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Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal Value

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Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal Value

Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal ValuePrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in 2012. Dollars in millions
Published February 15, 2013

2012
Rank
2011
Rank
Firm Deal value Deals
1 2 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP* $9,200.7 6
2 1 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz* 7,261.5 11
3 18 Arnold & Porter LLP* 3,875.0 5
4 NR Kirkland & Ellis LLP* 3,813.2 3
5 NR Norton Rose Canada LLP 3,172.0 1
NR Torys LLP 3,172.0 1
7 NR Jones Day 1,294.4 2
8 NR Dykema Gossett PLLC 1,287.9 1
9 49 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP* 1,030.5 8
10 21 Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC* 934.8 10
11 35 Hunton & Williams LLP* 861.9 12
12 NR Haynes and Boone LLP 641.1 1
13 54 Spidi & Fisch PC* 574.9 5
14 NR Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 546.0 3
15 93 Graham & Dunn PC 529.3 3
16 NR Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 500.0 1
NR McConnell Valdes 500.0 1
18 41 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP* 419.0 9
19 24 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates* 359.5 6
20 13 Hogan Lovells US LLP* 346.2 7
21 80 Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP* 273.1 10
22 13 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 251.3 1
23 19 Goodwin Procter LLP* 230.7 2
24 27 Patton Boggs LLP 222.3 4
25 NR Cheek & Falcone PLLC 194.4 1
26 30 Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP* 181.7 7
27 59 Stevens & Lee PC 179.3 4
28 38 Lane Powell PC 169.5 5
29 100 Haynie Rake & Repass PC* 168.7 3
30 NR Coritsidis & Lambros PLLC 135.0 1
NR Linklaters LLP 135.0 1
32 98 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 126.7 2
33 NR Williams Mullen* 121.1 2
34 97 Harris Beach PLLC 109.1 1
35 42 Krieg DeVault LLP 105.4 1
36 43 Smith Mackinnon PA 105.1 3
37 67 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP* 90.4 3
38 22 Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP 86.3 3
39 37 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP 85.8 2
40 34 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP* 84.6 8
41 NR Alston & Bird LLP* 83.4 3
42 NR Sidley Austin LLP 80.3 3
43 52 McGuireWoods LLP 77.8 1
44 33 King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP* 73.4 3
45 NR K&L Gates LLP* 72.9 4
NR Phillips Gardill Kaiser & Altmeyer PLLC 72.9 1
47 29 Gary Steven Findley & Associates 68.8 3
48 87 Shutts & Bowen LLP 67.1 2
49 NR Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP 66.9 1
50 NR Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP* 65.0 2
51 NR Choate Hall & Stewart LLP 64.8 1
52 73 Troutman Sanders LLP 64.1 2
53 NR Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver 64.1 2
54 86 Paul Hastings LLP 62.3 2
55 8 DLA Piper LLP (US) 55.4 1
NR Hand Arendall LLC 55.4 1
57 3 Morrison & Foerster LLP 55.4 1
58 39 Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP* 51.9 8
59 23 Reed Smith LLP 50.5 1
60 NR Crowe & Dunlevy 49.6 3
61 NR Gordon Feinblatt Rothman Hoffberger & Hollander LLC 49.0 1
62 45 Gaeta & Eveson PA 46.6 2
63 NR Ballard Spahr LLP 46.1 1
64 52 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP* 45.0 2
65 NR Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 42.8 2
66 70 McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 41.9 2
67 NR Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen PC* 41.5 4
68 NR Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP 40.6 1
81 LeClairRyan* 40.6 2
70 51 Bryan Cave LLP 40.0 3
71 81 Jackson Kelly PLLC 37.9 1
28 Silver Freedman & Taff LLP 37.9 1
73 76 Bingham McCutchen LLP 34.3 2
74 NR Hilburn Calhoon Harper Pruniski & Calhoun Ltd. 34.0 1
75 NR Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 33.4 3
76 63 Larry E. Temple* 31.8 4
77 NR Zwillinger Greek Zwillinger & Knecht PC 31.7 1
78 57 Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP* 30.5 4
79 70 Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP 30.0 1
80 NR Bowditch & Dewey LLP 29.9 1
81 NR Polsinelli Shughart PC* 29.4 6
82 NR Dodd Mason George LLP 27.8 1
83 79 Schiff Hardin LLP* 27.5 4
84 NR Kutak Rock LLP 27.3 1
85 101 Frost Brown Todd LLC 27.0 2
86 NR Dorsey & Whitney LLP 26.6 2
87 NR Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Martin 25.7 1
88 36 Howard & Howard Attorneys PC 23.8 3
89 NR Critchfield Critchfield & Johnston Ltd. 23.0 1
90 NR Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC 22.6 1
NR Ritchie Law Firm PC 22.6 1
92 NR Mark Barnes Law PC 21.3 1
93 NR Downey Brand LLP 21.3 1
94 NR Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe LLC 21.3 1
95 NR Stites & Harbison PLLC 20.0 1
96 19 Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP 19.1 1
97 NR Nixon Peabody LLP 18.2 1
98 3 Dechert LLP* 17.9 2
99 3 Mayer Brown LLP 15.6 1
100 104 Stuart Moore 15.5 1
101 NR Daniel W. Small & Co.* 15.4 2
102 NR Malizia & Associates PC 14.6 1
103 NR Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 13.2 1
104 NR Barley Snyder LLC 12.7 1
105 NR Godfrey & Kahn SC* 12.1 3
106 NR Lowenstein Sandler PC 11.5 1
107 NR Christoffel & Elliott PA 11.2 1
69 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP* 11.2 7
109 NR Boardman & Clark LLP* 11.0 2
110 NR Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP 10.6 1
111 55 Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP 9.8 1
112 NR Gerrish McCreary Smith PC 9.7 1
113 NR Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP 8.6 1
114 111 Kotz Sangster Wysocki and Berg PC 8.3 1
115 NR Fredrikson & Byron PA* 8.3 5
116 NR Mathis Marifian Richter & Grandy Ltd. 8.1 1
117 NR Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP 7.5 1
118 NR Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC 7.0 1
119 NR Lathrop & Gage LLP 6.8 1
120 102 Tisdale & Nicholson LLP 6.5 1
121 NR Foley & Lardner LLP 5.6 1
122 NR Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP 5.5 1
NR Jones & Keller PC 5.5 1
124 NR Paul Foster Law Offices PC* 4.8 2
125 NR Breyer & Associates PC 4.8 1
126 NR Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer LLP 4.0 1
127 47 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP* 3.9 2
128 61 BuckleySandler LLP 3.7 1
15 Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP 3.7 1
130 NR Rothberg Logan & Warsco LLP 3.7 1
NR Spitzer Herriman Stephenson Holderead Musser & Conner LLP 3.7 1
132 NR Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd. 2.5 1
133 85 Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP* 2.5 2
NR Perry Guthery Haase & Gessford PC LLO 2.5 1
135 NR Modrall Sperling Roehl Harris & Sisk PA 2.1 1
136 55 Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC 1.4 1
137 NR Verrill & Dana LLP 1.2 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. 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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