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Top ranked firms

Each of the 100 firms was rated through the eyes of a law firm’s external target audience and measured against 100+ criteria, including several new metrics covering engagement (website functionality and the social media channels used) and evidence (brand and content on website and social media). Below reveals each law firm's engagement, evidence and total score, along with their ranking and classification.
 
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No. 1

Hogan Lovells

Overall score: 86.08%

81.33%
90.83%
  • = Engagement
  • = Evidence
No. 2

Reed Smith

Overall score: 82.08%

77.50%
86.67%
  • = Engagement
  • = Evidence
No. 3

Akin

Overall score: 81.42%

72.00%
90.83%
  • = Engagement
  • = Evidence

Key

  • Determined
  • Energetic
  • Focused
  • Lacklustre
2026 Rankings Firm name 2025 Rankings Law.com Top 200, 2026 Score /1200 Overall % score Category
4
Sheppard 90 58 957 79.75%
D
5
Troutman Pepper Locke 69 62 916 76.33%
D
6
Husch Blackwell 96 915 76.25%
D
7
Bird & Bird 3 91 911 75.92%
D
8
Simmons & Simmons 15 84 909 75.75%
D
9
Pinsent Masons 6 76 894 74.50%
F
10
Mayer Brown 4 33 890 74.17%
F
11
Squire Patton Boggs 59 50 883 73.58%
E
12
Addleshaw Goddard 50 97 876 73.00%
E
13
Eversheds Sutherland 8 39 875 72.92%
F
14
DLA Piper 5 3 872 72.67%
F
15
Freshfields 11 13 864 72.00%
F
16
Seyfarth Shaw 7 73 861 71.75%
E
17
Gowling WLG 13 88 847 70.58%
E
18
Linklaters 48 14 840 70.00%
E
19
Cooley 61 29 834 69.50%
F
20
Vinson & Elkins 32 70 833 69.42%
E
21
Littler Mendelson 85 92 830 69.17%
F
22
Covington & Burling 18 36 829 69.08%
E
23
A&O Shearman 30 4 828 69.00%
E
24
O'Melveny & Myers 42 67 821 68.42%
F
25
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 9 79 819 68.25%
E
26
Hunton Andrews Kurth 39 75 816 68.00%
E
27
Clifford Chance 33 12 808 67.33%
E
28
Dentons 53 18 807 67.25%
E
29
McDermott Will & Schutle 31 28 803 66.92%
F
30
Orrick 49 42 802 66.83%
E
31
CMS 14 26 802 66.83%
E
32
Ashurst 10 53 801 66.75%
F
33
Slaughter and May 20 77 799 66.58%
E
34
Sidley Austin 25 7 796 66.33%
F
35
Baker McKenzie 12 9 793 66.08%
F
36
White & Case 19 10 790 65.83%
E
37
Clyde & Co. 51 66 786 65.50%
F
38
Morrison & Foerster 22 47 775 64.58%
F
39
Fox Rothschild 29 85 773 64.42%
F
40
Fragomen 17 74 770 64.17%
F
41
Perkins Coie 16 56 761 63.42%
F
42
Wilson Sonsini 58 46 758 63.17%
E
43
Norton Rose Fulbright 46 24 751 62.58%
F
44
Morgan Lewis 36 11 750 62.50%
F
45
Taft 98 749 62.42%
F
46
Latham & Watkins 37 2 747 62.25%
F
47
Goodwin Procter 26 23 746 62.17%
F
48
Polsinelli 23 71 744 62.00%
E
49
Herbert Smith Freehills 44 37 742 61.83%
F
50
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani 62 86 740 61.67%
E
51
Baker & Hostetler 68 69 739 61.58%
E
52
Fenwick 27 83 736 61.33%
F
53
Foley & Lardner 38 54 728 60.67%
F
54
Venable 75 80 718 59.83%
L
55
Blakes 35 94 711 59.25%
L
56
Mintz 34 99 709 59.08%
L
57
Proskauer Rose 43 49 699 58.25%
L
58
Fried Frank 21 63 698 58.17%
L
59
Davis Polk 74 21 697 58.08%
L
60
Weill 54 32 694 57.83%
L
61
Winston & Strawn 64 55 688 57.33%
L
62
Dechert 77 43 687 57.25%
L
63
Arnold & Porter 47 61 686 57.17%
L
64
Paul, Weiss 86 19 682 56.83%
L
65
K&L Gates 65 52 674 56.17%
L
66
Jackson Lewis 40 100 668 55.67%
L
67
Barnes & Thornburg 67 89 665 55.42%
L
68
Alston & Bird 56 51 659 54.92%
L
69
McGuireWoods 70 64 658 54.83%
L
70
Ropes & Gray 82 8 657 54.75%
L
71
Ogletree 45 93 651 54.25%
L
72
Jones Day 76 17 649 54.08%
L
73
Holland & Knight 55 31 642 53.50%
L
74
Wilmer 79 41 627 52.25%
L
75
Greenberg Traurig 24 20 623 51.92%
L
76
Kirkland & Ellis 66 1 622 51.83%
L
77
Paul Hastings 57 27 619 51.58%
L
78
Simpson Thacher 72 16 617 51.42%
L
79
Nelson Mullins 83 72 616 51.33%
L
80
King & Spalding 93 25 615 51.25%
L
81
Cleary Gottlieb 71 38 606 50.50%
L
82
Cozen O'Connor 80 95 601 50.08%
L
83
Lewis Brisbois 87 87 601 50.08%
L
84
Quinn Emanuel 95 22 598 49.83%
L
85
Gibson Dunn 91 6 592 49.33%
L
86
Milbank 52 34 591 49.25%
L
87
Pillsbury 63 82 586 48.83%
L
88
Willkie 88 35 583 48.58%
L
89
Sullivan & Cromwell 92 30 580 48.33%
L
90
Baker Botts 73 81 572 47.67%
L
91
King & Wood Mallesons 78 57 563 46.92%
L
92
Faegre Drinker 84 68 561 46.75%
L
93
Blank Rome 81 90 536 44.67%
L
94
Katten 89 78 531 44.25%
L
95
Skadden 60 5 530 44.17%
L
96
Cravath 97 59 510 42.50%
L
97
Debevoise & Plimpton 96 40 475 39.58%
L
98
Yingke 48 350 29.17%
L
99
Kim & Chang 65 339 28.25%
L
100
Wachtell Lipton 99 60 334 27.83%
L

Note: The 100 firms rated in our analysis are taken from the ' 2025 Global 200 ranked by revenue' released by Law.com. Firms ranked 90th or below by Law.com may appear in our Living Ratings analysis one year, but not the next, as each firm's revenue changes. If your law firm was in our 2025 analysis but not in this year's, please contact us for a bespoke Ratings.

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