RANKED BY NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Corporate attorneys handle a wide range of transactions, financing and M&A deals. At top corporate firm Kirkland & Ellis, Los Angeles-based attorneys served as lead counsel on announced deals that totaled more than $16 billion in 2024. That included six deals greater than $1 billion. Other major matters include advising Energy Capital Partners on a $6.7-billion closing of its fifth flagship equity strategy, which surpassed the fund’s $4-billion target. On the debt side, Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo in its all-cash acquisition of Darktrace plc., a cybersecurity company, in a transaction that included $2.3 billion of debt financing.
Attorneys at Proskauer advised Los Angeles-based investment firm Shamrock Capital on the closing of two funds last year that had approximately $1.6 billion in assets combined. At Los Angeles-based Greenberg Glusker, notable transactions include advising apparel brand Off Season on the launch of the company. Meanwhile, the attorneys in the Los Angeles office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP represented Stone Point Capital on the debt financing aspects of its $15.5-billion acquisition of Truist Insurance Holdings.
Overall, the 25 largest corporate practice groups employ approximately 1,000 attorneys in local offices. *
1
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700, Los Angeles
555 S. Flower St., Suite 3700, Los Angeles
kirkland.com
2
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
400 S. Hope St., Suite 1900, Los Angeles
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Eighth Floor, Los Angeles
omm.com
3
GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
2029 Century Park East, Suite 4000, Los Angeles
333 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
gibsondunn.com
4
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER AND HAMPTON LLP
350 S. Grand Ave., 40th Floor, Los Angeles
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1600, Los Angeles
sheppardmullin.com
5
ORRICK
355 S. Grand Ave., Ste. 2700, Los Angeles
120 Broadway, Fourth Floor, Santa Monica
orrick.com
6
COOLEY LLP
1333 Second St., Suite 400, Santa Monica
355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 900, Los Angeles
cooley.com
7
DLA PIPER
2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 400 North Tower, Los Angeles
dlapiper.com
8
PAUL HASTINGS
515 S. Flower St., 25th Floor, Los Angeles
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 27th Floor, Los Angeles
paulhastings.com
9
HOLLAND & KNIGHT
400 S. Hope St., Eighth Floor, Los Angeles
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1200, Los Angeles
hklaw.com
10
LOEB & LOEB LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200, Los Angeles
loeb.com
11
MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS LLP
2049 Century Park East, Suite 1700, Los Angeles
manatt.com
12
PACHULSKI STANG ZIEHL & JONES LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 13th Floor, Los Angeles
pszjlaw.com
13
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP
2029 Century Park East, Suite 2900, Los Angeles
willkie.com
14
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 200N, Los Angeles
skadden.com
15
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
333 S. Grand Ave., 47th Floor, Los Angeles
winston.com
16
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
2029 Century Park East, Los Angeles
proskauer.com
17
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
555 S Flower St., Suite 3300, Los Angeles
foley.com
18
STUBBS ALDERTON & MARKILES LLP
15260 Ventura Blvd., 20th Floor, Sherman Oaks
stubbsalderton.com
19
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP
1840 Century Park East, Suite 1900, Los Angeles
gtlaw.com/en
20
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 600, Los Angeles
akingump.com
21
GREENBERG GLUSKER LLP
2049 Century Park East, Suite 2600, Los Angeles
greenbergglusker.com
22
TROY GOULD
1801 Century Park East, Suite 1600, Los Angeles
troygould.com
23
MCGUIREWOODS LLP
1800 Century Park East, Eighth Floor, Los Angeles
355 S. Grand Ave., Suite 4200, Los Angeles
mcguirewoods.com
24
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
2029 Century Park East, Suite 2000, Los Angeles
paulweiss.com
25
BAKERHOSTETLER
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2700, Los Angeles
bakerlaw.com
