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Top 25 Leveraged buyout law firms worldwide

Name: Leveraged buyout law firms worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 5,818 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 5,818 leveraged buyout law firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 165,259 professional contacts across them, including 84,781 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Paris the largest hub.

This list covers leveraged buyout law firms worldwide, 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 28, 2026. Country and city lists for leveraged buyout law firms follow the table.

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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest leveraged buyout law firms worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 5,818 leveraged buyout law firms worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to leveraged buyout 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 28, 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 28, 2026
2	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP And Affiliates	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,540 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates delivers the highest quality advice and novel solutions to legal challenges, enabling clients to achieve their business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Mayer Brown	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
4	Cooley LLP	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,341 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Paul Hastings	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,045 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With widely recognized elite teams in finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and special situations, litigation, employment and real estate, Paul Hastings…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Morrison Foerster	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,667 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Morrison Foerster transforms complexity into advantage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,577 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a global law firm of more than 1,500 lawyers focused on helping clients navigate their most complex legal and business challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP	Partial evidence	Washington, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,454 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Akin is a global law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers and advisors who pride themselves on dedication to their clients and their communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Proskauer Rose LLP	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,096 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are 800+ lawyers serving clients from offices located in the leading financial and business centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Dechert LLP	Partial evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,041 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dechert is the law firm that helps business leaders lead.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Slaughter And MAY	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,951 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Slaughter and May is regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,949 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pillsbury is one of the world’s foremost law firms, operating at the intersection of technology innovation, capital and government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Troutman Pepper Locke LLP	Indirect evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,895 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Troutman Pepper Locke LLP helps clients solve complex legal challenges and achieve their business goals in an ever-changing global economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,756 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) is India’s leading law firm with a global reputation of being trusted advisers to its clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Vinson & Elkins	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,693 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vinson & Elkins is a law firm of global distinction, working with leading companies on wide-ranging matters in key industries across the economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Ballard Spahr LLP	Partial evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,682 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ballard Spahr LLP, an Am Law 100 law firm with more than 750 lawyers in 19 U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Milbank LLP	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,640 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Milbank is a premier international law firm handling high-profile, complex cases and business transactions through 11 offices worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Dorsey & Whitney LLP	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,599 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Clients have relied on the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP since 1912 as a trusted legal advisor and valued business partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Fried Frank	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,584 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP advises the world's leading corporations, investment funds and financial institutions on their most critical legal needs and business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Haynes And Boone, LLP	Partial evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,558 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Haynes Boone is among the fastest-growing firms in the Am Law 100, providing full-service counsel across sectors, including corporate, energy, financial services, real estate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & CO	Partial evidence	Chennai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,513 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.(SAM), founded on a century of legal achievements, is one of India’s leading full-service law firms with the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
23	MINTZ	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,326 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mintz is a full-service law firm serving clients in the life sciences, energy, private equity, and technology industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Quarles & Brady LLP	Indirect evidence	Milwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,318 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 125 years, Quarles & Brady LLP has provided quality legal services to a wide range of industries on a national stage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Snell & Wilmer	Partial evidence	Phoenix, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,219 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 500 lawyers practicing in 17 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: leveraged buyout 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 leveraged buyout law firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of leveraged buyout law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name leveraged buyout 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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Leveraged buyout law firms worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

51.3%Verified-email coverage

28.4Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.8%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

3,348

11-50

1,847

51-200

416

201-500

106

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 leveraged buyout 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.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for leveraged buyout law firms are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “leveraged buyout 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 leveraged buyout 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 leveraged buyout law firms, and records with no verified work email.
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, 84,781 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 28, 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.

Leveraged buyout law firms by location

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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 leveraged buyout 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 leveraged buyout law firms are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 5,818 leveraged buyout law firms worldwide 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 country has the most leveraged buyout law firms?

The United States leads with 1,491 companies, followed by Brazil (485) and France (371). Every leveraged buyout law firms list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most leveraged buyout law firms?

Paris leads with 219 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (192) and New York (141).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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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.