Top Lead Legal Advisers

February 14, 2006, 10:08 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal Advisers
Primary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2005. Dollars in millions Published February 14, 2006
Rank by value of deals		Value	Deals
1	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	$7,018.20	4
2	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	6,348.30	12
3	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton	4,977.40	1
3	Phelps Dunbar LLP	4,977.40	1
5	Alston & Bird LLP	4,201.10	4
6	Stevens & Lee PC	3,664.20	2
7	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	3,644.40	2
8	Morrison & Foerster LLP	3,416.70	1
9	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	3,048.90	2
10	Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick LLP	2,307.60	6
11	Pitney Hardin LLP	1,976.90	3
12	Jenkens & Gilchrist PC*	961.2	18
13	Godfrey & Kahn SC	894.8	2
14	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP*	748.1	3
15	Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP*	736.3	4
16	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC	621.4	1
17	Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP*	605.8	10
18	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP	556.80	7
19	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg*	526.8	11
20	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP	488.7	3
21	Powell Goldstein LLP	476.8	11
22	Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP	448.8	3
23	Chapman & Cutler	420	4
24	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	415.6	10
25	Barley Snyder Senft & Cohen LLC	400.3	2
26	Shearman & Sterling LLP	400	1
27	Dodd Mason George LLP	371.4	1
28	McAndrews Allen & Matson	368.7	2
29	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP	310.7	1
30	Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz PC	289.4	3
31	Smith Mackinnon PA	289.2	5
32	Miller Hamilton Snider & Odom LLC	280.5	4
33	Foley & Lardner LLP	276.3	1
33	Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC	276.3	1
35	Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP	262.80	6
36	Goodwin Procter LLP*	242.4	2
37	Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC	238	1
38	Troutman Sanders LLP	234.1	4
39	Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP	220.7	3
40	Davis Polk & Wardwell	211.1	1
40	Hunton & Williams LLP	211.1	1
40	Venable LLP	211.1	1
43	Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berowitz, PC	210.3	3
44	Lewis Rice & Fingersh LC	210.1	2
45	Miller & Martin PLLC	208.4	2
46	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC*	207.3	10
47	Hogan & Hartson LLP	192	2
48	Blank Rome LLP	181.4	3
49	Bass, Berry & Sims PLC	175.3	1
50	Capizola Fineman & Lapham	166.1	1
50	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	166.1	1
Rank by number of deals		Deals	Value
1	Jenkens & Gilchrist PC*	18	$961.20
2	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	12	6,348.30
3	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg*	11	526.8
3	Powell Goldstein LLP	11	476.8
5	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	10	415.6
5	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC*	10	207.3
5	Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP*	10	605.8
8	Jones & Keller PC*	8	83.8
8	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP*	8	69.7
10	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP	7	556.8
11	Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick LLP	6	2,307.60
	Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP	6	262.8
13	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC*	5	64.1
	Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP*	5	59.6
	Smith Mackinnon PA	5	289.2
	Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP	5	139.8
	Winthrop & Weinstine PA*	5	31.9
18	Alston & Bird LLP	4	4,201.10
	Bose McKinney & Evans LLP	4	163.5
	Chapman & Cutler	4	420
	Graham & Dunn PC	4	134.6
	LeClair Ryan PC	4	89.7
	Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP*	4	736.3
	Miller Hamilton Snider & Odom LLC	4	280.5
	Troutman Sanders LLP	4	234.1
	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	4	7,018.20
	Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP	4	60.9
28	Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berowitz PC	3	210.30
	Barnes & Thornburg*	3	69.4
	Blank Rome LLP	3	181.4
	Dover Dixon Horne PLLC	3	96.8
	Duane Morris LLP	3	156.2
	Gaeta & Eveson PA	3	162.8
	Ice Miller*	3	17.4
	John Daniels	3	63.1
	Krieg DeVault LLP*	3	12.8
	Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC	3	151.3
	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP	3	488.7
	Martin Snow LLP	3	48.9
	McAfee & Taft	3	33.7
	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	3	60.6
	Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver*	3	46
	Pitney Hardin LLP	3	1,976.90
	Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP	3	220.7
	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP*	3	748.1
	Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP	3	448.8
	Thompson & Knight LLP*	3	67.3
	Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz PC	3	289.4
49	Akerman Senterfitt	2	129.8
	Barley Snyder Senft & Cohen LLC	2	400.3
	Bingham McCutchen LLP	2	74.7
	Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP	2	37.5
	Brown Winick Graves Baskerville & Schoenebaum Plc	2	62.3
	Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney	2	66.3
	Davis Wright Tremaine LLP	2	154.1
	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2	16.8
	Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC	2	32.6
	Frost Brown Todd LLC	2	58.3
	Gary Steven Findley & Associates	2	50.4
	Godfrey & Kahn SC	2	894.8
	Goodwin Procter LLP*	2	242.4
	Haynie, Rake & Repass PC	2	45
	Hogan & Hartson LLP	2	192
	Keller Rohrback LLP	2	85.5
	Larry E. Temple	2	121.4
	Lewis Rice & Fingersh LC	2	210.1
	McAndrews Allen & Matson	2	368.7
	Miller & Martin PLLC	2	208.4
	Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC	2	7
	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC	2	59.3
	Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus	2	130.8
	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	2	3,048.90
	Reitner & Stuart	2	71.7
	Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston PLLC	2	154.8
	Schiff Hardin LLP	2	156.8
	Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP*	2	20
	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	2	3,644.40
	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates	2	52
	Stevens & Lee PC	2	3,664.20
	Stoll, Keenon & Park LLC	2	62.1
	Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP	2	25.8

*Value for at least one deal not available. Excludes terminated deals

Source: SNL Financial, Charlottesville, Va. (www.snl.com)