Directors & Boards': 2010 top corporate governance law firms.

• Position: Survey

Directors & Boards presents its fourth annual ranking of top law firms specializing in corporate governance issues. These rankings represent the unaided (fill in the blank) responses from 356 respondents to our legal services survey, which was conducted in September 2010.

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We asked directors to name up to three law firms which they felt were best in each of the following categories: general corporate governance issues, director liability, board level and board level M&A. Additionally, we asked directors to choose one corporate governance law firm which they felt could best represent their board. We used the answers to this question to break any ties.

The lists below represent law firms which are top-of-mind among our survey respondents.

Because of the broad base of governance professionals represented in our survey database, we used only the responses of public, private and non-profit company directors to create these lists.

The top 10 responses in each category are presented here.

Best in Dealing with General Corporate Governance Issues 2010 Rank 2009 Rank 1 2 Wachtel Lipton Rosen & Katz 2 1 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom 3 6 Weil Gotschal & Manges 4 NR Holland & Knight 5 NR King &amp...