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Top 25 Alternative investment law firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Alternative investment law firms based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 227 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 227 alternative investment law firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 21,516 professional contacts across them, including 13,480 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (657 companies); Chicago follows with 227.

This list covers alternative investment law firms headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

227Companies

21,516Contacts tracked

13,480Verified emails

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The 25 largest alternative investment law firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 227 alternative investment law firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to alternative investment law firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Kirkland & Ellis	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	5,001-10,000	8,449 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As one of the world’s leading law firms, we serve a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	Mayer Brown	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,177 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mayer Brown is a leading international law firm, positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds and financial institutions in their most important and complex…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,495 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Katten is a full-service law firm with nearly 650 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Jenner & Block	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	1,194 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Jenner & Block, we shape what’s next through experience, vision, and judgment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	1,188 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a U.S-based law firm with offices nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	Chapman And Cutler LLP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	565 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Chapman is a law firm focused on finance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7	Amundsen Davis, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	542 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Amundsen Davis is a law firm comprised of over 250 attorneys headquartered in Chicago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	Harrison Street Asset Management	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	381 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Harrison Street Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment management firm with over $108 billion in assets under management through highly differentiated assets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	353 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Neal Gerber Eisenberg is a Chicago-based law firm whose attorneys share a culture of teamwork and devotion to personalized client service to advance our clients’ business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10	Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	254 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Formed in Levenfeld Pearlstein provides the sophisticated skills and resources of a big law firm with the personal attention of a small law firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11	Much Shelist, P.C	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	203 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're Much.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	Burke, Warren, Mackay & Serritella	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	129 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	Gould & Ratner LLP	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	127 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than 80 years, Gould & Ratner LLP has provided comprehensive legal counsel and business advice to Fortune 500 corporations, closely-held businesses, financial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14	Masuda Funai	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since its founding in 1929, Masuda Funai has focused its practice on successfully representing international and domestic companies entering, operating and expanding in the United…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	Duggan Bertsch, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	75 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A law firm dedicated to thoughtful, innovative and uncompromising legal representation for the Private Client.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	Golan Christie Taglia LLP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Golan Christie Taglia LLP is a law firm dedicated to delivering successful results while providing our clients the highest levels of quality and personal service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	Patzik Frank And Samotny LTD	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PFS is a law firm that serves a diverse group of clients in a wide variety of business and commercial matters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Latimer Levay Fyock LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Latimer LeVay Fyock LLC aim is to deliver sound legal advice to our clients within the specific context of their respective business and personal objectives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	Christensen HSU Sipes LLP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Christensen Hsu Sipes LLP is a law firm with offices in Chicago, Northwest Indiana, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	Ginsberg Jacobs LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ginsberg Jacobs LLC provides business-oriented legal solutions to public and private entities in the areas of real estate, finance, corporate, litigation, tax and tax credits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	Pedersen & Houpt	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our firm, Pedersen & Houpt, was founded over 50 years ago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	Kluever LAW Group, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kluever Law Group, LLC (KLG) is a ten attorney firm boasting a strong record of success representing a core client base of banks, financial institutions, receivers, secured…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	Airdo Werwas, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Airdo Werwas, LLC, is a boutique trial law firm that provides a full range of legal services and solutions to achieve the results its clients need.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	Schain Banks	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Schain Banks is a Chicago-based law firm specializing in real estate, zoning, local government, energy, and litigation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	Sperling & Slater, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sperling & Slater has a nationwide and international practice focusing on complex commercial and business disputes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: alternative investment law firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names alternative investment law firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of alternative investment law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name alternative investment law firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Alternative investment law firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

62.7%Verified-email coverage

94.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

134

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 227 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among alternative investment law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “alternative investment law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names alternative investment law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among alternative investment law firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 13,480 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Alternative investment law firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names alternative investment law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many alternative investment law firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 227 alternative investment law firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Kirkland & Ellis, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most alternative investment law firms?

New York leads the United States with 657 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (227) and Los Angeles (209).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 13,480 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 227 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.