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Top Lead Legal Advisers

Top Lead Legal Advisers
Primary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in first half of 2005*
Published August 16, 2005
Rank by value of deals Deal value (millions) Deals
1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $49,353.7 5
2 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 41,123.5 2
3 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 6,622.9 1
4 Phelps Dunbar LLP 5,313.2 1
5 Pillsbury Winthrop LLP 1,362.3 1
6 Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP1 529.0 7
7 Foley & Lardner 276.3 1
8 Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach 276.3 1
9 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC 268.4 3
10 Goodwin Procter LLP 245.0 1
11 Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz 243.3 3
12 Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom LLC 224.7 1
13 Sullivan & Cromwell 219.2 3
14 Davis, Polk & Wardwell 211.9 1
- Hunton & Williams 211.9 1
16 Troutman Sanders LLP 199.1 3
17 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 186.2 2
18 Cozen O’Connor 151.5 1
19 Morris, Manning & Martin 136.0 1
20 Horgan, Rosen, Beckham & Coren 130.5 3
21 Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell et al 114.6 1
22 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP 102.2 2
23 Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy 92.7 3
24 Barley, Snyder, Senft & Cohen 89.4 1
- Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus 89.4 1
26 Hogan & Hartson LLP 89.1 1
27 Reitner & Stuart 67.9 2
28 Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney 66.5 2
29 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 66.2 3
30 Dykema Gossett PLLC 64.0 1
31 Howard & Howard Attorneys 62.6 3
32 Irell & Manella LLP 62.3 1
33 Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart 58.0 1
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell 58.0 1
35 Luse, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick PC 51.9 4
36 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg1 49.7 5
37 Tyler Cooper & Alcorn 48.2 1
38 Chapman and Cutler 44.3 2
39 Gary Steven Findley & Associates 40.0 1
40 King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner LLP 38.7 1
41 Smith Mackinnon, PA 35.6 1
42 Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP 35.3 3
43 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 34.0 2
44 Holman Hanson & Colville 33.4 1
45 Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC 33.3 1
46 Foster, Pepper & Tooze LLP 32.4 2
47 Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP1 29.3 3
48 Bose McKinney & Evans 29.2 1
49 Lewis, Rice & Fingersh LC 27.2 1
50 Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey PLC 26.6 1
- Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP 26.6 1
52 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease 25.7 2
53 Graham & Dunn 25.4 1
54 Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough 24.7 1
55 Selman & Munson 23.4 1
56 Frost Brown Todd LLC 20.0 1
57 Akerman, Senterfitt, & Eidson PA 16.3 1
- Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard 16.3 1
59 Buchanan Ingersoll 15.5 1
- Duane Morris LLP 15.5 1
61 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs 15.1 2
62 Barnes & Thornburg 13.1 1
63 Dinsmore & Shohl 12.9 1
64 Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC 12.2 1
65 Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff et al 11.8 1
66 John S. Daniels 10.5 1
- Kemp & Grzelakowski 10.5 1
68 Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field 9.6 1
69 O'Reilly RancilioPC 9.3 1
70 Martin Snow LLP 9.2 2
71 Haynie, Rake & Repass PC 7.6 2
72 Davis Wright Tremaine 7.0 1
73 Ice Miller 6.5 1
- Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP 6.5 1
- Hand Arendall, LLC 6.5 1
- LeClair Ryan Flippin Densmore 6.5 1
77 Kennedy & Baris, LLP 4.4 1
- Scruggs, Dodd & Dodd, Attorneys PA 4.4 1
79 Harrell & Chambliss LLP 2.6 1
80 Crowe & Dunlevy 1.1 1
- Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran Ltd. 1.1 1
82 Foulston & Siefkin LLP 1.0 1
- Stout & DeinesInc. 1.0 1
84 Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey et al1 - 1
- Fredrikson & Byron PA1 - 1
- Winthrop & Weinstine1 - 2


1 Deal value not available for at least one transaction
* Excludes hostile/unsolicited and terminated transactions
Source: Highline Banking Data Services. To be added to the survey list, please e-mail dorourke@highlinedata.com.
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