Top Lead Legal Advisers
August 07, 2001, 10:08 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read
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Top Lead Legal Advisers
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| half (excludes hostile/unsolicited bids and terminated deals) Published August 7, 2001 | |
| Rank | Firm | Announced value | Deals |
| 1 | Sullivan & Cromwell (2) | $21,813.90 | 7 |
| 2 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 21,098.50 | 3 |
| 3 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | 13,506.50 | 1 |
| 4 | Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton | 2,443.90 | 1 |
| | Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell | 2,443.90 | 1 |
| 6 | Hunton & Williams (1) | 2,314.50 | 1 |
| - | Poyner & Spruill LLP (1) | 2,314.50 | 1 |
| 8 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (2) | 2,125.20 | 3 |
| 9 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (1) | 1,950.00 | 1 |
| 10 | Arnold & Porter | 1,689.90 | 5 |
| 11 | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC (1) | 1,362.60 | 3 |
| 12 | LeClair, Ryan, A Professional Corp. (1) | 1,157.30 | 1 |
| 13 | Muldoon Murphy & Faucette LLP | 1,067.40 | 3 |
| 14 | Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick | 554.5 | 5 |
| 15 | Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (1) | 486.5 | 3 |
| 16 | Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. | 467.5 | 2 |
| 17 | Goodwin, Procter & Hoar1 | 453.4 | 2 |
| 18 | Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP (2) | 451.8 | 5 |
| 19 | Smith, Gambrell & Russell (1) | 426.8 | 1 |
| 20 | Luse, Lehman, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick | 296.2 | 3 |
| 21 | Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP (1) | 250 | 1 |
| 22 | Schiff Hardin & Waite | 238.7 | 3 |
| 23 | Chapman and Cutler (1) | 219.8 | 1 |
| 24 | Cravath, Swaine & Moore (1) | 217.5 | 1 |
| - | Graydon, Head, & Richey (1) | 217.5 | 1 |
| 26 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP (1) | 188 | 2 |
| 27 | Thompson Coburn | 178.8 | 4 |
| 28 | Winston & Strawn (1) | 174.8 | 1 |
| 29 | Pillsbury Winthrop LLP | 174.5 | 1 |
| 30 | Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP | 166.3 | 1 |
| 31 | Alston & Bird LLP | 158.8 | 2 |
| 32 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 146.4 | 1 |
| - | Lord, Bissell & Brook (1) | 146.4 | 1 |
| 34 | Duane, Morris & Heckscher | 137.9 | 1 |
| 35 | Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. (1) | 123.9 | 1 |
| 36 | Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP (1) | 121.6 | 1 |
| - | Willcox & Savage PC (1) | 121.6 | 1 |
| 38 | Lillick & Charles (1) | 114 | 1 |
| 39 | Knecht & Hansen (1) | 113.1 | 2 |
| 40 | Jenkens & Gilchrist PC (2) | 111.7 | 9 |
| 41 | Kaufman & Canoles (1) | 109.8 | 1 |
| 42 | Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz (1) | 105.6 | 2 |
| 43 | Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg (1) | 92.4 | 5 |
| 44 | Bingham, Dana LLP (1) | 78.5 | 1 |
| - | King & Spalding (1) | 78.5 | 1 |
| 46 | Reitner & Stuart | 77.2 | 2 |
| 47 | Maloney & Knox (1) | 74 | 1 |
| - | Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser, & Altmeyer (1) | 74 | 1 |
| 49 | Michael Best & Friedrich | 70.1 | 2 |
| 50 | Krieg, DeVault, Alexander & Capehart (1) | 62.7 | 2 |
| 51 | Smith, Mackinnon, Greeley, Bowdoin & Edwards PA | 55.7 | 1 |
| 52 | Foster Pepper & Shefelman | 55.1 | 1 |
| 53 | Shumaker Williams PC | 52.1 | 2 |
| 54 | Allen Vaughn Cobb & Hood1 | 47.4 | 1 |
| - | Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA | 47.4 | 1 |
| 56 | Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease (1) | 46.6 | 3 |
| 57 | Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. (1) | 42.7 | 1 |
| 58 | Kemp & Grzelakowski | 41.3 | 1 |
| - | Schwartz, Cooper, Greenberger & Krauss | 41.3 | 1 |
| 60 | Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy | 40.7 | 2 |
| Rank | Firm | Announced value | Deals |
| 61 | Kelly Drye & Warren (1) | 40 | 1 |
| 62 | Buchanan Ingersoll (1) | 39.9 | 1 |
| 63 | Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (1) | 37.3 | 1 |
| 64 | Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar LLP | 37 | 1 |
| - | Miller & Martin (1) | 37 | 1 |
| 66 | Andrews & Kurth L.L.P. | 31.6 | 1 |
| - | Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P (1) | 31.6 | 1 |
| 68 | Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman (1) | 29.2 | 1 |
| 69 | Morrison & Foerster LLP (1) | 28 | 1 |
| 70 | McAfee & Taft (1) | 27.9 | 1 |
| 71 | Ruder, Ware & Michler (1) | 27.4 | 1 |
| 72 | Hogan & Hartson (1) | 27 | 1 |
| 73 | Bryan Cave (1) | 26 | 1 |
| - | Kutak Rock (1) | 26 | 1 |
| 75 | Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier (1) | 25.4 | 1 |
| - | Rogers & Hardin (1) | 25.4 | 1 |
| 77 | Malizia, Spidi, & Fisch PC (1) | 22.8 | 2 |
| 78 | Sherrard, German & Kelly PC (1) | 19.8 | 1 |
| 79 | Stone, Pogrund & Korey (1) | 18.1 | 1 |
| 80 | Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard (1) | 17 | 1 |
| - | Tatum, Tatum & Riedel (1) | 17 | 1 |
| 82 | Igler & Dougherty (1) | 15.2 | 1 |
| 83 | Harris Beach LLP | 15.1 | 1 |
| - | Rhoads & Sinon (1) | 15.1 | 1 |
| 85 | Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee (1) | 14.9 | 2 |
| 86 | Reed Smith LLP | 14.8 | 1 |
| 87 | Lindquist & Vennum PLLP (1) (2) | 13 | 2 |
| 88 | Shughart Thomson & Kilroy PC (1) | 12.2 | 1 |
| - | Stinson, Mag & Fizzell PC (1) | 12.2 | 1 |
| 90 | Bradley & Riley PC (1) | 12 | 1 |
| - | Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen PC (1) | 12 | 1 |
| - | Quarles & Brady | 12 | 1 |
| 94 | Stradley Ronon Housley Kantarian & Bronstein LLP (1) | 9.5 | 1 |
| 95 | Cranmore, Fitzgerald & Meaney | 9.3 | 1 |
| 96 | Keating, Muething & Klekamp (1) | 8.4 | 1 |
| 97 | Horne, Hollingsworth & Parker | 6.8 | 2 |
| 98 | Gerrish & McCreary PC | 6.2 | 2 |
| 99 | Hinshaw & Culbertson | 6 | 1 |
| - | Howard & Howard Attorneys | 6 | 2 |
| 101 | Brabender & Guehl (1) | 5.2 | 1 |
| 102 | Locke Liddell & Sapp (1) | 4.9 | 1 |
| 103 | Marks Clare & Richards (1) | 4.6 | 1 |
| 104 | Ward & Smith (1) | 4 | 1 |
| 105 | Mullin Hoard Brown Langston Carr Hunt & Joy LLP (1) | 3.7 | 1 |
| 106 | Jones & Keller (1) | 3.2 | 1 |
| 107 | Frost Brown Todd LLC (1) | 3.1 | 1 |
| - | Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs | 3.1 | 1 |
| 109 | Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen, Hamann et. al. (1) | 2.8 | 1 |
| - | Woods, Fuller, Schultz & Smith PC (1) | 2.8 | 1 |
| 111 | Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather (1) (2) | 1.8 | 2 |
| - | Rembolt Ludtke & Berger (1) | 1.8 | 1 |
| - | Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell | 1.8 | 1 |
| 114 | Friday, Eldredge & Clark (1) | 0.9 | 1 |
| - | Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow, PLLC (1) | 0.9 | 1 |
| 116 | Temple & Temple (1) | 0.8 | 1 |
| 117 | Davis, Polk & Wardwell (2) | NA | 1 |
| 118 | White & Case (2) | NA | 1 |
(1) Did not respond to survey
(2) Value not available for at least one deal
Source: Sheshunoff Information Services Inc., Austin, Texas
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