Just my perspective. Largely agree with your ranking. I'll also note the gap from 1 to 2 is large, but from 2 to 3 is minimal.Anonymous User wrote:Here's a quick rundown for transactional-only in no particular order within tiers. Note that some of this is influenced by growth/perception of where the office is going (which is relevant to any incoming summer) as much as pure reputation with clients. I may also be forgetting some firms. Note that the gap between tier 1 and tier 2 is substantial.Anonymous User wrote:The Dallas thread had a sort of general rundown of the bands or tiers of the Dallas firms, I'd love that for Houston if anyone is willing or just insight about the various Houston offices.
I have somewhere around 13 Houston CBs--Latham and Kirkland coming up next week, Morgan Lewis, Akin Gump, Bracewell, and some of the newer out of town firms that have set up shop. Have any of y'all gotten dings from anyone?
Tier 1: KE, VE, Sidley, LW and maybe BB (trending down)
Tier 2: Maybe BB, maybe Sherman (uncertainty as to where it will end up), maybe GD (uncertainty as to where it will end up)
Tier 3: maybe Sherman, maybe GD, Akin, JD (has a reputation for being a weird place), maybe AK (trending down), STB (name prestige) and Skadden (name prestige)
Tier 4: maybe AK, Bracewell, JW, TK, MB, LL, maybe Porter Hedges (sort of in a different game).
Tier 1: VE (strongest), KE (rising), BB (slow bleed)
Tier 2: Sidley (rising), LW (loss of Wheeler is pretty big, but we will see)
Tier 3: Akin, AK (bleeding), Bracewell, Orrick (rising, taking the AK public finance group was a nice move), GD (rising), NRT (bleeding).
Tier 4: JW, Skadden, STB, TK, LL, Wilkie, Sherman.