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1998 bank & thrift mergers through June 30
Ranked by announced deal value
(Excludes terminated deals)
Announced Deal value
Rank Firm no. of deals ($ millions)
1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flo 2 $74,445.20
2 Shearman & Sterling (1) 1 74,313.40
3 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 3 2,875.80
4 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (1) 1 1,764.00
5 Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP 3 1,176.60
6 Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette (1) 1 1,078.00
7 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 1 1,044.50
8 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 1 1,044.50
9 Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch 5 579.8
10 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 2 271.9