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Top Lead Legal Advisers by Number of Deals

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Top Lead Legal Advisers by Number of Deals

Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of DealsPrimary 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 Number of
Deals
Deal value
1 10 Bryan Cave LLP 7 $420.8
  1 Hunton & Williams LLP 7 19.2
3 2 Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP 6 332.3
  12 Smith Mackinnon PA 6 320.8
  5 Stinson Leonard Street LLP 6 255.1
  10 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 6 125.3
  27 Fredrikson & Byron PA 6 80.8
8 36 Alston & Bird LLP 5 417.3
  8 Silver Freedman Taff & Tiernan LLP 5 313.2
  3 Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick P.C. 5 173.5
  3 Lindquist & Vennum LLP 5 3.3
12 5 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4 377.9
  82 Spidi & Fisch PC 4 299.7
  12 Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP 4 225.7
  49 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 4 70.4
16 82 Quattlebaum Grooms Tull & Burrow PLLC 3 516.7
  17 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP 3 406.3
  82 Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC 3 284.2
  82 Krieg DeVault LLP 3 271.7
  17 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 3 257.2
  27 Bingham McCutchen LLP 3 186.7
  17 Haynie Rake Repass & Lowry P.C. 3 112.0
  49 Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney 3 55.8
  36 Troutman Sanders LLP 3 46.8
  49 Frost Brown Todd LLC 3 30.8
  49 Godfrey & Kahn SC 3 29.0
  82 Covington & Burling LLP 3 17.7
  82 McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 3 17.6
  5 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP 3 10.8
  17 Winthrop & Weinstine PA 3 7.6
  82 Gerrish McCreary Smith PC 3 NA
32 NR Haynes and Boone LLP 2 363.0
  27 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP 2 350.5
  NR Riley Caldwell Cork & Alvis PA 2 321.5
  27 Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA 2 316.3
  82 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 2 290.5
  17 Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP 2 267.0
  49 Reed Smith LLP 2 240.8
  49 Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP 2 235.9
  NR Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP 2 186.6
  NR Dodd Mason George LLP 2 185.2
  49 Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP 2 162.9
  NR Goodwin Procter LLP 2 134.4
  36 Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC 2 109.5
  NR Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC 2 57.5
  49 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates 2 52.6
  36 Patton Boggs LLP 2 36.7
  8 Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP 2 34.0
  NR Brouse McDowell LPA 2 20.1
  49 Williams Mullen 2 19.1
  NR Gary Steven Findley & Associates 2 18.4
  82 Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP 2 16.9
  NR Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP 2 13.7
  NR RodgersFirm PLLC 2 8.6
  49 Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson LLP 2 NA
  NR Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen PC 2 NA
  27 Howard & Howard Attorneys PC 2 NA
  NR Nyemaster Goode West Hansell & O’Brien PC 2 NA
59 NR Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A. 1 676.4
  NR Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson P.A. 1 676.4
  82 Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP 1 676.4
  82 Ward and Smith PA 1 676.4
  49 Day Pitney LLP 1 312.8
  NR Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 1 298.9
  NR Lowenstein Sandler LLP 1 239.7
  12 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 1 239.7
  17 Dover Dixon Horne PLLC 1 216.0
  36 Kutak Rock LLP 1 216.0
  82 BuckleySandler LLP 1 182.9
  NR Holland & Knight LLP 1 182.9
  82 Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren L.LP 1 104.3
  27 King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP 1 104.3
  82 Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP 1 82.3
  82 Stevens & Lee P.C. 1 77.8
  NR Christian Samson Jones & Chisholm PLLC 1 73.2
  NR Holland & Hart LLP 1 73.2
  36 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1 67.3
  NR Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1 57.0
  49 Thompson & Knight LLP 1 56.4
  NR Faegre Baker Daniels LLP 1 52.0
  NR Bone McAllester Norton PLLC 1 48.1
  NR Harris Law Firm PC 1 48.0
  NR Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Co. LPA 1 37.7
  NR Morgan Law.co 1 37.7
  82 Rogers & Hardin LLP 1 37.3
  NR Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP 1 32.7
  36 Graham & Dunn PC 1 30.4
  NR Swift and Bramler LLC 1 30.4
  NR Adams & Reese LLP 1 29.6
  NR Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1 17.7
  49 Venable LLP 1 17.7
  NR Yumkas Vidmar & Sweeney LLC 1 17.7
  NR Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC 1 17.3
  NR Stewart Melvin & Frost LLP 1 15.5
  49 Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP 1 15.4
  NR Jones & Keller PC 1 13.7
  49 Fairfield and Woods PC 1 12.5
  NR Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver 1 11.5
  36 Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP 1 10.0
  12 Larry E. Temple 1 8.1
  NR Ambrecht Jackson LLP 1 3.9
  12 Baird Holm LLP 1 2.4
  17 Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather L.LP 1 2.4
  NR Sprouse Shrader Smith P.C. 1 1.9
  NR McGuireWoods LLP 1 1.4
  NR Belin McCormick P.C. 1 NA
  49 Boardman & Clark LLP 1 NA
  82 Carmody MacDonald PC 1 NA
  NR Critchfield Critchfield & Johnston Ltd. 1 NA
  82 Davis Brown Law Firm 1 NA
  82 Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 1 NA
  49 Hogan Lovells US LLP 1 NA
  NR Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer Plc. 1 NA
  82 Lane & Waterman LLP 1 NA
  NR Lewis Rice & Fingersh LC 1 NA
  82 Locke Lord LLP 1 NA
  NR Maynard Cooper & Gale PC 1 NA
  82 McCarter & English LLP 1 NA
  NR Miller & Martin PLLC 1 NA
  NR Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP 1 NA
  NR Sherman & Howard LLC 1 NA
  NR Sorling Northrup Hanna Cullen & Cochran Ltd. 1 NA
  17 Vedder Price P.C. 1 NA
  NR Winstead PC 1 NA
  NR Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP 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.

Source:

SNL Financial
, Charlottesville, Va.
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