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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 2006*
Published August 15, 2006
Rank by value of deals Deal value (millions) Deals
1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz1 $54,466.10 8
2 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 42,033.10 9
3 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 15,048.60 2
4 Rogers & Whitley LLP 2,164.60 1
5 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 1,143.20 3
6 Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP 1,142.00 5
7 Patton Boggs LLP 1,124.30 3
8 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft 1,033.50 1
9 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC1 801.1 6
10 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick LLP1 538.3 3
11 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLP 432 8
12 Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP 378.4 1
- Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, PC 378.4 1
14 Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC 356.3 1
15 Hogan & Hartson LLP 345.1 3
16 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 329.6 1
- Jones Day1 329.6 2
18 Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC 301.2 3
19 Williams Mullen 287.7 2
20 Graham & Dunn PC 270.4 4
21 Reitner & Stuart 266.7 1
22 Horgan, Rosen, Beckham & Coren LLP 263.4 2
23 Goodwin Procter LLP 259 1
24 Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP1 244.3 4
25 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP1 237.9 4
26 Powell Goldstein LLP 235.7 6
27 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP 233.7 2
28 Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole PS 233.4 2
29 Kennedy & Baris LLP1 208.8 4
30 Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC 206.1 2
31 Schiff Hardin LLP 204.5 3
32 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 176.9 1
- White & Case LLP 176.9 1
34 Pitney Hardin LLP 172.5 1
35 Smith Mackinnon PA 170.4 4
36 Breyer & Associates PC 169.6 1
37 Balch & Bingham LLP 167.5 2
38 Davis Polk & Wardwell 143.8 1
- Venable LLP 143.8 1
40 Reitner, Stuart & Moore 137.4 1
41 Lewis, Rice & Fingersh LC 133.4 1
42 Nixon Peabody LLP 129.2 2
43 Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC 128.8 1
44 Bryan Cave LLP 122.6 3
45 Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC 101.3 1
- Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC 101.3 1
47 Alston & Bird LLP 96.6 1
48 Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC 95.10 4
49 Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP1 93.4 5
50 Troy & Gould Professional Corp. 88.4 1
51 Howard & Howard Attorneys PC 83.8 3
52 Holland & Hart LLP 83 1
- Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe P.C. 83 1
54 Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP 80.9 1
55 Troutman Sanders LLP 78.5 2
56 Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith LLP 77 1
- Winthrop & Weinstine PA1 77 2
58 Baker & Hostetler LLP 72.4 1
59 Coleman Talley Newbern Kurrie Preston & Holland LLP 70.9 1
60 Carey, Filter, White & Boland 70.5 1
- Shefsky & Froelich 70.5 1
62 Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC 63.8 1
63 Gaeta & Eveson PA 63.7 3
64 Sherman & Howard LLC 57.6 1
65 Adams & Reese LLP 57.1 2
66 Miller & Martin PLLC 53.6 2
67 Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP 50 2
68 John S. Daniels 44.7 2
69 Krieg DeVault LLP 42.4 2
70 Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu & Mitchell 42.3 1
71 Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC 39.5 1
72 Moore & Van Allen PLLC 39 1
73 Gary Steven Findley & Associates 36 1
- Husch & Eppenberger LLC 36 1
- Swanson Midgley LLC 36 1
76 Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP 35.1 1
77 Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP 34.9 1
- Maupin Taylor PA 34.9 1
79 Grady & Associates 31.2 1
- Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP 31.2 1
81 Crowe & Dunlevy1 30 2
- Smith Maurras Cohen Redd & Horan PLC 30 1
83 Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP 29.3 1
- Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 29.3 1
85 DKW Law Group PC 28.8 1
- Jackson Kelly PLLC 28.8 1
- Tucker Arensburg P.C. 28.8 1
88 Frost Brown Todd LLC 26.6 2
89 Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy 25.9 1
90 McAndrews, Allen & Matson 25.5 1
91 Larry E. Temple 25.3 2
92 Miller Nash LLP 25.2 1
- Tonkon Torp LLP 25.2 1
94 Rhoads & Sinon LLP 23.5 1
94 Shumaker Williams PC 23.50 1
96 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP 22.3 1
97 Burroughs Hepler Broom MacDonald Hebrank & True LLP 21.9 1
- Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus PC1 21.9 2
99 Igler & Dougherty PA 20.9 1
100 DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP 20.8 1
101 Fredrikson & Byron PA 20.3 1
102 Thompson & Knight LLP 19.2 1
103 Dilworth Paxson LLP 18.9 1
- Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC 18.9 1
105 Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP1 18.6 3
106 Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell PC 16.7 1
- Primmer Piper Eggleston Cramer PC 16.7 1
108 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP 16.6 1
- McCoy Weaver Wiggins Cleveland Rose Ray PLLC 16.6 1
- McGuireWoods LLP 16.6 1
111 Kaplan Group 15 1
112 McNair, Larson & Carlson Ltd. 14.2 1
- Vogel Law Firm 14.2 1
114 Foley & Lardner LLP 14 1
- Kevin Blaney PC 14 1
- McAfee & Taft 14 1
117 Bettison Doyley Apffel & Guarino PC 13.7 1
118 Gerrish McCreary Smith Consultants and Attorneys1 12.8 3
119 Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA 12.5 2
120 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP 10.1 1
121 Keller Rohrback LLP 9 1
122 Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 8.5 1
- Hurt & Jones 8.5 1
124 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP 6.1 1
125 Harper Law Offices 3.9 1
126 Pringle & Pringle 1.5 1
127 Blank Rome LLP1 - 1
- Boies Schiller Flexner LLP1 - 1
- Holland & Knight LLP1 - 1
- Krass Monroe PA1 - 1
- Lindquist & Vennum PLLP1 - 2
- Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP1 - 1
- Marion C. Bauman PC1 - 1
- Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver1 - 1
- Perry & Trent LLC1 - 1
- Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford PC LLO1 - 1
- Ropes & Gray LLP1 - 1
- Styskal, Wiese & Melchione LLP1 - 1
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP1 - 1

1 Deal value not available for at least one transaction.

* Excludes hostile/unsolicited and terminal transactions.

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

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