Top Lead Legal Advisers

February 12, 2002, 10:08 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal Advisers
In domestic whole-bank and whole-thrift merger deals announced in 2001. Ranked by deal value. Primary advisers only. Hostile, unsolicited, and terminated deals excluded. Published February 12, 2002

Rank		Deal value (millions)	No. of deals
1	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	$23,498.50	4
2	Sullivan & Cromwell 2	21,982.30	10
3	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 2	13,506.50	2
4	Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton	4,871.90	3
5	Arnold & Porter	2,639.70	8
6	Pillsbury Winthrop LLP	2,580.50	3
7	Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell	2,443.90	1
8	Shearman & Sterling 1	2,400.00	1
9	Hunton & Williams 1	2,314.50	1
-	Poyner & Spruill LLP1	2,314.50	1
11	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC	2,312.30	6
12	Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz	2,128.70	5
13	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP	2,125.20	2
14	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	1,950.00	1
15	Muldoon Murphy & Faucette LLP 2	1,427.00	8
16	LeClair, Ryan, A Professional Corp 1	1,246.60	2
17	Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 1	769.7	8
18	Goodwin Procter LLP	688.4	7
19	Godfrey & Kahn SC	683.5	4
20	Fredrikson & Byron PA 2	663.9	7
21	Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy	654.4	7
22	Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP 2	581.9	9
23	Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP 1	486.5	3
24	Luse, Lehman, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick	429.7	9
25	Smith, Gambrell & Russell 1	426.8	1
26	Schiff Hardin & Waite	403.3	7
27	Frost Brown Todd LLC 2	$395.40	4
28	Jenkens & Gilchrist PC 2	380.7	17
29	Bracewell & Patterson LLP	369.9	10
30	Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP	364.3	5
31	Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP 1	250	1
32	Alston & Bird LLP	243.7	6
33	Chapman and Cutler 1	219.8	1
34	Cravath, Swaine & Moore 1	217.5	1
-	Graydon, Head, & Richey 1	217.5	1
36	Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh 1	215.5	1
-	Bricker & Eckler LLP	215.5	1
38	Stevens & Lee	207.9	2
39	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP	206.5	4
40	Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach 1	193.7	1
41	Rhoads & Sinon	186.2	2
42	Duane Morris LLP	181.5	2
43	Hogan & Hartson 1	180.7	2
44	Thompson Coburn 1	178.6	4
45	Kaufman & Canoles 1	178.4	2
46	Winston & Strawn 1	174.8	1
47	Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff et al1	171.2	1
48	Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP 1	166.3	1
49	Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP 1	152.3	3
50	Bourne, Noll & Kenyon 1	151.8	1
-	Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul 1	151.8	1

1) Did not respond to survey (2) Value not available for at least one deal

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