Top Lead Legal Advisers

February 11, 2009, 10:08 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal AdvisersPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2008. Dollars in millions Published February 11, 2009
Rank by value of deals		Value of Deals	Deals
1	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP*	$27,270.9	9
2	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz*	25,798.2	6
3	Jones Day	5,691.4	2
4	Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	5,603.7	1
5	Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP*	4,665.3	4
6	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	4,179.7	3
7	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	3,808.1	1
	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	3,808.1	1
	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates	3,808.1	1
10	Davis Polk & Wardwell	1,909.9	1
	Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP	1,909.9	1
12	Bryan Cave LLP*	972.5	5
13	Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP	927.0	1
14	Mayer Brown LLP	520.0	1
15	Kilpatrick Stockton LLP	425.3	3
16	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC	284.8	1
17	Kutak Rock LLP	253.1	2
18	Bybel Rutledge LLP*	216.2	3
19	Patton Boggs LLP*	210.5	5
20	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP*	200.2	6
21	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC*	195.2	7
22	Goodwin Procter LLP	193.7	2
	Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP*	193.7	3
24	Silver, Freedman & Taff LLP	193.1	2
25	Pepper Hamilton LLP	181.8	2
26	Gaeta & Eveson PA	180.9	2
27	Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP	180.4	2
28	Bingham McCutchen LLP	170.0	1
29	Day Pitney LLP	167.2	1
	Quarles & Brady LLP	167.2	1
31	Alston & Bird LLP*	165.0	2
	Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux LLC	165.0	1
33	Williams Mullen	162.6	3
34	Dechert LLP	161.5	1
35	Hogan & Hartson LLP	145.5	3
36	Sherrill & Roof LLP	132.6	2
	Ward and Smith PA	132.6	2
38	Foley Hoag LLP	124.8	1
39	Mette, Evans & Woodside	123.8	1
40	Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA	95.8	1
41	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	94.4	1
42	Duane Morris LLP	87.7	1
43	Hunton & Williams LLP*	86.5	9
44	Bingham McHale LLP	77.0	1
	Bose McKinney & Evans LLP*	77.0	2
46	Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP	72.5	1
47	Larry E. Temple*	66.7	2
48	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP	58.0	1
49	Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC	57.6	4
50	LeClairRyan	55.8	1

*Deal value for at least one deal is NA.

Source:

SNL Financial

, Charlottesville, Va.