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Top 25 Private equity fund formation attorneys based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 433 private equity fund formation attorneys headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 16,655 professional contacts across them, including 10,706 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers private equity fund formation attorneys headquartered in the 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 29, 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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The 25 largest private equity fund formation attorneys based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 433 private equity fund formation attorneys based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to private equity fund formation attorneys: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20265,001-10,0008,449 contacts →

Strong 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 29, 2026
2Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261,001-5,0002,041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dechert is the law firm that helps business leaders lead.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
4Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
5Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026501-1,000299 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With more than 500 legal and business professionals across the US, Stroock is a national firm with international reach.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Indirect evidenceOmaha, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200238 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Koley Jessen is a strategically growing law firm serving the needs of businesses and their owners, executives, and professionals in Nebraska and around the country.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Indirect evidenceRaleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200198 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wyrick Robbins is a full-service law firm with a unique, collaborative, entrepreneurial culture, and focus on growth-oriented businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200193 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP is a dynamic law firm known in the business, financial and legal communities for its aggressive and creative problem-solving skills.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Partial evidencePittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200192 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As a collaborative and integrated group of attorneys, we work as a unified team, not as sole practitioners.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200136 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For one hundred years, Best & Flanagan attorneys have been building uniquely close relationships with our clients, including closely-held businesses, nonprofits, generations of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Strong evidenceStamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200130 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Finn Dixon & Herling delivers pragmatic, solution-oriented legal counsel, specializing in middle-market private equity and M&A transactions, as well as venture capital and other…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200113 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Described as “Wall Street’s best-kept secret” (US Legal 500), Kleinberg Kaplan is a premier boutique law firm that provides practical, business-minded legal counsel to investors…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
14Indirect evidenceOklahoma City, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-50088 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded by managing partners Todd W.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Strong evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20081 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Massumi + Consoli is a nationwide law firm that delivers exceptional expertise and an unmatched client experience specifically tailored to middle market private equity firms and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20081 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP is a law firm committed to a tradition of excellence.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20081 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In 1982, Jeffrey Golenbock, David Eiseman, and Nathan Assor - who were shortly joined by Larry Bell - left their positions at a top Manhattan law firm with an idea: to found a new…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a boutique full service law firm with a local feel and a global impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20073 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since our founding in 1995, our mission has been to blend sound legal advice with efficient and practical business solutions to enable our clients to achieve their goals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Indirect evidenceRichmond, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20065 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1988, Spotts Fain is a business law firm focused on advising, counseling and representing businesses in transactional and litigation matters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5063 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“BoyarMiller is a Houston-based law firm offering comprehensive legal services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5054 contacts →

Indirect 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 29, 2026
23Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 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 29, 2026
24Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Sadis & Goldberg LLP we pride ourselves on delivering legal services that are tailored to drive business success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25Indirect evidenceSan Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5048 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP is a leading investment management law firm known for providing top-tier, innovative, and collaborative legal solutions for complex financial services…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Private equity fund formation attorneys based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
64.3%Verified-email coverage
38.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
13.4%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
326
11-50
79
51-200
19
201-500
4
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 433 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 private equity fund formation attorneys, 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “private equity fund formation attorneys”. 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 private equity fund formation attorneys), 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 private equity fund formation attorneys, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 10,706 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 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Private equity fund formation attorneys by metro

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 private equity fund formation attorneys, 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 private equity fund formation attorneys are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 433 private equity fund formation attorneys headquartered in the 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 has the most private equity fund formation attorneys?

New York leads with 58 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (17) and Los Angeles (17).

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 10,706 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 433 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 29, 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.