Ticker LaunchUS IPO law firms league table, since 2019
The most active US IPO law firms since 2019, ranked by deals as company counsel. Latham & Watkins ranks first with 137 deals.
All years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
| # | Firm | Company counsel | Underwriters' counsel | Proceeds, as company counsel | Median deal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latham & Watkins | 137 | 206 | $73.91B | $239M |
| 2 | Cooley | 120 | 107 | $44.96B | $193.6M |
| 3 | Davis Polk | 63 | 173 | $28.9B | $258M |
| 4 | Goodwin Procter | 63 | 57 | $15.35B | $190M |
| 5 | Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li | 60 | 38 | $860.8M | $8M |
| 6 | Ortoli Rosenstadt | 54 | 15 | $511.5M | $8M |
| 7 | Wilson Sonsini | 51 | 16 | $18.62B | $178M |
| 8 | Skadden, Arps | 49 | 38 | $26.22B | $227.3M |
| 9 | Kirkland & Ellis | 48 | 16 | $26.51B | $368.4M |
| 10 | Loeb & Loeb | 47 | 38 | $539.7M | $8.5M |
| 11 | Simpson Thacher | 35 | 47 | $21.27B | $382.5M |
| 12 | Ellenoff Grossman & Schole | 31 | 47 | $481.3M | $11.6M |
| 13 | Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel | 31 | 41 | $304.2M | $8.8M |
| 14 | Han Kun | 29 | 7 | $6.91B | $36.1M |
| 15 | Fenwick & West | 28 | 7 | $13.64B | $208.4M |
| 16 | Sheppard Mullin | 24 | 19 | $422.8M | $11.5M |
| 17 | Lucosky Brookman | 23 | 19 | $246.2M | $12M |
| 18 | Sidley Austin | 21 | 14 | $4.91B | $136.8M |
| 19 | Bevilacqua | 21 | 11 | $189.4M | $7.5M |
| 20 | Jingtian & Gongcheng | 20 | 19 | $557.4M | $12M |
| 21 | Ropes & Gray | 19 | 24 | $9.63B | $325M |
| 22 | Gibson Dunn | 17 | 4 | $78.46B | $215.7M |
| 23 | Whalen | 17 | 1 | $10.81B | $492.9M |
| 24 | WilmerHale | 16 | 15 | $2.51B | $131.1M |
| 25 | Sullivan & Worcester | 16 | 10 | $204.8M | $13.5M |
| 26 | DLA Piper | 14 | 9 | $1.11B | $58.1M |
| 27 | Gunderson Dettmer | 13 | 0 | $3.95B | $168M |
| 28 | Dentons | 13 | 11 | $560.2M | $25M |
| 29 | Venable | 12 | 5 | $8.97B | $250.8M |
| 30 | Greenberg Traurig | 12 | 7 | $870.6M | $13.5M |
| 31 | Winston & Strawn | 12 | 11 | $445M | $15M |
| 32 | Pryor Cashman | 12 | 13 | $220.6M | $10.6M |
| 33 | King & Wood Mallesons | 11 | 11 | $3.05B | $94.3M |
| 34 | Commerce & Finance | 11 | 8 | $984.9M | $50M |
| 35 | K&L Gates | 11 | 3 | $307M | $8M |
| 36 | Carmel, Milazzo & Feil | 11 | 16 | $140.4M | $10.5M |
| 37 | AllBright | 11 | 6 | $85.8M | $7.3M |
| 38 | White & Case | 10 | 10 | $5.79B | $454.1M |
| 39 | Paul, Weiss | 10 | 2 | $4.23B | $401.1M |
| 40 | Tian Yuan | 10 | 10 | $1.8B | $89.6M |
| 41 | Robinson & Cole | 10 | 7 | $88M | $8M |
| 42 | JunHe | 9 | 10 | $1.04B | $74.8M |
| 43 | China Commercial Law Firm | 9 | 1 | $76.2M | $6.4M |
| 44 | Cleary Gottlieb | 8 | 22 | $32.04B | $472M |
| 45 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 8 | 8 | $6.02B | $466.2M |
| 46 | Vinson & Elkins | 8 | 6 | $1.76B | $253.8M |
| 47 | Zhong Lun | 8 | 9 | $1.14B | $20.4M |
| 48 | Baker McKenzie | 8 | 2 | $474.2M | $20.2M |
| 49 | Schiff Hardin | 8 | 11 | $107.1M | $14.4M |
| 50 | Rajah & Tann | 8 | 3 | $74.8M | $11.2M |
Counsel as named in each final prospectus's Legal Matters section. Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda counsel are left out. Based on the 1491 deals with counsel on record.
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