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Top Lead Legal Advisers

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)

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