Top Lead Legal Advisers by Number of Deals

February 14, 2014, 6:45 p.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of DealsPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in 2013. Dollars in millions Published February 14, 2014
2013 Rank	2012 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	2	Hunton & Williams LLP	19	$1,287.8
2	7	Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP	14	329.7
3	9	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	11	1,272.9
	5	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick P.C.	11	286.0
	3	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP	11	NA
6	1	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP	10	133.3
7	43	Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP	9	621.0
8	5	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP	8	732.4
9	43	Silver Freedman & Taff L.LP	7	1,244.5
	8	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP	7	848.2
	29	Bryan Cave LLP	7	90.8
12	11	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP	6	3,918.5
	29	Smith Mackinnon PA	6	229.7
	20	Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP	6	147.3
	20	Larry E. Temple	6	83.6
16	3	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	5	5,116.7
	29	Haynie Rake & Repass P.C.	5	450.7
	73	Dover Dixon Horne PLLC	5	311.9
	73	Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP	5	253.2
	29	Vedder Price P.C.	5	154.2
	43	Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP	5	123.7
	43	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	5	112.8
	NR	McAfee & Taft	5	63.8
	43	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP	5	13.2
	43	Baird Holm LLP	5	11.4
	20	Winthrop & Weinstine PA	5	NA
27	43	Breyer & Associates PC	4	352.2
	43	King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP	4	161.5
	43	Bingham McCutchen LLP	4	132.9
	29	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP	4	61.7
	73	Davis Wright Tremaine LLP	4	51.7
	43	Paul Foster Law Offices P.C.	4	13.0
	11	Fredrikson & Byron PA	4	NA
34	43	Troutman Sanders LLP	3	940.1
	73	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC	3	425.2
	73	Kutak Rock LLP	3	210.4
	NR	Phelps Dunbar LLP	3	160.2
	73	DLA Piper LLP (US)	3	122.3
	73	Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP	3	111.1
	20	Patton Boggs LLP	3	104.7
	43	Shutts & Bowen LLP	3	104.2
	NR	Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA	3	101.5
	29	Graham & Dunn PC	3	95.2
	NR	Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP	3	92.6
	43	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3	59.8
	NR	Andrews Kurth LLP	3	51.3
	20	Alston & Bird LLP	3	34.2
	43	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC	3	NA
49	20	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	2	2,002.2
	20	Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	2	1,995.1
	43	LeClairRyan	2	497.7
	73	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP	2	375.8
	NR	Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP	2	329.0
	16	Lane Powell P.C.	2	274.9
	73	Reed Smith LLP	2	187.3
	NR	Bybel Rutledge LLP	2	155.9
	73	Krieg DeVault LLP	2	108.0
	NR	Thompson & Knight LLP	2	76.8
	43	Dorsey & Whitney LLP	2	61.5
	9	Hogan Lovells US LLP	2	54.9
	NR	Venable LLP	2	54.0
	NR	Keller Rohrback LLP	2	52.4
	NR	Richard E. Knecht	2	51.5
	73	Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick L.LP	2	50.2
	NR	Fairfield and Woods PC	2	46.6
	29	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2	41.3
	NR	Day Pitney LLP	2	35.0
	43	Williams Mullen	2	31.9
	29	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP	2	29.1
	NR	Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney	2	24.9
	73	Mark Barnes Law PC	2	15.4
	11	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates	2	8.0
	43	Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd.	2	7.6
	43	Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP	2	7.3
	43	Frost Brown Todd LLC	2	5.8
	NR	Friday Eldredge & Clark	2	3.9
	NR	Schmiedeskamp Robertson Neu & Mitchell	2	1.1
	NR	Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson LLP	2	NA
	43	Boardman & Clark LLP	2	NA
	29	Godfrey & Kahn SC	2	NA
	NR	Loren P. Hansen APC	2	NA
	73	Morrison & Foerster LLP	2	NA
83	73	Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP	1	881.0
	NR	Carey y Cía	1	881.0
	43	Jones Day	1	881.0
	73	Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP	1	494.7
	73	Norton Rose Fulbright LLP	1	243.9
	NR	Atkins Hollmann Jones Peacock Lewis & Lyon Inc.	1	220.0
	NR	Pepper Hamilton LLP	1	155.9
	NR	Varnum LLP	1	154.5
	NR	Warner Norcross & Judd LLP	1	154.5
	NR	Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP	1	114.7
	NR	Barrett & McNagny LLP	1	108.0
	NR	Lowenstein Sandler PC	1	65.7
	43	Gerrish McCreary Smith PC	1	64.8
	NR	Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP	1	57.5
	NR	Proskauer Rose LLP	1	56.0
	NR	Quattlebaum Grooms Tull & Burrow PLLC	1	53.6
	NR	Williams & Anderson	1	53.6
	73	BuckleySandler LLP	1	53.2
	73	Husch Blackwell LLP	1	40.6
	20	Schiff Hardin LLP	1	38.5
	73	Choate Hall & Stewart LLP	1	37.4
	73	Stuart Moore	1	32.5
	43	McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP	1	31.1
	73	Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP	1	26.7
	NR	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	1	24.4
	73	Davis Brown Law Firm	1	20.1
	NR	Foster Swift Collins & Smith P.C.	1	18.6
	NR	Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP	1	17.0
	NR	Rogers & Hardin LLP	1	16.0
	NR	Ice Miller LLP	1	15.4
	NR	Martin Snow LLP	1	15.0
	NR	McGrath North Mullin & Kratz P.C.	1	12.3
	NR	Woods & Aitken LLP	1	12.3
	73	Barley Snyder LLC	1	10.1
	NR	Rhoads & Sinon LLP	1	10.1
	73	Hilburn Calhoon Harper Pruniski & Calhoun Ltd.	1	9.6
	NR	Foster Pepper PLLC	1	8.4
	29	Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP	1	8.0
	NR	Dan Karalis & Associates	1	7.2
	11	Polsinelli Shughart PC	1	6.4
	NR	Springer & Haseltine	1	6.2
	NR	Keleher & McLeod PA	1	5.9
	NR	McAndrews Allen & Matson PC	1	5.9
	73	Stites & Harbison PLLC	1	5.8
	NR	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	1	5.4
	NR	Robinson & Cole LLP	1	5.0
	NR	McCarter & English LLP	1	4.8
	16	Arnold & Porter LLP	1	4.6
	NR	Locke Lord LLP	1	4.3
	NR	Forshey Prostok LLP	1	3.3
	NR	McMahon Surovik Suttle P.C.	1	3.1
	NR	John Fleming Law	1	2.3
	NR	Ward and Smith PA	1	2.0
	NR	Alan A. Sachs LLC	1	NA
	NR	Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC	1	NA
	NR	Brown & Brown Chartered	1	NA
	NR	Brown Hay & Stephens LLP	1	NA
	NR	Cadwell Sanford Deibert & Garry LLP	1	NA
	NR	Carmichael & Quartemont SC	1	NA
	NR	Carmody MacDonald PC	1	NA
	NR	Colodny Fass Talenfeld Karlinsky & Abate P.A.	1	NA
	43	Daniel W. Small & Co.	1	NA
	43	Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith LLP	1	NA
	NR	Gomberg Sharfman Gold & Ostler PC	1	NA
	NR	Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP	1	NA
	11	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren L.LP	1	NA
	73	Jackson Walker LLP	1	NA
	NR	James Bates Brannan Groover LLP	1	NA
	73	Kennedy Sutherland LLP	1	NA
	NR	Lane & Waterman LLP	1	NA
	NR	Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.	1	NA
	NR	Parsons Behle & Latimer	1	NA
	NR	Pickering & Cotogno	1	NA
	73	Quarles & Brady LLP	1	NA
	NR	Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP	1	NA
	16	Spidi & Fisch PC	1	NA
	29	Stevens & Lee P.C.	1	NA
	NR	Thompson Coburn LLP	1	NA
	NR	Zimney Foster P.C.	1	NA

*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