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Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of Deals

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Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of Deals

Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of DealsPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in 2010. Dollars in millions
Published February 15, 2011

2010
Rank
2009
Rank
Firm Deals Deal value
1 4 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP* 14 $64.2
2 20 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz* 10 6,176.1
3 1 Hunton & Williams LLP* 8 253.8
47 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates* 8 357.8
7 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP* 8 5,697.3
6 NR Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP* 6 347.6
7 Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP* 6 4.3
8 20 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP* 5 20.0
20 DLA Piper LLP US* 5 185.4
20 Lindquist & Vennum PLLP* 5 6.8
2 Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC 5 249.8
20 Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC* 5 149.0
13 47 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP* 4 8.9
7 Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP* 4 10.7
NR Fenimore Kay & Harrison LLP* 4 10.2
20 Grady & Associates* 4 4.8
20 Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP 4 103.3
NR Jones Day* 4 9.9
7 Kilpatrick Stockton LLP* 4 215.5
20 NR Andrews Kurth LLP* 3 NA
47 Bingham McCutchen LLP 3 10.1
20 Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP* 3 10.0
NR Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP* 3 84.4
7 Fredrikson & Byron PA* 3 12.0
7 Goodwin Procter LLP* 3 32.0
NR Haynie Rake & Repass PC* 3 20.0
47 Howard & Howard Attorneys PC* 3 15.7
47 Kirkland & Ellis LLP* 3 2.0
NR Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP* 3 NA
47 Morrison & Foerster LLP* 3 292.8
47 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP* 3 19.8
NR Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP 3 371.6
3 Smith Mackinnon PA* 3 9.9
NR Stevens & Lee PC* 3 27.1
35 47 Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson LLP 2 41.4
NR Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith LLP 2 7.2
NR Duane Morris LLP 2 93.0
47 Godfrey & Kahn SC* 2 4,096.0
20 Harding & Shultz PC* 2 NA
NR Hinman Howard & Kattell LLP 2 130.7
47 Hogan Lovells US LLP* 2 4.5
7 Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP* 2 2.1
NR Jackson Walker LLP 2 73.2
47 Larry E. Temple 2 15.2
47 LeClairRyan 2 48.7
47 McAfee & Taft* 2 18.2
47 McGuireWoods LLP* 2 2.8
NR Miller & Martin PLLC 2 21.9
47 Polsinelli Shughart PC* 2 5.0
NR Rolf Perrin & Associates PC 2 2.9
7 Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP 2 9.1
20 Silver Freedman & Taff LLP* 2 2.3
20 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP* 2 5.5
NR Varnum LLP 2 88.3
20 Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP* 2 24.6
47 Williams Mullen* 2 NA
NR Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP* 2 NA
58 NR Abt Law Office 1 0.7
NR Akerman Senterfitt 1 12.2
47 Alston & Bird LLP 1 1,468.4
NR Armstrong Teasdale LLP* 1 NA
NR Arnold & Porter LLP* 1 NA
NR Baird Holm LLP 1 7.0
NR Barley Snyder LLC 1 12.9
7 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1 90.5
NR Bass Berry & Sims PLC 1 5.8
47 Belin McCormick PC* 1 NA
NR Biggs Law Group LC 1 1.5
NR Boardman Suhr Curry & Field LLP* 1 NA
NR Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC 1 101.8
NR Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP 1 185.4
NR Breyer & Associates PC* 1 NA
NR Briggs & Morgan PA 1 1.3
4 Bryan Cave LLP* 1 NA
47 Bybel Rutledge LLP* 1 NA
NR Carmody & Torrance LLP 1 16.1
NR Catlett Law Firm PLC 1 3.1
47 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 1 12.0
NR Cozen O'Connor* 1 NA
NR Craig & Macauley PC 1 19.0
20 Cranmore FitzGerald & Meaney 1 16.1
47 Day Pitney LLP* 1 NA
47 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 1 33.8
NR Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen PC 1 15.3
NR Dorsey & Whitney LLP 1 3.5
NR Dykema Gossett PLLC 1 50.0
47 Foley Hoag LLP* 1 NA
NR Foster Pepper PLLC* 1 NA
NR Giordano Halleran & Ciesla PC 1 72.3
NR Greenberg Traurig LLP* 1 NA
NR Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC 1 16.1
NR Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA 1 12.0
NR Harris Beach PLLC 1 2.7
7 Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP 1 1,498.0
NR Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC* 1 NA
NR Hiscock & Barclay LLP 1 28.8
NR Ice Miller LLP 1 30.0
NR Jackson Kelly PLLC 1 185.4
NR Keesal Young & Logan 1 1.2
20 Kennedy Toppin & Sutherland LLP 1 4.6
47 King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP* 1 NA
NR Kirton & McConkie PC* 1 NA
NR Krieg DeVault LLP 1 90.5
NR Latham & Watkins LLP* 1 NA
NR Lathrop & Gage LLP* 1 NA
NR Lewis Rice & Fingersh LC 1 30.0
20 Loren P. Hansen APC 1 17.3
NR Mark Barnes Law PC 1 30.0
NR Mayer Brown LLP 1 286.3
NR Maynard Cooper & Gale PC* 1 NA
NR McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP* 1 NA
NR McMahon Surovik Suttle PC 1 22.2
NR Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1 0.7
NR Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP* 1 NA
NR Mock Schwabe Waldo Elder Reeves & Bryant LLC 1 18.2
NR Najmy Thompson PL* 1 NA
47 Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver 1 19.8
NR Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP 1 4,096.0
47 Patton Boggs LLP* 1 NA
NR Pepper Hamilton LLP 1 5.5
47 Pickering & Cotogno 1 5.3
NR Pierce Atwood LLP* 1 NA
NR Reed Smith LLP 1 34.5
NR Ropes & Gray LLP* 1 NA
NR Rose Law Firm 1 3.1
NR Saidis Sullivan Law 1 67.8
NR Saul Ewing LLP 1 67.8
NR Sexton Bender Maher Hill & Steinman PC* 1 NA
NR Sidley Austin LLP 1 50.0
NR Smith Hulsey & Busey 1 2.8
47 Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP* 1 NA
47 Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP 1 12.2
NR SNR Denton US LLP 1 73.3
47 Stites & Harbison PLLC 1 0.8
47 Tisdale & Nicholson LLP* 1 NA
20 Troutman Sanders LLP* 1 NA
NR Venable LLP* 1 NA
NR Waldman Law Group PC 1 12.3
47 Ward and Smith PA 1 38.7
NR Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 1 77.5
NR Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP* 1 NA
NR Wheeler & Mitchelson Chartered* 1 NA
NR Witherspoon Kelley Davenport & Toole PS* 1 NA
NR Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith PC 1 6.8

*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, 2011. 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.
© 2011 American Banker

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