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Top Lead Legal Advisers

Top Lead Legal Advisers
Primary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2004. Dollars in millions
Published February 15, 2005
Rank by value of deals Deal value Deals
1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $94,557.90 11
2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 62,911.00 2
3 Sullivan & Cromwell 23,161.80 11
4 Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP 14,657.80 4
5 Burr & Forman 14,266.60 1
6 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 13,718.10 3
7 Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell 11,746.40 2
8 Goodwin Procter LLP1 11,709.90 5
9 Silver, Freedman & Taff, LLP 11,338.00 6
10 Davis, Polk & Wardwell 10,529.60 1
11 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 7,025.00 1
- King & Spalding 7,025.00 1
13 Alston & Bird LLP 6,200.40 5
14 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick1 4,690.30 10
15 Stevens & Lee 2,465.40 4
16 Arnold & Porter 2,094.20 1
- Keating, Muething & Klekamp 2,094.20 1
18 Smith, Gambrell & Russell 1,800.90 5
19 Pillsbury Winthrop LLP 1,779.80 4
20 Graydon, Head, & Richey 1,525.40 1
21 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP1 1,394.60 9
22 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 1,171.70 3
23 Luse, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick PC1 1,104.40 9
24 Rhoads & Sinon 1,025.50 2
25 Patton Boggs LLP 909.9 5
26 Clifford Chance LLP 850 1
27 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease 747.1 11
28 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP 664.8 5
29 Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach 655.1 2
30 Michael Best & Friedrich 613.7 1
31 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC1 581.1 17
32 Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh 576.5 1
33 Bracewell & Patterson LLP 556.7 13
34 Bingham McCutchen LLP 541.3 5
35 Muldoon Murphy Faucette & Aguggia LLP1 538.70 9
36 Malizia, Spidi, & Fisch PC 494.3 8
37 Chapman & Cutler 428.4 3
38 Foster, Pepper & Tooze LLP 407.1 3
39 Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy1 405.3 9
40 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg1 398.3 9
41 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP1 393.6 4
42 Cox & Smith Inc. 383.4 1
43 Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons LLP 376.2 2
44 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 369.6 1
45 Shumaker Williams PC 362.6 3
46 Mette, Evans & Woodside 343.6 1
47 Pitney Hardin LLP 290.4 3
48 Schiff Hardin LLP 290.1 5
49 Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz1 271 4
50 Gary Steven Findley & Associates 268.1 3
Rank by number of deals Deals Deal value
1 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC1 17 $581.10
2 2 Bracewell & Patterson LLP 13 556.7
3 3 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 11 94,557.90
- Sullivan & Cromwell 11 23,161.80
- Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease 11 747.1
6 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick1 10 4,690.30
7 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP1 9 1,394.60
- Luse, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick PC1 9 1,104.40
- Muldoon Murphy Faucette & Aguggia LLP1 9 538.7
- Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy1 9 405.3
- Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg1 9 398.3
12 Malizia, Spidi, & Fisch PC 8 494.3
13 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC1 7 197
14 Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP 6 11,338.00
- Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP1 6 142.5
- Fredrikson & Byron PA1 6 37.9
17 Goodwin Procter LLP1 5 11,709.90
- Alston & Bird LLP 5 6,200.40
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell 5 1,800.90
- Patton Boggs LLP 5 909.9
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP 5 664.80
Bingham McCutchen LLP 5 541.3
- Schiff Hardin LLP 5 290.1
24 Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP 4 14,657.80
- Stevens & Lee 4 2,465.40
- Pillsbury Winthrop LLP 4 1,779.80
- Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP1 4 393.6
- Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz1 4 271
- Hogan & Hartson, LLP1 4 160.6
- Graham & Dunn 4 122.3
- Smith Mackinnon PA 4 114.8
- Haynie, Rake & Repass PC1 4 103.5
- Jones & Keller 4 43.3
- Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP1 4 25
35 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 3 13,718.10
- Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 3 1,171.70
- Chapman and Cutler 3 428.4
- Foster, Pepper & Tooze LLP 3 407.1
- Shumaker Williams PC 3 362.6
- Pitney Hardin LLP 3 290.40
- Gary Steven Findley & Associates 3 268.10
- Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP 3 220.4
- Winstead Sechrest & Minick 3 214.4
- Locke Liddell & Sapp 3 206.4
- Krieg DeVault LLP 3 195.2
- Barnes & Thornburg 3 116.1
- Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough 3 111
- Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casteix 3 105.3
- Howard & Howard Attorneys 3 103.1
- Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 3 73.5
- Reitner & Stuart 3 69.6
- Dodd Mason George LLP 3 67.1
- Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC1 3 54.9
- McMahon, Surovik, Suttle, et al 3 51.6
- Hinshaw & Culbertson1 3 30.5
- Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen PC 3 22.3
- Winthrop & Weinstine 3 22.3
- Frost Brown Todd LLC 3 21.6

1 Deal value not available for at least one transaction.

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