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Top Lead Legal Advisers

Top Lead Legal Advisers
Primary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2003. Dollars in millions
Published February 12, 2004
Rank by value of deals Deal value Deals
1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz $57,020.80 10
2 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton 49,604.50 1
3 Arnold & Porter 3,826.40 2
- Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC 3,826.40 2
5 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 3,489.40 15
6 Sullivan & Cromwell 3,043.50 7
7 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 1,797.40 2
8 Muldoon Murphy & Faucette LLP 1,610.80 8
9 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 1,510.60 3
10 Luse, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick PC 1,258.40 9
11 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 1,116.70 4
12 Stevens & Lee 838.2 5
13 Goodwin Procter LLP 742.5 5
14 Hogan & Hartson LLP 729.5 3
15 Tyler Cooper & Alcorn1 689 3
16 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP 666.6 7
17 McCarter & English LLP 649.1 1
18 Bingham McCutchen LLP 636.20 5
19 Keller Rohrback LLP 635.3 2
20 Bracewell & Patterson LLP1 546.7 17
21 Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP 541.7 2
22 Thompson Coburn 523.6 5
23 Venable LLP 485.8 1
24 Morrison & Foerster LLP 461.1 2
25 Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe 453.1 1
26 Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz 421.1 5
27 Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom LLC 400.3 4
28 Locke Liddell & Sapp 351.4 6
29 Michael Best & Friedrich 340 2
30 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 310 1
31 Barley, Snyder, Senft & Cohen 285.9 2
32 Kaufman & Canoles 281 2
33 Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun 242.8 2
34 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC1 239.8 12
35 Malizia, Spidi, & Fisch PC 238.60 4
36 Breyer & Associates PC 236.5 3
37 Phelps Dunbar LLP 232.9 1
38 Rogers & Whitley LLP 226.5 1
39 Sherman & Howard LLC 221.3 3
40 Ellsworth, Carlton, Mixell & Waldman, PC 221 3
41 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg 215.1 8
42 Smith, Gambrell & Russell1 214.8 5
43 Edwards & Angell 205.6 1
44 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 205.4 1
45 Reed Smith LLP 186 1
46 LeClair, Ryan 163.3 3
47 Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC 159.6 3
48 King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner LLP 157.1 2
49 Chapman and Cutler 153 3
50 Gerrish & McCreary PC 151.1 5
Rank by number of deals Deals Deal value
1 Bracewell & Patterson LLP1 17 $546.70
2 Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick 15 3,489.40
3 Jenkens & Gilchrist PC1 12 239.8
4 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 10 57,020.80
5 Luse, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick PC 9 1,258.40
6 Muldoon Murphy & Faucette LLP 8 1,610.80
- Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg1 8 215.1
8 Sullivan & Cromwell 7 3,043.50
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP 7 666.6
- Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy1 7 116.7
11 Locke Liddell & Sapp 6 351.4
12 Stevens & Lee 5 838.2
- Goodwin Procter LLP 5 742.5
- Bingham McCutchen LLP 5 636.2
- Thompson Coburn 5 523.6
- Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz 5 421.1
- Smith, Gambrell & Russell1 5 214.8
- Gerrish & McCreary PC 5 151.10
- Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP 5 136
- Gary Steven Findley & Associates 5 80
- Smith Mackinnon PA 5 72.3
- Baird, Holm, McEachen, Pedersen, Hamann et al1 5 37.2
23 Thacher Proffitt & Wood 4 1,116.70
- Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom LLC 4 400.3
- Malizia, Spidi, & Fisch PC 4 238.6
- Gaeta & Associates PA 4 113.3
- Lindquist & Vennum PLLP 4 100.5
- Werner & Blank LLC 4 74.4
- Reitner & Stuart 4 52.9
- Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA 4 33
31 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 3 1,510.60
- Hogan & Hartson LLP 3 729.5
- Tyler Cooper & Alcorn1 3 689
- Breyer & Associates PC 3 236.5
- Sherman & Howard LLC 3 221.30
- Ellsworth, Carlton, Mixell & Waldman PC 3 221
- LeClair, Ryan 3 163.3
- Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC 3 159.6
- Chapman and Cutler 3 153
- Bartel Eng & Schroder 3 124.1
- Maupin Taylor & Ellis PA 3 123.8
- Graham & Dunn 3 93.1
- Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP 3 93
- Williams Mullen 3 91.5
- Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 3 81.3
- Hinshaw & Culbertson 3 80
- Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC 3 63.1
- Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP 3 30.8
49 44 Firms with two transactions3 2 -



1Deal value not available for at least one transaction.
2Includes Trident....
3Excludes hostile/unsolicited and terminated transactions.
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