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Top Lead Legal Advisers

Top Lead Legal AdvisersPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in the first half of 2008. Dollars in millions
Published August 19, 2008

Rank by
value of
deals
  Deal value Deals
1 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz* $4,175.8 3
2 Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP 4,145.3 1
  Kirkpatrick and Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP 4,145.3 1
4 Powell Goldstein, LLP 963.8 2
5 Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena and Ferri LLP 927.0 1
6 Patton Boggs, LLP* 271.2 4
7 Goodwin Procter, LLP 171.9 1
  Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP 171.9 1
9 Bingham McCutchen, LLP 170.0 1
  Sullivan and Cromwell LLP 170.0 1
11 Day Pitney LLP 167.2 1
  Quarles and Brady LLP 167.2 1
13 Bybel Rutledge LLP* 161.5 2
  Dechert LLP 161.5 1
15 Bracewell and Giuliani, LLP* 139.6 5
16 Sherrill and Roof, LLP 132.6 2
  Ward and Smith, PA 132.6 2
18 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP 126.8 3
19 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. 95.8 1
20 Duane Morris LLP 87.8 1
  Jones Day 87.8 1
22 Williams Mullen 76.1 2
23 Larry E. Temple 66.7 1
24 Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt and Howlett, LLP 56.3 2
25 LeClairRyan 55.8 1
26 Barnes and Thornburg LLP 52.8 1
  Silver, Freedman and Taff, LLP 52.8 1
28 Stoll Keenon Ogden, PLLC 52.0 2
29 Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, PC 51.5 3
30 Baird Holm LLP 47.2 1
31 Lindquist and Vennum PLLP* 44.7 5
32 Wyatt, Tarrant and Co.mbs, LLP 40.6 2
33 Krieg DeVault, LLP 36.1 1
34 Miller and Martin, PLLC 36.0 1
35 Frost Brown Todd LLC 34.5 3
36 Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP* 31.4 3
37 Locke Lord Bissell and Liddell LLP* 30.5 2
  Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker LLP 30.5 1
39 Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP* 30.2 4
40 Howard and Howard Attorneys, PC* 30.0 4
  Stites and Harbison, PLLC 30.0 2
42 Hunton and Williams, LLP* 28.1 4
43 Lane and Waterman LLP 28.0 2
44 Niehaus and Associates Ltd. 25.0 1
45 Dodd Mason George, LLP 23.4 1
  Downey Brand, LLP 23.4 1
47 Lewis, Rice and Fingersh, LC 22.3 1
48 Luse Gorman Pomerenk and Schick, PC 20.5 2
49 McGuireWoods, LLP 20.3 1
50 Belin, Lamson, McCormick, Zumbach and Flynn, PC 20.0 1
51 Thompson and Knight, LLP 17.0 1
52 Holman Hansen and Co.lville, PC 14.8 2
53 Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson, P.A. 13.0 1
  Tuggle Duggins and Meschan, P.A. 13.0 1
55 Bowles Rice McDavid Graff and Love, LLP 12.1 1
  Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP 12.1 1
57 Vogel Law Firm 11.6 1
  Winthrop and Weinstine, PA* 11.6 4
59 Gallagher, Callahan and Gartrell, PC 11.5 1
  Primmer Piper Eggleston Cramer PC 11.5 1
61 Drinker Biddle and Reath, LLP 11.1 1
  Stevens and Lee, PC 11.1 1
63 Michael H. Rodgers 8.7 1
64 Bricker and Eckler LLP 8.1 1
65 Law Firm of Smith and Smith 4.3 1
66 Kutak Rock LLP 3.1 1
67 Carnahan Evans Cantwell and Brown, P.C. 3.0 1
68 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum and Nagelberg, LLP 2.0 1
69 James, Bates, Pope and Spivey, LLP 1.4 1
  Troutman Sanders, LLP 1.4 1
71 Bradley Arant Rose and White, LLP* NA 1
  Christian, Samson, Jones and Chisholm, PLLC* NA 1
  DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP* NA 1
  Godfrey and Kahn, SC* NA 1
  Hill Devendorf, P.C.* NA 1
  Jackson Walker, LLP* NA 1
  Johnston Barton Proctor and Rose LLP* NA 1
  Rosen Harwood, P.A.* NA 1
  Rothgerber Johnson and Lyons, LLP* NA 1
  Sherman and Howard LLC* NA 1
  Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick, LLP* NA 3
  Smith Mackinnon, PA* NA 1
  Walston Wells and Birchall, LLP* NA 1

* Deal value for at least one deal is not available. Excludes terminated deals.

Note: In the event advisers merge or an adviser is purchased by the parent of another adviser, SNL retroactively adjusts historic rankings to the single, highest level adviser. If the buyer is already receiving credit for a particular deal, it will not receive additional credit following the merger.

Source:

SNL Financial
, Charlottesville, Va.

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