mendelson | 56.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Bogotá, San Francisco, Los Angeles… |
| 29 | Skadden | 56.4 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 30 | Morgan Lewis | 56.3 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, Philadelphia, New York… |
| 31 | Seyfarth Shaw | 55.9 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Chicago, Los Angeles, New York… |
| 32 | Proskauer | 55.8 | strong | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Boston… |
| 33 | FBT Gibbons | 55.7 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Louisville, Cincinnati, Newark… |
| 34 | Holland & Knight | 55.3 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, Miami… |
| 35 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 55 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 36 | Reed Smith | 54.6 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | London, Pittsburgh, New York… |
| 37 | DWF | 52.8 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Manchester, Warsaw… |
| 38 | Mayer Brown | 52.5 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Chicago, London, New York… |
| 39 | Withersworldwide | 52.4 | major | Global | 500–1,000 | London, Singapore, New York… |
| 40 | Kutak Rock | 51.3 | strong | National | 500–1,000 | Omaha, Denver, Kansas City… |
| 41 | Foley & Lardner | 51.2 | present | International | 1,500–2,500 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Washington… |
| 42 | Simmons and Simmons | 50.9 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, Paris, Milan… |
| 43 | Fidal | 50.7 | major | International | 1,000–1,500 | Paris, Nantes, Lyon… |
| 44 | Ogletree Deakins | 50.4 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 45 | Stinson | 49.9 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Louis… |
| 46 | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | 49.8 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington… |
| 47 | Orrick | 49.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | New York, San Francisco, Washington… |
| 48 | Michael Best & Friedrich | 49.2 | present | National | 500–1,000 | Milwaukee, Chicago, Madison… |
| 49 | Mannheimer Swartling | 48.8 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Stockholm, Malmo, Gothenburg… |
| 50 | Ropes & Gray | 48.8 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Boston, New York, London… |
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How are the top Tax 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 tax is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's tax work.
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“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in tax, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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