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Northeast

Deal Value

($ millions)

1 Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom $74,972.70

2 Shearman & Sterling (1) 74,318.40

3 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 11,326.80

4 Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 10,444.90

5 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jaco10,282.40

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 10,282.40

7 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 2,955.00

8 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (1) 1,764.00

9 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 1,481.60

10 Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette 1,424.00

North Central

Deal Value

($ millions)

1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom$2,450.60

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 2,450.60

3 Alston & Bird 2,250.00

4 Housley Kantarian & Bronstein (2) 311.9

5 Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Bre 283.6

6 Sidley & Austin (1) 173.5

- Thompson Coburn (1) (2) 173.5

8 Stinson, Mag & Fizzell 100.8

9 Lindquist & Vennum 84.3

10 Suelthaus & Walsh (1) 83

Southeast

Deal Value

($ millions)

1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom$9,985.00

2 King & Spalding 9,652.70

3 Hunton & Williams 9,606.30

4 Alston & Bird 1,374.40

5 Arnold & Porter 1,232.60

6 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 944.2

7 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 703.6

- Taft, Stettinius & Hollister (1) 703.6

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 703.6

10 Flippin, Densmore, Morse, Rutherford 559.3

Southeast

Deal Value

($ millions)

1 Alston & Bird $2,824.30

- Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somervill 2,824.30

3 Friday, Eldredge & Clark 2,728.40

4 Arnold & Porter 2,715.40

5 Jenkens & Gilchrist (2) 269.8

6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 254.4

- Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 254.4

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 254.4

9 Bracewell & Patterson (2) 235.7

10 Crowe & Dunlevy 227.5

West

Deal Value

($ millions)

1 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $110,116.50

2 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 99,780.80

3 Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore 62,029.20

4 Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 46,288.50

5 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jaco35,067.40

6 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 10,014.50

7 Foster Pepper & Shefelman (2) 10,002.20

8 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 3,245.80

9 Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (1) 1,043.90

10 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 971.3

Midwest

Deal Value

($ millions)

1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $38,565.00

2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 37,036.20

3 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jaco29,807.50

4 Foley & Lardner (2) 7,389.60

5 Silver, Freedman & Taff (2) 2,448.50

6 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 1,630.00

7 Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 1,182.00

8 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease (2) 1,109.60

9 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 866

10 Brouse & McDowell 752.3

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Northeast

Number of

Deals

1 Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom 4

2 Shearman & Sterling (1) 2

3 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 2

4 Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 3

5 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jaco 1

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 1

7 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 5

8 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (1) 1

9 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 2

10 Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette 4

North Central

Number of

Deals

1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 2

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 2

3 Alston & Bird 1

4 Housley Kantarian & Bronstein (2) 3

5 Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Bre 2

6 Sidley & Austin (1) 1

- Thompson Coburn (1) (2) 3

8 Stinson, Mag & Fizzell 5

9 Lindquist & Vennum 4

10 Suelthaus & Walsh (1) 1

Southeast

Number of

Deals

1 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 3

2 King & Spalding 3

3 Hunton & Williams 1

4 Alston & Bird 17

5 Arnold & Porter 6

6 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 4

7 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 1

- Taft, Stettinius & Hollister (1) 1

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 1

10 Flippin, Densmore, Morse, Rutherford 2

Southeast

Number of

Deals

1 Alston & Bird 3

- Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somervill 3

3 Friday, Eldredge & Clark 2

4 Arnold & Porter 1

5 Jenkens & Gilchrist (2) 22

6 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 1

- Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 2

- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 1

9 Bracewell & Patterson (2) 12

10 Crowe & Dunlevy 3

West

Number of

Deals

1 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 5

2 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 4

3 Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore 1

4 Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 10

5 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jaco 2

6 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 3

7 Foster Pepper & Shefelman (2) 5

8 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 2

9 Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (1) 4

10 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 1

Midwest

Number of

Deals

1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 4

2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 2

3 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jaco 1

4 Foley & Lardner (2) 3

5 Silver, Freedman & Taff (2) 8

6 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 2

7 Sullivan & Cromwell (2) 3

8 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease (2) 9

9 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 2

10 Brouse & McDowell 3 ===

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