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Top 25 Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 111 mergers and acquisitions law firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 21,685 professional contacts across them, including 12,883 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (244 companies); Chicago follows with 111.

This list covers mergers and acquisitions 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 14, 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.

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111Companies
21,685Contacts tracked
12,883Verified emails
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The 25 largest mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 111 mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to mergers and acquisitions 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.
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1Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20265,001-10,0008,449 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 14, 2026
2Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0004,177 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 14, 2026
3Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0002,167 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“High stakes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,0001,495 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 14, 2026
5Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,0001,188 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a U.S-based law firm with offices nationwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000830 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Locke Lord and Troutman Pepper merged on January 1, 2025.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500565 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Chapman is a law firm focused on finance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500353 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 14, 2026
9Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200254 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 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200203 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're Much.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Indirect evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200118 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CDI Global, established in 1973, is a leader in middle-market, cross-border transactions with over transactions to our credit.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-200102 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 14, 2026
13Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5054 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 14, 2026
14Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5054 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 14, 2026
15Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20049 contacts →

Partial evidence

“What makes SFBBG different from other law firms?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20046 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our firm, Pedersen & Houpt, was founded over 50 years ago.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5043 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 14, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elevate Mestel is a global leader in legal recruitment and M&A consulting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“On March 1, 2024, HMB Legal Counsel joined forces Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Shefsky & Froelich Ltd, a Chicago-based full-service law firm, was founded in 1970 by a small group of highly motivated attorneys with extensive experience in complex commercial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5031 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lawrence Kamin is a business law firm that takes a personal approach to every client engagement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5031 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Litwin Kach is a boutique law firm providing sophisticated legal services in the areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, energy development, venture capital, commercial…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1993 by several attorneys previously affiliated with a large Chicago law firm, Hogan Marren, Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 20261-1026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As of July 2022, Shepard Schwartz & Harris LLP joined Citrin Cooperman.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
59.4%Verified-email coverage
195.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
51
11-50
36
51-200
12
201-500
3
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
6
5,001-10,000
1

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 111 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 mergers and acquisitions 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 “mergers and acquisitions 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 mergers and acquisitions 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 mergers and acquisitions 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, 12,883 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 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 mergers and acquisitions 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 mergers and acquisitions law firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 111 mergers and acquisitions 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 mergers and acquisitions law firms?

New York leads the United States with 244 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (111) and Los Angeles (101).

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 12,883 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 111 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 14, 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.