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Top Lead Legal Advisers

Top Lead Legal Advisers

2001 bank and thrift mergers through March 31, 2001.
Primary advisers only. Excludes terminated deals.
Published May, 4, 2001


RANKED BY
ANNOUNCED
DEAL VALUE
Institution Name

Deal value
in millions 

Number 
of deals

1 Sullivan & Cromwell $3,145.76 3
2 Hunton & Williams* 2,314.47 1
- Poyner & Spruill LLP* 2,314.47 1
4 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 2,125.19 2
5 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1,950.00 1
6 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC 1,362.56 3
7 Arnold & Porter 1,334.52 3
8 LeClair, Ryan, a Professional Corporation* 1,157.31 1
9 Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette 1,067.11 3
10 Luse, Lehman, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick* 269.22 2
11 Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP** 258.96 3
12 Schiff Hardin & Waite** 223.54 3
13 Chapman and Cutler* 219.84 1
14 Cravath, Swaine & Moore* 217.49 1
- Godfrey & Kahn SC* 217.49 1
- Graydon, Head, & Richey* 217.49 1
17 Alston & Bird LLP 109.76 1
18 Bingham, Dana LLP* 78.51 1
- King & Spalding* 78.51 1
20 Maloney & Knox* 74.02 1
- Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser, & Altmeyer 74.02 1
22 Krieg, DeVault, Alexander & Capehart* 62.74 2
23 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP* 60.19 2
24 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC** 56.04 3
25 Shumaker Williams PC 51.7 2
26 Thompson Coburn* 51.22 2
27 Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA 47.38 1
28 Kemp & Grzelakowski* 41.31 1
- Schwartz, Cooper, Greenberger & Krauss $41.31 1
30 Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy 40.67 2
31 Buchanan Ingersoll* 40.42 1
32 Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll* 37.3 1
33 Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar LLP 37.05 1
34 Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman* 29.18 1
35 McAfee & Taft* 27.92 1
36 Bryan Cave* 26 1
- Kutak Rock* 26 1
38 Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier 25.45 1
- Rogers & Hardin* 25.45 1
40 Sherrard, German & Kelly PC* 19.77 1
41 Harris Beach LLP 15.06 1
- Rhoads & Sinon 15.06 1
43 Bradley & Riley PC* 12 1
- Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen PC* 12 1
- Foley & Lardner* 12 1
- Quarles & Brady 12 1
47 Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee* 10.08 1
48 Stradley Ronon Housley Kantarian & Bronstein, LLP* 9.53 1
49 Cranmore, Fitzgerald & Meaney* 9.3 1
50 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg* 6 2
- Howard & Howard Attorneys 6 2
52 Horne, Hollingsworth & Parker** 5 2
53 Locke Liddell & Sapp 4.88 1
54 Jones & Keller 3.18 1
55 Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen, Hamann et al* 2.75 1
- Woods, Fuller, Schultz & Smith PC* 2.75 1
57 Gerrish & McCreary PC 2.68 1
58 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP** N/A 1

*Did not respond to survey.
**Value not available for at least one deal
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