Biglaw Firms On The 'Leading Edge': The Firms Clients Turn To For Change (2024)

Thanks to the rise of new technologies like artificial intelligence, corporate clients are thinking about how to best reshape their business models to compete in our innovative new world. Which Biglaw firms have come out on top and are considered to be on the leading edge of these changes when it comes to advising their clients? Thanks to a new ranking, we’re about to find out.

The BTI Consulting Group set out to find which firms are truly delivering when it comes to advising clients on how they should be future-proofing their businesses. These are the firms that are tops when it comes to the following tasks:

SERVE AS THE SOURCE OF NEW IDEAS:
Hungry for innovation and transformation in-house counsel seek law firms to help brainstorm their way ahead of the curve.

DEVELOP BRAND NEW STRATEGIES AND THINKING:
Clients want brand new thinking to help deliver new approaches to their business — and the legal issues they are likely to face.

BRING TECH SAVVY IN DELIVERING SERVICES:
Your tech-savvy delivery sends a high-value message about how your firm invests in improving its performance and capabilities.

USE AND UNDERSTAND KEY ASPECTS OF GENERATIVE AI:
Clients believe the firms adopting Generative AI are best suited to help them evaluate and anticipate the legal implications of their plans.

OFFER CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF EXISTING RULES AND REGULATIONS:
Clients want the secret sauce to being able to get something done. They believe it lies in the new and creative interpretations — it offers up answers the naysayers don’t bring.

According to BTI Consulting Group’s report, 121 firms have been identified as the best equipped to meet client’s new leading-edge expectations. Here are the top 33 firms that are considered the best of the best at helping clients implement strategic change (in alphabetical order):

Alston & Bird
Arnold & Porter
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Cooley
Davis Wright Tremaine
Dentons
DLA Piper
Fenwick & West
Goodwin
Greenberg Traurig
Gunderson Dettmer
Holland & Knight
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jones Day
Kilpatrick Townsend
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Littler
Morgan Lewis
Morrison & Foerster
Norton Rose Fulbright
Ogletree Deakins
Orrick
Paul Hastings
Perkins Coie
Ropes & Gray
Seyfarth Shaw
Sheppard Mullin
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Sidley
Skadden
Troutman Pepper
Wilson Sonsini

Congratulations to all of the firms that made the list. You’ve proven yourselves to be outstanding when it comes to making corporate clients happy, and that’s worth celebrating.

Clients Single Out the Law Firms on the Leading Edge: Helping Clients Implement Strategic Change [BTI Consulting Group]

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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.