Top Lead Legal Advisers by Deal Value

Published August 11, 2014, 2:36 p.m. EDT

Updated August 12, 2014, 10:10 a.m. EDT

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Top Lead Legal Advisers by Deal Value

Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal ValuePrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in the first half of 2014. Dollars in millions Published August 11, 2014
2014 YTD Rank	2013 FY Rank	Firm	Deal value	Number of deals
1	NR	Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.	1	$676.4
	NR	Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson P.A.	1	676.4
	98	Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP	1	676.4
	130	Ward and Smith PA	1	676.4
5	68	Quattlebaum Grooms Tull & Burrow PLLC	3	516.7
6	53	Bryan Cave LLP*	7	420.8
7	84	Alston & Bird LLP*	5	417.3
8	44	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	3	406.3
9	6	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP*	4	377.9
10	NR	Haynes and Boone LLP	2	363.0
11	60	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP	2	350.5
12	21	Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP*	6	332.3
13	NR	Riley Caldwell Cork & Alvis PA	2	321.5
14	28	Smith Mackinnon PA*	6	320.8
15	34	Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA	2	316.3
16	7	Silver Freedman Taff & Tiernan LLP	5	313.2
17	83	Day Pitney LLP	1	312.8
18	132	Spidi & Fisch PC*	4	299.7
19	NR	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	1	298.9
20	38	Warner Norcross & Judd LLP	2	290.5
21	80	Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC	3	284.2
22	47	Krieg DeVault LLP	3	271.7
23	26	Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP	2	267.0
24	1	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	3	257.2
25	42	Stinson Leonard Street LLP*	6	255.1
26	31	Reed Smith LLP	2	240.8
27	NR	Lowenstein Sandler LLP	1	239.7
	2	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	1	239.7
29	22	Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP	2	235.9
30	35	Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP.*	4	225.7
31	23	Dover Dixon Horne PLLC	1	216.0
	30	Kutak Rock LLP	1	216.0
33	43	Bingham McCutchen LLP	3	186.7
34	NR	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP	2	186.6
35	NR	Dodd Mason George LLP	2	185.2
36	70	BuckleySandler LLP	1	182.9
	NR	Holland & Knight LLP	1	182.9
38	24	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick P.C.*	5	173.5
39	89	Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP	2	162.9
40	NR	Goodwin Procter LLP*	2	134.4
41	13	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP*	6	125.3
42	17	Haynie Rake Repass & Lowry P.C.*	3	112.0
43	18	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC	2	109.5
44	NR	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren L.LP	1	104.3
	32	King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP	1	104.3
46	NR	Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP	1	82.3
47	122	Fredrikson & Byron PA*	6	80.8
48	NR	Stevens & Lee P.C.	1	77.8
49	NR	Christian Samson Jones & Chisholm PLLC	1	73.2
	NR	Holland & Hart LLP	1	73.2
51	77	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP*	4	70.4
52	62	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1	67.3
53	NR	Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC	2	57.5
54	NR	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	1	57.0
55	55	Thompson & Knight LLP	1	56.4
56	90	Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney*	3	55.8
57	110	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates	2	52.6
58	NR	Faegre Baker Daniels LLP	1	52.0
59	NR	Bone McAllester Norton PLLC	1	48.1
60	NR	Harris Law Firm PC	1	48.0
61	9	Troutman Sanders LLP*	3	46.8
62	NR	Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Co. LPA	1	37.7
	NR	Morgan Law.co	1	37.7
64	99	Rogers & Hardin LLP	1	37.3
65	49	Patton Boggs LLP	2	36.7
66	14	Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP*	2	34.0
67	NR	Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP	1	32.7
68	119	Frost Brown Todd LLC*	3	30.8
69	51	Graham & Dunn PC	1	30.4
	NR	Swift and Bramler LLC	1	30.4
71	NR	Adams & Reese LLP	1	29.6
72	NR	Godfrey & Kahn SC*	3	29.0
73	NR	Brouse McDowell LPA*	2	20.1
74	5	Hunton & Williams LLP*	7	19.2
75	86	Williams Mullen	2	19.1
76	NR	Gary Steven Findley & Associates	2	18.4
77	57	Covington & Burling LLP*	3	17.7
	NR	Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP	1	17.7
	67	Venable LLP	1	17.7
	NR	Yumkas Vidmar & Sweeney LLC	1	17.7
81	87	McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP*	3	17.6
82	NR	Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC	1	17.3
83	88	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP	2	16.9
84	NR	Stewart Melvin & Frost LLP	1	15.5
85	19	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP	1	15.4
86	NR	Jones & Keller PC	1	13.7
	NR	Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP*	2	13.7
88	76	Fairfield and Woods PC	1	12.5
89	NR	Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver	1	11.5
90	8	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP*	3	10.8
91	52	Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP	1	10.0
92	NR	RodgersFirm PLLC	2	8.6
93	54	Larry E. Temple	1	8.1
94	NR	Winthrop & Weinstine PA*	3	7.6
95	NR	Ambrecht Jackson LLP	1	3.9
96	114	Lindquist & Vennum LLP*	5	3.3
97	95	Baird Holm LLP	1	2.4
	96	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP	1	2.4
99	NR	Sprouse Shrader Smith P.C.	1	1.9
100	NR	McGuireWoods LLP	1	1.4

*Deal value for at least one deal is not available. NR = not ranked; NA = not available. In-house advisers are included. Whole deals are included. Terminated deals are excluded. 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.

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SNL Financial