Which Law Firms Have the Most Partners in Each Fund Strategy
More lawyers list private equity funds than any other strategy: 743 at 40 firms, led by Kirkland & Ellis (138). The table gives each strategy’s three biggest benches and the city with the most of its lawyers.
1,288 fund lawyers at 41 firms. Counts as of Oct 24, 2026, from the firms’ own bio pages.
By strategy
Each strategy opens its firm ranking where there is one, else its list of lawyers.
| Strategy | Lawyers | Firms | Most partners listed | Biggest city |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private equity funds | 743 | 40 | Kirkland & Ellis (138), Proskauer Rose (48), Sidley Austin (44) | New York (352) |
| Funds regulatory | 526 | 38 | Kirkland & Ellis (86), Dechert (43), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (35) | New York (240) |
| Private credit funds | 511 | 36 | Kirkland & Ellis (103), Proskauer Rose (38), Dechert (31) | New York (286) |
| Secondaries | 466 | 37 | Kirkland & Ellis (114), Proskauer Rose (37), Sidley Austin (28) | New York (248) |
| Real estate funds | 407 | 37 | Kirkland & Ellis (69), Greenberg Traurig (27), Mayer Brown (23) | New York (187) |
| Hedge funds | 394 | 37 | Sidley Austin (42), McDermott Will & Schulte (31), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (31) | New York (203) |
| Venture funds | 391 | 37 | Kirkland & Ellis (56), Gunderson Dettmer (45), Proskauer Rose (33) | New York (167) |
| Infrastructure funds | 208 | 32 | Kirkland & Ellis (46), Debevoise & Plimpton (17), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (14) | New York (131) |
| Fund finance | 176 | 30 | Haynes and Boone (23), King & Spalding (15), Mayer Brown (14) | New York (96) |
| Fund tax | 154 | 36 | Proskauer Rose (12), Greenberg Traurig (10), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (10) | New York (75) |
How we counted
A partner counts toward every strategy the firm’s bio page lists for them, so one partner can count in several rows. Firms are in order of how many partners they list: a count, not a rating.
Facts only: nobody is ranked against anyone else, and nobody pays to be listed. Anyone listed can claim their profile and correct it. How the directory works.