Top Legal Advisers by Number of Deals

+++ 1998 bank & thrift mergers through June 30 (Excludes terminated deals)

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Announced

Rank Firm no. of deals

1 Alston & Bird LLP 15

2 Jenkens & GilchristPC (2) 13

3 Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy 13

4 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 11

5 Sullivan & Cromwell 11

6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 9

7 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP (2) 9

8 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 8

9 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 8

10 Silver, Freedman & Taff 7

11 Gerrish & McCreary, PC 7

12 Bracewell & Patterson LLP 7

13 Duane, Morris & Heckscher 7

14 Fredrikson & Byron PA (2) 7

15 Arnold & Porter 6

16 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs 6

17 Thompson Coburn 6

18 Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom 6

19 Graham & Dunn 6

20 Werner & Blank Co. LPA 6

21 Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville (1) 5

22 Malizia, Spidi, Sloane & FischPC 5

23 Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch 5

24 Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum, Perlman & Nage 5

25 Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP 5

26 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 4

27 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 4

28 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 4

29 Housley Kantarian & Bronstein, PC 4

30 Hogan & Hartson 4

31 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 4

32 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4

33 Balch & Bingham 4

34 Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons LLP 4

35 Haskell Slaughter & Young, LLC 4

36 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 3

37 Foster Pepper & Shefelman (2) 3

38 Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease 3

39 Baker & Daniels 3

40 Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell 3

41 Brown, Todd & Heyburn PLLC 3

42 Lewis, Rice & Fingersh LC 3

43 McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen 3

44 Howard & Howard Attorneys 3

45 Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (1) 2

46 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLC 2

47 Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli 2

48 Brouse & McDowell (1) 2

49 Patton Boggs LLP (1) 2

50 Day, Berry & Howard (1) 2

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Deal value

Rank Firm ($ millions)

1 Alston & Bird LLP $6,014.00

2 Jenkens & GilchristPC (2) 575.2

3 Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy 473.1

4 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 134,525.90

5 Sullivan & Cromwell 47,548.70

6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 141,926.40

7 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP (2) 238

8 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 81,116.10

9 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 1,221.00

10 Silver, Freedman & Taff 2,746.40

11 Gerrish & McCreary, PC 227.8

12 Bracewell & Patterson LLP 148.9

13 Duane, Morris & Heckscher 101.6

14 Fredrikson & Byron PA (2) N/A

15 Arnold & Porter 3,408.70

16 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs 781.6

17 Thompson Coburn 715.9

18 Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom 201.7

19 Graham & Dunn 147.4

20 Werner & Blank Co. LPA 49.5

21 Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somervill 2,979.60

22 Malizia, Spidi, Sloane & FischPC 747

23 Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch 579.8

24 Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum, Perl 439.4

25 Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP 323.4

26 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jaco 65,037.30

27 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 3,645.70

28 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 3,012.70

29 Housley Kantarian & Bronstein, PC 865.7

30 Hogan & Hartson 764.7

31 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 574.5

32 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 381.5

33 Balch & Bingham 56.7

34 Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons LLP 21.1

35 Haskell Slaughter & Young, LLC 7

36 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 10,025.70

37 Foster Pepper & Shefelman (2) 9,916.00

38 Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease 922.1

39 Baker & Daniels 118.6

40 Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell 100.4

41 Brown, Todd & Heyburn PLLC 75.1

42 Lewis, Rice & Fingersh LC 59.4

43 McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen 43.9

44 Howard & Howard Attorneys 15.6

45 Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (1) 999.1

46 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLC 374.4

47 Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli 307

48 Brouse & McDowell (1) 270.4

49 Patton Boggs LLP (1) 256.2

50 Day, Berry & Howard (1) 245.7 ===

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