{"id":139139,"date":"2025-12-16T16:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T00:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/16\/the-2025-outside-counsel-rankings-top-law-firms-by-industry\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T00:23:32","slug":"the-2025-outside-counsel-rankings-top-law-firms-by-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/16\/the-2025-outside-counsel-rankings-top-law-firms-by-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2025 Outside Counsel Rankings: Top Law Firms By Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/outside-counsel-rankings-2025-01-2.png?resize=640%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1174403\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, we released our <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Outside Counsel Rankings<\/a>, an annual look at the Biglaw firms corporate law departments depend on most. Today, we highlight the firms rated highest by in-house counsel based on the industries in which they work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on survey responses from more than 500 GCs and in-house lawyers, we\u2019ve compiled rankings for three industries: Finance\/Banking, Healthcare\/Life Sciences, and Technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While six law firms made the list for more than one industry, just one \u2014 Latham &amp; Watkins \u2014 appears in all three industry categories. (Latham was also the only firm to make all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2024\/#industries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">industry rankings in 2024<\/a>.) All six firms are featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/#top-tier-firms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Top Tier<\/a> of our overall ranking across sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The following law firms are top ranked in more than one industry this year:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Latham* (Finance, Healthcare, Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Cooley* (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<li>Jones Day (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<li>Kirkland &amp; Ellis* (Finance, Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Sidley Austin (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<li>WilmerHale (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">*Also ranked in these categories in 2024<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all the recognized firms!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To see who else made the cut, check out the full set of <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/#industries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">industry rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/#industries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/button_check-out-the-industry-rankings_2025-1.png?resize=460%2C60&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1174827\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/12\/the-2025-outside-counsel-rankings-top-law-firms-by-industry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 2025 Outside Counsel Rankings: Top Law Firms By Industry<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/outside-counsel-rankings-2025-01-2.png?resize=640%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1174403\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, we released our <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Outside Counsel Rankings<\/a>, an annual look at the Biglaw firms corporate law departments depend on most. Today, we highlight the firms rated highest by in-house counsel based on the industries in which they work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on survey responses from more than 500 GCs and in-house lawyers, we\u2019ve compiled rankings for three industries: Finance\/Banking, Healthcare\/Life Sciences, and Technology.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While six law firms made the list for more than one industry, just one \u2014 Latham &amp; Watkins \u2014 appears in all three industry categories. (Latham was also the only firm to make all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2024\/#industries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">industry rankings in 2024<\/a>.) All six firms are featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/#top-tier-firms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Top Tier<\/a> of our overall ranking across sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The following law firms are top ranked in more than one industry this year:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Latham* (Finance, Healthcare, Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Cooley* (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<li>Jones Day (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<li>Kirkland &amp; Ellis* (Finance, Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Sidley Austin (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<li>WilmerHale (Finance, Healthcare)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">*Also ranked in these categories in 2024<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all the recognized firms!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To see who else made the cut, check out the full set of <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/#industries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">industry rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/top-outside-counsel-rankings-2025\/#industries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"460\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/12\/button_check-out-the-industry-rankings_2025-1.png?resize=460%2C60&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1174827\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/12\/the-2025-outside-counsel-rankings-top-law-firms-by-industry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 2025 Outside Counsel Rankings: Top Law Firms By Industry<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we released our Outside Counsel Rankings, an annual look at the Biglaw firms corporate law departments depend on most. Today, we highlight the firms rated highest by in-house counsel based on the industries in which they work.\u00a0 Drawing on survey responses from more than 500 GCs and in-house lawyers, we\u2019ve compiled rankings for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/button_check-out-the-industry-rankings_2025-1-tA9Eag.webp?fit=460%2C60&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}