Legal 500 United States Volume 4: Real Estate, Labor and Employment, and Tax Welcome to the fourth of four volumes of The Legal 500 US. This volume covers Real Estate, Labor & Employment, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and Tax. We provide independent, unbiased commentary on the leading law firms - and lawyers - in the US and in the rest of the world.

Real Estate: Land of Hope and Glory Apart from a few notable exceptions, boutique real estate firms have been swallowed up by the larger national and international law firms eager to access rich clients that can be cross-sold more business services. But this is increasingly becoming a game of contacts, responsiveness and business acumen. From dirt law and land use to the buying and selling of property portfolios, we pick out the leaders. Read more...

Labor and Employment: Working 9 to 5 The firms practising in this area tend to fall into two strata – on the one hand, full-service firms with substantial employment practices, and on the other, boutique employment firms that exclusively practice employment law. The rankings do not distinguish between the two types, instead grading the firms on their ability to deliver cutting-edge counseling on bet-the-company employment issues, including employee relations and employee mobility. Read more...

Executive Compensation: A Fistful of Dollars? Strategically, no self-respecting deal shop can afford not to offer well-developed executive compensation capabilities. However, rather than performing a pure support function, the firms included in this section are those whose executive compensation practices have made a name for themselves above and beyond involvement in deal work. Read more...