Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked By Number of Deals

February 10, 2010, 1:08 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 announced in 2009. Dollars in millions. Published February 11, 2010
2009 Rank	2008 Rank	Firm	Deals	Deal value
1	3	Hunton & Williams LLP*	11	$65.7
2	17	Smith Mackinnon PA*	7	140.4
3	2	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick P.C.*	6	293.7
4	6	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP	4	457.1
	17	Bryan Cave LLP*	4	20.9
	NR	Jones & Keller PC*	4	19.8
7	53	Barnes & Thornburg LLP*	3	30.1
	6	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3	15.7
	NR	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP*	3	1.9
	NR	Fredrikson & Byron PA*	3	NA
	29	Gaeta & Eveson PA*	3	18.6
	6	Gerrish McCreary Smith PC*	3	9.9
	29	Goodwin Procter LLP*	3	153.9
	NR	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP*	3	36.9
	6	Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP	3	40.1
	17	Kilpatrick Stockton LLP*	3	45.3
	11	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP*	3	NA
	29	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP*	3	10.8
	NR	Shutts & Bowen LLP	3	72.4
20	53	Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP*	2	15.0
	53	Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP*	2	5.2
	53	Christian Samson Jones & Chisholm PLLC	2	20.9
	NR	Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney	2	97.7
	53	Dechert LLP	2	260.3
	53	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	2	17.7
	NR	DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP	2	55.9
	3	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC	2	5.8
	NR	Kennedy & Baris LLP	2	5.3
	29	Kutak Rock LLP*	2	10.0
	NR	Loren P. Hansen APC	2	20.6
	NR	Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC*	2	NA
	NR	Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd.	2	10.5
	NR	Robinson & Cole LLP*	2	7.1
	11	Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP*	2	7.5
	29	Silver Freedman & Taff LLP*	2	0.6
	53	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP*	2	32.8
	53	Troutman Sanders LLP*	2	1.4
	29	Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP*	2	6.9
	5	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz*	2	93.0
	53	Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA*	2	NA
41	29	Alston & Bird LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Baker & Daniels LLP	1	9.6
	11	Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC	1	9.3
	NR	Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson LLP	1	10.0
	53	Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach & Flynn PC	1	2.4
	NR	Bodman LLP	1	3.0
	29	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP	1	7.0
	53	Bricker & Eckler LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Brown Hay & Stephens LLP	1	27.9
	NR	Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC*	1	NA
	17	Bybel Rutledge LLP	1	239.8
	NR	Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP	1	11.0
	NR	Callister Nebeker & McCullough	1	6.4
	29	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	1	11.5
	NR	Critchfield Critchfield & Johnston Ltd.*	1	NA
	NR	Crowley Fleck PLLP	1	3.4
	NR	Davis & MacDonald Law Firm*	1	NA
	NR	Davis Brown Koehn Shors & Roberts PC	1	2.4
	53	Day Pitney LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Drummond Law PLLC	1	8.1
	NR	Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP	1	32.8
	NR	Fisher Skrobot & Sheraw LLC*	1	NA
	53	Foley & Lardner LLP*	1	NA
	53	Foley Hoag LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Ford & Taylor PLLC	1	7.5
	NR	Fraser Stryker Vaughn Meusey Olson Boyer & Bloch PC*	1	NA
	NR	Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Grady & Associates	1	6.2
	53	Graham & Dunn PC	1	17.5
	NR	Harding Shultz & Downs*	1	NA
	NR	Harris Law Firm PC	1	3.2
	NR	Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC*	1	NA
	53	Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.*	1	NA
	NR	Henderson Covington Messenger Newman & Thomas Co. LPA*	1	NA
	17	Hogan & Hartson LLP	1	64.8
	29	Holman Hansen & Colville PC	1	2.7
	NR	Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP	1	10.5
	NR	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP	1	10.5
	NR	Humphrey Farrington & McClain P.C.	1	4.6
	NR	John R. Preston*	1	NA
	11	K&L Gates LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Kemp & Grzelakowski Ltd.*	1	NA
	NR	Kirkland & Ellis LLP	1	40.0
	29	Larry E. Temple	1	12.0
	53	LeClairRyan	1	105.4
	NR	Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP	1	24.8
	NR	Lowther Johnson Attorneys at Law LLC	1	7.5
	NR	Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Martin Snow LLP	1	1.4
	NR	Marvin L. Portney PC*	1	NA
	NR	McAfee & Taft*	1	NA
	53	McGuireWoods LLP	1	105.4
	NR	Meyer & Kerschner Ltd.	1	17.5
	NR	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1	400.0
	NR	Morrison & Foerster LLP*	1	NA
	53	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	1	8.3
	NR	Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver	1	0.3
	11	Patton Boggs LLP	1	46.9
	NR	Paul Foster Law Offices PC	1	4.5
	NR	Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP	1	239.8
	NR	Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Perry Guthery Haase & Gessford PC LLO	1	1.9
	NR	Pickering & Cotogno*	1	NA
	6	Polsinelli Shughart PC*	1	NA
	NR	Proskauer Rose LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Pryor Cashman LLP*	1	NA
	53	Rhoads & Sinon LLP	1	64.8
	NR	Roberts Kaplan LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Sampson Curry & Twiss PC*	1	NA
	NR	Schiff Hardin LLP	1	14.3
	NR	Schottenstein Zox & Dunn PA	1	17.5
	53	Sherman & Howard LLC	1	7.5
	NR	Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC	1	2.7
	53	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	1	9.5
	53	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates*	1	NA
	NR	Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP	1	2.7
	NR	Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP	1	17.5
	11	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP	1	7.5
	29	Stites & Harbison PLLC	1	32.4
	29	Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC	1	32.4
	1	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP*	1	NA
	NR	Vancott Bagley Cornwall & McCarthy PC	1	7
	29	Ward and Smith PA	1	8
	NR	Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP	1	0.3
	17	Williams Mullen	1	5.2
	NR	Winston & Strawn LLP	1	40.0
	NR	WolfBlock LLP	1	11.0
	53	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC	1	157.0
	NR	Wright Fulford Moorhead & Brown L.LP	1	15.0

*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. 6, 2010. In 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