Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal Value

February 15, 2011, 2:24 a.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal ValuePrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in 2010. Dollars in millions Published February 15, 2011
2010 Rank	2009 Rank	Firm	Deal value	Deals
1	10	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz*	$6,176.1	10
2	51	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP*	5,697.3	8
3	72	Godfrey & Kahn SC*	4,096.0	2
	NR	Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP	4,096.0	1
5	16	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP	1,498.0	1
6	NR	Alston & Bird LLP	1,468.4	1
7	NR	Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP	371.6	3
8	NR	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates*	357.8	8
9	NR	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP*	347.6	6
10	28	Morrison & Foerster LLP*	292.8	3
11	NR	Mayer Brown LLP	286.3	1
12	5	Hunton & Williams LLP*	253.8	8
13	1	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC	249.8	5
14	15	Kilpatrick Stockton LLP*	215.5	4
15	NR	Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP	185.4	1
	13	DLA Piper LLP US*	185.4	5
	NR	Jackson Kelly PLLC	185.4	1
18	NR	Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC*	149.0	5
19	NR	Hinman Howard & Kattell LLP	130.7	2
20	32	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP	103.3	4
21	NR	Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC	101.8	1
22	NR	Duane Morris LLP	93.0	2
23	17	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	90.5	1
	NR	Krieg DeVault LLP	90.5	1
25	NR	Varnum LLP	88.3	2
26	NR	Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP*	84.4	3
27	NR	Warner Norcross & Judd LLP	77.5	1
28	NR	SNR Denton US LLP	73.3	1
29	NR	Jackson Walker LLP	73.2	2
30	NR	Giordano Halleran & Ciesla PC	72.3	1
31	NR	Saidis Sullivan Law	67.8	1
	NR	Saul Ewing LLP	67.8	1
33	21	Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP*	64.2	14
34	NR	Dykema Gossett PLLC	50.0	1
	NR	Sidley Austin LLP	50.0	1
36	7	LeClairRyan	48.7	2
37	44	Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson LLP	41.4	2
38	NR	Ward and Smith PA	38.7	1
39	NR	Reed Smith LLP	34.5	1
40	NR	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP	33.8	1
41	6	Goodwin Procter LLP*	32.0	3
42	NR	Ice Miller LLP	30.0	1
	NR	Lewis Rice & Fingersh LC	30.0	1
	NR	Mark Barnes Law PC	30.0	1
45	NR	Hiscock & Barclay LLP	28.8	1
46	NR	Stevens & Lee PC*	27.1	3
47	54	Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP*	24.6	2
48	NR	McMahon Surovik Suttle PC	22.2	1
49	NR	Miller & Martin PLLC	21.9	2
50	39	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP*	20.0	5
	NR	Haynie Rake & Repass PC*	20.0	3
52	46	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP*	19.8	3
	86	Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver	19.8	1
54	NR	Craig & Macauley PC	19.0	1
55	NR	McAfee & Taft*	18.2	2
	NR	Mock Schwabe Waldo Elder Reeves & Bryant LLC	18.2	1
57	30	Loren P. Hansen APC	17.3	1
58	NR	Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC	16.1	1
	NR	Carmody & Torrance LLP	16.1	1
	9	Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney	16.1	1
61	74	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC*	15.7	3
62	NR	Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen PC	15.3	1
63	NR	Larry E. Temple	15.2	2
64	NR	Barley Snyder LLC	12.9	1
65	NR	Waldman Law Group PC	12.3	1
66	NR	Akerman Senterfitt	12.2	1
	34	Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP	12.2	1
68	NR	Fredrikson & Byron PA*	12.0	3
	NR	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	12.0	1
	NR	Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA	12.0	1
71	84	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP*	10.7	4
72	NR	Fenimore Kay & Harrison LLP*	10.2	4
73	NR	Bingham McCutchen LLP	10.1	3
74	62	Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP*	10.0	3
75	NR	Jones Day*	9.9	4
	55	Smith Mackinnon PA*	9.9	3
77	38	Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP	9.1	2
78	NR	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP*	8.9	4
79	NR	Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith LLP	7.2	2
80	NR	Baird Holm LLP	7.0	1
81	NR	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP*	6.8	5
	NR	Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith PC	6.8	1
83	NR	Bass Berry & Sims PLC	5.8	1
84	NR	Pepper Hamilton LLP	5.5	1
	19	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP*	5.5	2
86	NR	Pickering & Cotogno	5.3	1
87	83	Polsinelli Shughart PC*	5.0	2
88	24	Grady & Associates*	4.8	4
89	60	Kennedy Toppin & Sutherland LLP	4.6	1
90	11	Hogan Lovells US LLP*	4.5	2
91	58	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP*	4.3	6
92	NR	Dorsey & Whitney LLP	3.5	1
93	NR	Catlett Law Firm PLC	3.1	1
	NR	Rose Law Firm	3.1	1
95	NR	Rolf Perrin & Associates PC	2.9	2
96	7	McGuireWoods LLP*	2.8	2
	NR	Smith Hulsey & Busey	2.8	1
98	NR	Harris Beach PLLC	2.7	1
99	85	Silver Freedman & Taff LLP*	2.3	2
100	18	Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP*	2.1	2
101	NR	Kirkland & Ellis LLP*	2.0	3
102	NR	Biggs Law Group LC	1.5	1
103	NR	Briggs & Morgan PA	1.3	1
104	NR	Keesal Young & Logan	1.2	1
105	22	Stites & Harbison PLLC	0.8	1
106	NR	Abt Law Office	0.7	1
	NR	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	0.7	1

*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. Rankings are recalculated as of Jan. 5, 2010. 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