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Partnership | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 | S3

New Partners at the 25 Largest Firms in New York

Previous
Round of Most Recent New
Lawyers in Total Promotions Round of Women
New York Location(s) in Firm (firmwide/ Promotions Partners
Rank1 Firm
Office(s)
New York
Practice Group Breakdown
Size NY only)2 (firmwide/NY only)2
(firmwide)
1 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, 716 Manhattan Corporate (4); Litigation (1)
854 5/4 5/5
3
Wharton & Garrison

2 Skadden, Arps, Slate, 629
Manhattan
M&A (3); Cross-Border Investigations (2); Litigation (2); Tax (2); China Corporate (1); 1
1,664 8/3
11/3
Meagher & Flom
SEC Enforcement (1)

3 Davis Polk & Wardwell
562 Manhattan Corporate (3)
1 810 3/3 3/2

4 Simpson Thacher
553
Manhattan
Corporate (5); Litigation (1)
2
835 10/6
6/1
& Bartlett
5 Sullivan & Cromwell
550 Manhattan Litigation (2); General Practice (1); Tax (1)
1 804 9/7 4/3

6 Cleary Gottlieb 517
Manhattan
Bankruptcy and Restructuring (1); Capital Markets (1); Intellectual Property (1); Litigation 2
1,192 6/2
8/7
Steen & Hamilton
and Arbitration (1); Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures (1); Private Equity (1); Tax (1);
White-Collar Defense, Securities Enforcement and Internal Investigations (1)
7 Weil, Gotshal & Manges
506
Manhattan
Banking & Finance (2); Litigation (2); Private Funds (2); Structured Finance & Derivatives 3
1,157 9/4
12/5
(2); Mergers & Acquisitions (1); Public Company Advisory (1); Restructuring (1); Tax (1)

8 Debevoise & Plimpton
423 Manhattan Corporate (5); Litigation (2); Tax (1)
2
595 3/3
8/7

9 Cravath, Swaine & Moore
401 Manhattan Corporate (3); Litigation (1)
4/4
430 6/6 0

10 Sidley Austin
362
Manhattan
Global Finance (5); Securities (4); Complex Commercial Litigation (3); Securities & 32/6 15
1,696 24/5
Derivatives Enforcement and Regulatory (3); Corporate Reorganization and Bank-
ruptcy (2); Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives (2); White Collar: Government
Litigation & Investigations (2); Antitrust/Competition (1); Food, Drug and Medical
Device Compliance and Enforcement (1); Insurance (1); Intellectual Property Litiga-
tion (1); International Arbitration (1); International Trade (1); Mergers & Acquisitions
(1); Private Equity (1); Real Estate (1); Tax (1); Technology & IP Transactions (1)
11 Kirkland & Ellis
354
Manhattan
Corporate (26); Litigation (26); Intellectual Property (18); Restructuring (3); Real Estate 1,554 80 / 18
82 / 14
24
(2); Tax (2); Antitrust & Competition (1); Debt Finance (1); Environmental Transactions
(1); Executive Compensation (1); Trusts & Estates (1)

12 Proskauer Rose
350 Manhattan Corporate (4); Litigation (2); Tax (2); Labor & Employment (1)
712 6/2 9/2
4
13 Latham & Watkins
345
Manhattan
Corporate (15); Project Development & Finance (3); Environment, Land & Resources (2); 4
2,060 27/4 25/5
Capital Markets (1); Intellectual Property (1); Litigation (1); Mergers & Acquisitions (1); Tax (1)

14 White & Case
343 Manhattan
Mergers & Acquisitions (7); Banking (5); Project Finance (5); Antitrust (4); Financial 3 1,895 18/1
37/4
Restructuring and Insolvency (4); International Arbitration (3); Capital Markets (2); Com-
mercial Litigation (2); Intellectual Property (2); Asset Finance (1); Tax (1); White Collar (1)

15 Wilson Elser Moskowitz 330
White Plains General Liability (3); Product Liability (3); Appellate (1); Employment (1); Professional 2
760 6/2
9/6
Edelman & Dicker
Manhattan Liability Defense (1)
Albany
16 Shearman & Sterling
328 Manhattan Litigation (4); Capital Markets (3); International Arbitration (2); Investment Funds (1); 1 809 7/1 13/5
Mergers & Acquisitions (1); Project Development & Finance (1); Tax (1)

17 Milbank, Tweed,
318
Manhattan
Leveraged Finance (3); Litigation & Arbitration (2); Communications, 1 592 6/4
9/3
Hadley & McCloy
Technology & Outsourcing (1); Corporate (1); Project Finance (1); Tax (1)
18 Schulte Roth & Zabel
313 Manhattan Tax (1) 0
346 1/1 1/1

19 Cahill Gordon & Reindel3
312 Manhattan TBA TBA 322 4/3 TBA

20 Fried, Frank, Harris, 308
Manhattan
TBA
TBA
450 5/1
TBA
Shriver & Jacobson3
21 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
307 Manhattan Litigation (9); Corporate (1); Labor and Employment (1); Real Estate (1) 4 1,154 7/0 12/4

22 Kasowitz, Benson,
303
Manhattan
Commercial Litigation (2); Intellectual Property Litigation (1)
1
372 7/6
3/2
Torres & Friedman

23 Willkie Farr & Gallagher
298 Manhattan Corporate and Financial Services (3); Asset Management (1); Communications, 0 526 8/6 9/7
Media & Privacy (1); Intellectual Property (1); Litigation (1); Private Clients (1); Tax (1)
24 Jones Day
275
Manhattan
Mergers & Acquisitions (6); Banking & Finance (5); Business Restructuring & Reorganization 16
2,464 34/2
42/1
(4); Business and Tort Litigation (4); Issues & Appeals (4); Labor & Employment (4); Intellec-
tual Property (3); Antitrust & Competition (2); Capital Markets (2); Global Disputes (2); Health
Care & Life Sciences (2); Energy (1); Projects & Infrastructure (1); Real Estate (1); Tax (1)

25 Kramer Levin 272
Manhattan
TBA
313 4/3 TBA TBA
Naftalis & Frankel3

SOURCE: Information obtained from press releases or provided directly from the firm.
1. Number of New York attorneys and total firm size as published in the NYLJ 100 special report of the New York Law Journal, June 16, 2014, where firms were ranked by number of lawyers in their New York office(s). Firms that
tied were ranked equally and listed alphabetically.
2. The figures listed reflect the previous and most recent rounds of partner promotions to ensure consistency in comparisons. Due to firms announcing promotions at different times of the year, the previous round of promo-
tions reflect new partners promoted in 2013 and/or as of January 2014, and the current round of promotions reflect new partners effective in 2014 and/or as of January 2015.
3. New partners not announced as of the date of publication.