Skadden has been recognized as a top-ranked firm in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA. The firm received 114 practice area rankings, including 41 practices ranked in the Band 1 tier. Additionally, Skadden attorneys received 243 recognitions total, including 52 Band 1 and two Star Individual recognitions.
Chambers USA recognizes “the very best legal talent” through “objective research, client feedback and evidence of work quality.”
Read on for more information about the firm’s Band 1 practice rankings.
Nationwide Band 1 firm rankings:
- Antitrust
- Asset Management M&A
- Corporate/M&A: The Elite
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
- Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
- Political Law
- REITs
- Securities: Litigation
- Securities: Regulation: Advisory
- Sports Law
- Tax: Controversy
- Tax: Corporate & Finance
California Band 1 firm rankings:
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Corporate/M&A: Deals in Asia
- Corporate/M&A: The Elite (Los Angeles & Surrounds)
- Corporate/M&A: The Elite (San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surrounds)
- Litigation: Securities
- Tax (Northern California)
Delaware Band 1 firm ranking:
- Chancery
District of Columbia Band 1 firm rankings:
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Tax
Illinois Band 1 firm rankings:
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Tax
Massachusetts Band 1 firm ranking:
- Litigation: Securities
New York Band 1 firm rankings:
- Antitrust
- Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense
- Corporate/M&A: The Elite
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets: Transactional
- Labor & Employment: Transactional
- Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
- Litigation: Securities
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: The Elite
- Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
- Tax
- Technology