June 4, 2026
Willkie has once again earned extensive recognition as a market leader in the 2026 edition of Chambers USA, an annual guide to the top law firms and attorneys across the country. The firm was recognized for excellence across its nationwide platform, receiving a total of 64 practice area rankings and 155 individual rankings.
Willkie earned 31 USA - Nationwide rankings across its transactional and litigation practices as well as numerous exceptional rankings in the California, District of Columbia, Illinois, New York and Texas jurisdictions. The scope and caliber of the rankings reflect the firm’s comprehensive capabilities, its sustained and broad-based growth, and the success of its practitioners at the industry’s leading edge.
Notably, the firm continued to garner a greater number of rankings as well as higher rankings across its platform year-over-year. In the 2026 guide, Willkie gained four new practice area rankings and eight higher practice area rankings in addition to 26 new individual rankings and 22 elevated individual rankings.
The firm or its attorneys are recognized in the following areas:
- Accountant and Auditor Liability
- Antitrust (including Litigation Specialists)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
- Corporate Crime & Investigations
- Corporate/M&A (including Shareholder Activism)
- Derivatives (including Mainly Regulatory)
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Energy (Transition; Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation); Oil & Gas (Transactional))
- Environment: Mainly Transactional
- ERISA Litigation
- FCPA
- Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement)
- Hedge Funds
- Insurance (Dispute Resolution: Insurer; Insurer; Transactional & Regulatory)
- Intellectual Property (including Patent)
- International Trade (CFIUS Experts, Export Controls & Economic Sanctions)
- Investment Funds (Investor Representation; Regulatory & Compliance)
- Litigation (General Commercial; Securities; Trial Lawyers; White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations)
- Media & Entertainment (Litigation; Music; Transactional)
- Privacy & Data Security: Privacy
- Private Equity: Buyouts (including High-end Capability; Mid-Market)
- Private Equity: Fund Formation
- Projects (including Power & Renewables: Transactional; Renewables & Alternative Energy)
- Real Estate (including Mainly Corporate & Finance; Mainly Dirt)
- Registered Funds
- Securities (Litigation; Regulation: Enforcement)
- Sports Law (including Esports)
- Tax (including Corporate & Finance)
- Technology
- Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite
View Willkie’s rankings in Chambers USA 2026 here.