Top Lead Legal Advisers by Number of Deals
Published February 12, 2008, 10:08 a.m. EST
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Top Lead Legal Advisers by Number of Deals
Top Lead Legal Advisers by Number of DealsPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2007. Dollars in millions | |||||||||||||
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| Rank | Deals | Deal value | |||||||||||
| 1 | Hunton and Williams, LLP* | 19 | $666.2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Thacher Proffitt and Wood, LLP* | 11 | 2,747.9 | ||||||||||
| Baird Holm LLP* | 11 | 1,061.6 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum and Nagelberg, LLP* | 10 | 454.0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz | 8 | 38,772.6 | ||||||||||
| Bracewell and Giuliani, LLP* | 8 | 242.7 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Sullivan and Cromwell LLP | 7 | 15,120.3 | ||||||||||
| Luse Gorman Pomerenk and Schick, PC* | 7 | 529.9 | |||||||||||
| Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, LLP* | 7 | 272.3 | |||||||||||
| Frost Brown Todd LLC | 7 | 101.8 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Goodwin Procter, LLP* | 6 | 2,132.8 | ||||||||||
| Muldoon Murphy and Aguggia, LLP* | 6 | 518.5 | |||||||||||
| Powell Goldstein, LLP | 6 | 496.1 | |||||||||||
| Troutman Sanders, LLP* | 6 | 463.4 | |||||||||||
| Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP* | 6 | 275.5 | |||||||||||
| Smith Mackinnon, PA* | 6 | 180.8 | |||||||||||
| Lindquist and Vennum PLLP* | 6 | 150.8 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Vedder, Price, Kaufman and Kammholz, PC | 5 | 23,053.7 | ||||||||||
| Godfrey and Kahn, SC* | 5 | 646.7 | |||||||||||
| Elias, Matz, Tiernan and Herrick, LLP | 5 | 592.2 | |||||||||||
| Foster Pepper PLLC | 5 | 548.7 | |||||||||||
| Fredrikson and Byron, PA* | 5 | 236.0 | |||||||||||
| Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, LLP | 5 | 230.7 | |||||||||||
| Silver, Freedman and Taff, LLP | 5 | 153.8 | |||||||||||
| Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP* | 5 | 127.7 | |||||||||||
| Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP* | 5 | 31.9 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP | 4 | 874.4 | ||||||||||
| Malizia Spidi and Fisch, PC | 4 | 348.5 | |||||||||||
| Jenkens and Gilchrist, PC | 4 | 228.5 | |||||||||||
| Kirkpatrick and Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP* | 4 | 198.9 | |||||||||||
| Graham and Dunn, PC | 4 | 139.8 | |||||||||||
| Reitner, Stuart and Moore | 4 | 128.2 | |||||||||||
| Hinshaw and Culbertson, LLP* | 4 | 94.2 | |||||||||||
| Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP* | 4 | 20.6 | |||||||||||
| Winthrop and Weinstine, PA* | 4 | 1.6 | |||||||||||
| 36 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP | 3 | 12,527.1 | ||||||||||
| Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, LLP | 3 | 9,855.7 | |||||||||||
| Hogan and Hartson, LLP* | 3 | 1,210.0 | |||||||||||
| Miller Hamilton Snider and Odom LLC | 3 | 576.6 | |||||||||||
| Patton Boggs, LLP | 3 | 576.6 | |||||||||||
| Keller Rohrback, LLP | 3 | 262.3 | |||||||||||
| Bowles Rice McDavid Graff and Love, LLP | 3 | 220.2 | |||||||||||
| Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP | 3 | 217.4 | |||||||||||
| Nixon Peabody LLP | 3 | 198.7 | |||||||||||
| Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey and Leonard, LLP | 3 | 172.7 | |||||||||||
| Bybel Rutledge LLP | 3 | 158.7 | |||||||||||
| Gary Steven Findley and Associates | 3 | 124.1 | |||||||||||
| Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP | 3 | 117.6 | |||||||||||
| Rhoads and Sinon, LLP* | 3 | 107.7 | |||||||||||
| Breyer and Associates PC | 3 | 98.0 | |||||||||||
| Warner Norcross and Judd, LLP | 3 | 74.5 | |||||||||||
| Howard and Howard Attorneys, PC* | 3 | 59.5 | |||||||||||
| McNair Law Firm, PA | 3 | 53.3 | |||||||||||
| Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick, LLP | 3 | 49.7 | |||||||||||
| Haynie, Rake and Repass, PC | 3 | 41.5 | |||||||||||
| Jackson Kelly, PLLC | 3 | 36.0 | |||||||||||
| Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley and Casteix, LLP | 3 | 29.7 | |||||||||||
| Rothgerber Johnson and Lyons, LLP* | 3 | 25.2 | |||||||||||
| Venable, LLP* | 3 | - | |||||||||||
| 60 | Davis Polk and Wardwell | 2 | 31,163.9 | ||||||||||
| Graydon Head and Ritchey LLP | 2 | 1,426.6 | |||||||||||
| Latham and Watkins, LLP | 2 | 1,015.8 | |||||||||||
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP and Affiliates | 2 | 873.0 | |||||||||||
| Arnold and Porter, LLP | 2 | 729.5 | |||||||||||
| Fiddler Gonzalez and Rodriguez, PSC* | 2 | 610.0 | |||||||||||
| Reed Smith, LLP | 2 | 524.7 | |||||||||||
| Chapman and Cutler, LLP | 2 | 328.0 | |||||||||||
| LeClair Ryan | 2 | 292.2 | |||||||||||
| Quarles and Brady LLP | 2 | 273.5 | |||||||||||
| Williams Mullen | 2 | 248.6 | |||||||||||
| Bass, Berry and Sims PLC | 2 | 219.7 | |||||||||||
| Daniel W. Small and Co. | 2 | 219.7 | |||||||||||
| Holland and Knight, LLP* | 2 | 218.3 | |||||||||||
| Bradley Arant Rose and White, LLP | 2 | 194.6 | |||||||||||
| Horgan, Rosen, Beckham and Co.ren, LLP | 2 | 183.9 | |||||||||||
| Miller and Martin, PLLC | 2 | 172.8 | |||||||||||
| Frederic Dorwart Lawyers | 2 | 170.1 | |||||||||||
| Barnes and Thornburg LLP | 2 | 154.8 | |||||||||||
| Phelps Dunbar, LLP | 2 | 142.7 | |||||||||||
| Ward and Smith, PA | 2 | 141.1 | |||||||||||
| Krieg DeVault, LLP | 2 | 140.0 | |||||||||||
| Stevens and Lee, PC* | 2 | 100.9 | |||||||||||
| Ellenoff Grossman and Schole LLP | 2 | 100.5 | |||||||||||
| Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt and Howlett, LLP | 2 | 93.0 | |||||||||||
| Robinson, Bradshaw and Hinson, PA | 2 | 80.9 | |||||||||||
| Kutak Rock LLP | 2 | 78.5 | |||||||||||
| Locke Lord Bissell and Liddell LLP | 2 | 68.0 | |||||||||||
| Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. | 2 | 64.8 | |||||||||||
| Wyatt, Tarrant and Co.mbs, LLP | 2 | 64.1 | |||||||||||
| Saidis, Flower and Lindsay | 2 | 59.5 | |||||||||||
| Carey, Filter, White and Boland | 2 | 56.2 | |||||||||||
| Watkins Ludlam Winter and Stennis, PA | 2 | 42.8 | |||||||||||
| Morris Manning and Martin, LLP | 2 | 36.4 | |||||||||||
| Alston and Bird, LLP* | 2 | 35.7 | |||||||||||
| Huddleston Bolen, LLP | 2 | 29.8 | |||||||||||
| Gallagher, Callahan and Gartrell, PC* | 2 | 26.7 | |||||||||||
| Gerrish McCreary Smith, PC | 2 | 16.9 | |||||||||||
| Craig and Macauley* | 2 | 12.5 | |||||||||||
| Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrere and Denegre LLP | 2 | 11.9 | |||||||||||
| Bricker and Eckler LLP* | 2 | 11.3 | |||||||||||
| Brown, Hay and Stephens, LLP* | 2 | 10.5 | |||||||||||
| Stites and Harbison, PLLC | 2 | 8.5 | |||||||||||
| 103 | Allen and Overy | 1 | 21,000.0 | ||||||||||
| NautaDutilh NV | 1 | 21,000.0 | |||||||||||
| Balch and Bingham, LLP | 1 | 10,163.9 | |||||||||||
| Cravath, Swaine and Moore, LLP | 1 | 4,493.6 | |||||||||||
| White and Case, LLP | 1 | 1,784.3 | |||||||||||
| Maynard, Cooper and Gale, PC | 1 | 1,670.3 | |||||||||||
| Helms Mulliss and Wicker, PLLC | 1 | 1,088.6 | |||||||||||
| Mette, Evans and Woodside | 1 | 851.8 | |||||||||||
| Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP | 1 | 851.8 | |||||||||||
| Foley and Lardner, LLP | 1 | 654.2 | |||||||||||
| Kirkland and Ellis, LLP | 1 | 610.0 | |||||||||||
| Pietrantoni Mendez and Alvarez LLP | 1 | 610.0 | |||||||||||
| Bose McKinney and Evans, LLP | 1 | 540.1 | |||||||||||
| Pepper Hamilton LLP | 1 | 405.8 | |||||||||||
| Willkie Farr and Gallagher, LLP | 1 | 405.8 | |||||||||||
| Blank Rome, LLP | 1 | 378.1 | |||||||||||
| Duane Morris LLP | 1 | 378.1 | |||||||||||
| Akerman Senterfitt | 1 | 317.1 | |||||||||||
| Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff and Sitterson, PA | 1 | 300.0 | |||||||||||
| Christian, Samson, Jones and Chisholm, PLLC | 1 | 251.4 | |||||||||||
| Woods Rogers PLC | 1 | 240.2 | |||||||||||
| Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP | 1 | 220.1 | |||||||||||
| Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser and Altmeyer, PLLC | 1 | 198.9 | |||||||||||
| Porter Wright Morris and Arthur, LLP | 1 | 198.9 | |||||||||||
| Osler Hoskin and Harcourt, LLP | 1 | 191.1 | |||||||||||
| Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC | 1 | 191.1 | |||||||||||
| Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell and Berkowitz, PC | 1 | 164.4 | |||||||||||
| Gaw, Van Male, Smith, Myers and Miroglio PLC | 1 | 156.2 | |||||||||||
| King and Spalding, LLP | 1 | 153.7 | |||||||||||
| Hand Arendall LLC | 1 | 153.4 | |||||||||||
| Hodgson Russ, LLP | 1 | 151.5 | |||||||||||
| Lewis, Rice and Fingersh, LC | 1 | 140.6 | |||||||||||
| Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, SC | 1 | 136.9 | |||||||||||
| Clifford Chance LLP | 1 | 130.7 | |||||||||||
| Brinkley Walser, PLLC | 1 | 127.7 | |||||||||||
| McDonald Sanders, P.C. | 1 | 127.1 | |||||||||||
| Cranmore FitzGerald and Meaney | 1 | 123.8 | |||||||||||
| Cullen and Dykman LLP | 1 | 119.1 | |||||||||||
| Pryor Cashman Sherman and Flynn LLP | 1 | 119.1 | |||||||||||
| Michael Best and Friedrich, LLP | 1 | 106.0 | |||||||||||
| Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young, LLP | 1 | 92.7 | |||||||||||
| Baker and Daniels, LLP | 1 | 87.5 | |||||||||||
| McAfee and Taft | 1 | 78.4 | |||||||||||
| Igler and Dougherty, PA | 1 | 75.9 | |||||||||||
| Bingham McCutchen, LLP | 1 | 69.5 | |||||||||||
| Buchalter, Nemer, Fields and Younger Plc. | 1 | 69.5 | |||||||||||
| King Holmes Paterno and Berliner LLP | 1 | 65.2 | |||||||||||
| Miller Nash LLP | 1 | 60.0 | |||||||||||
| Executive Co.unsel PLC | 1 | 55.8 | |||||||||||
| Maupin Taylor, PA | 1 | 55.8 | |||||||||||
| Gunster Yoakley and Stewart, PA | 1 | 55.6 | |||||||||||
| Stewart, Melvin and Frost, LLP | 1 | 53.6 | |||||||||||
| Hays, McCo.nn, Rice and Pickering, P.C. | 1 | 52.0 | |||||||||||
| Kennedy and Baris, LLP | 1 | 48.8 | |||||||||||
| Martin and Karcazes Ltd. | 1 | 38.0 | |||||||||||
| Richard E. Knecht | 1 | 37.0 | |||||||||||
| Hahn, Loeser and Parks, LLP | 1 | 35.9 | |||||||||||
| Foster, Swift, Co.llins and Smith, PC | 1 | 33.7 | |||||||||||
| Kreis, Enderle, Callander and Hudgins, P.C. | 1 | 33.7 | |||||||||||
| Harris Beach, PLLC | 1 | 30.2 | |||||||||||
| Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu and Mitchell | 1 | 30.2 | |||||||||||
| Mitchell Williams Selig Gates and Woodyard, PLLC | 1 | 29.6 | |||||||||||
| Campbell Bohn Killin Brittan and Ray LLC | 1 | 29.5 | |||||||||||
| Sidley Austin LLP | 1 | 29.0 | |||||||||||
| Sutherland Asbill and Brennan, LLP | 1 | 29.0 | |||||||||||
| Primmer Piper Eggleston Cramer PC | 1 | 26.7 | |||||||||||
| Calfee, Halter and Griswold, LLP | 1 | 26.1 | |||||||||||
| Roetzel and Andress | 1 | 26.1 | |||||||||||
| Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, LLP | 1 | 24.6 | |||||||||||
| Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, PC | 1 | 23.4 | |||||||||||
| Dover Dixon Horne, PLLC | 1 | 22.8 | |||||||||||
| Carlton, Fields, P.A. | 1 | 22.1 | |||||||||||
| Thompson Co.burn LLP | 1 | 22.1 | |||||||||||
| Smith, Gambrell and Russell, LLP | 1 | 22.0 | |||||||||||
| Stoll Keenon Ogden, PLLC | 1 | 21.8 | |||||||||||
| Ziegler and Schneider, PSC | 1 | 21.8 | |||||||||||
| Hiscock and Barclay, LLP | 1 | 21.7 | |||||||||||
| Johnston, Hinesley, Flowers, Clenney and Turner, P.C. | 1 | 20.0 | |||||||||||
| Allister and Naudon | 1 | 18.7 | |||||||||||
| Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC | 1 | 18.7 | |||||||||||
| Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn and Aylward, P.S. | 1 | 18.3 | |||||||||||
| Temple and Temple | 1 | 17.3 | |||||||||||
| Laraja and Kanaga, PC | 1 | 16.8 | |||||||||||
| Kemp and Grzelakowski, Limited | 1 | 16.0 | |||||||||||
| Murtha Cullina, LLP | 1 | 15.5 | |||||||||||
| Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver and Blitzer, Plc. | 1 | 15.1 | |||||||||||
| Jones and Keller, PC | 1 | 13.7 | |||||||||||
| Friday Eldredge and Clark | 1 | 13.6 | |||||||||||
| Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell and Jernigan, LLP | 1 | 13.4 | |||||||||||
| Foulston and Siefkin, LLP | 1 | 12.8 | |||||||||||
| James I. Lundy, III | 1 | 12.8 | |||||||||||
| Watkins and Eager, P.L.L.C. | 1 | 12.0 | |||||||||||
| Fairfield and Woods, PC | 1 | 11.5 | |||||||||||
| Beers Mallers Backs and Salin, LLP | 1 | 10.2 | |||||||||||
| Kus, Ryan and Schluentz, PLLC | 1 | 10.2 | |||||||||||
| Eaton Peabody | 1 | 10.0 | |||||||||||
| Van Meer and Belanger, P.A. | 1 | 10.0 | |||||||||||
| Huddleson and Montgomery LPA. | 1 | 9.6 | |||||||||||
| DeKoter, Thole and Dawson PLC | 1 | 8.5 | |||||||||||
| Brown, Winick, Graves, Baskerville and Schoenebaum PLC | 1 | 8.3 | |||||||||||
| Mack, Hansen, Gadd, and Armstrong | 1 | 8.3 | |||||||||||
| Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick and Dickson, LLP | 1 | 7.0 | |||||||||||
| GrayRobinson, PA | 1 | 6.4 | |||||||||||
| Snell Wylie and Tibbals, P.C. | 1 | 6.2 | |||||||||||
| Perry, Guthery, Haase and Gessford, PC, LLO | 1 | 5.5 | |||||||||||
| Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson and Sly, LLP | 1 | 5.1 | |||||||||||
| Hall Estill Hardwick Gable Golden and Nelson | 1 | 2.8 | |||||||||||
| Ruder Ware, L.L.S.C. | 1 | 2.8 | |||||||||||
| Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP | 1 | 2.7 | |||||||||||
| Weyerbacher, Dewey and Weyerbacher | 1 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll, LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Burns and Levinson LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Co.hen and Grigsby, PC* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Foley Hoag, LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Goodman, Meagher and Enoch, LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Holman Hansen and Co.lville, PC* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Leonard, Street and Deinard, PA* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Rosenn, Jenkins and Greenwald LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Shutts and Bowen, LLP* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Wildman, Harrold, Allen and Dixon* | 1 | - | |||||||||||
| Woods and Aitken, LLP* | 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:
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