Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Number of Deals
February 15, 2013, 6:20 p.m. EST 1 Min Read
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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 2012. Dollars in millions | ||||
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| 2012 Rank | 2011 Rank | Firm | Deals | Deal value |
| 1 | 3 | Hunton & Williams LLP | 12 | $861.9 |
| 2 | 2 | Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz | 11 | 7,261.5 |
| 3 | 1 | Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC | 10 | 934.8 |
| 19 | Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP | 10 | 273.1 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | 9 | 419.0 |
| 6 | 7 | Bracewell & Giuliani LLP | 8 | 1,030.5 |
| 7 | Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP | 8 | 84.6 | |
| 19 | Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP | 8 | 51.9 | |
| 9 | 32 | Hogan Lovells US LLP | 7 | 346.2 |
| 12 | Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP | 7 | 181.7 | |
| 12 | Lindquist & Vennum PLLP | 7 | 11.2 | |
| 12 | 12 | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | 6 | 9,200.7 |
| 3 | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 6 | 359.5 | |
| NR | Polsinelli Shughart PC | 6 | 29.4 | |
| 15 | 19 | Arnold & Porter LLP | 5 | 3,875.0 |
| 52 | Spidi & Fisch PC | 5 | 574.9 | |
| 19 | Lane Powell PC | 5 | 169.5 | |
| 52 | Fredrikson & Byron PA | 5 | 8.3 | |
| 19 | 12 | Patton Boggs LLP | 4 | 222.3 |
| 52 | Stevens & Lee PC | 4 | 179.3 | |
| 12 | K&L Gates LLP | 4 | 72.9 | |
| 52 | Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen PC | 4 | 41.5 | |
| 32 | Larry E. Temple | 4 | 31.8 | |
| 19 | Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP | 4 | 30.5 | |
| 52 | Schiff Hardin LLP | 4 | 27.5 | |
| 26 | NR | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | 3 | 3,813.2 |
| 52 | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | 3 | 546.0 | |
| 32 | Graham & Dunn PC | 3 | 529.3 | |
| 32 | Haynie Rake & Repass PC | 3 | 168.7 | |
| 19 | Smith Mackinnon PA | 3 | 105.1 | |
| 32 | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP | 3 | 90.4 | |
| 32 | Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP | 3 | 86.3 | |
| 52 | Alston & Bird LLP | 3 | 83.4 | |
| NR | Sidley Austin LLP | 3 | 80.3 | |
| 7 | King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP | 3 | 73.4 | |
| 7 | Gary Steven Findley & Associates | 3 | 68.8 | |
| NR | Crowe & Dunlevy | 3 | 49.6 | |
| 19 | Bryan Cave LLP | 3 | 40.0 | |
| NR | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | 3 | 33.4 | |
| 19 | Howard & Howard Attorneys PC | 3 | 23.8 | |
| NR | Godfrey & Kahn SC | 3 | 12.1 | |
| NR | Vedder Price PC | 3 | NA | |
| 12 | Winthrop & Weinstine PA | 3 | NA | |
| 44 | NR | Jones Day | 2 | 1,294.4 |
| 52 | Goodwin Procter LLP | 2 | 230.7 | |
| 32 | Barnes & Thornburg LLP | 2 | 126.7 | |
| NR | Williams Mullen | 2 | 121.1 | |
| 32 | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP | 2 | 85.8 | |
| 19 | Shutts & Bowen LLP | 2 | 67.1 | |
| NR | Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP | 2 | 65.0 | |
| 52 | Troutman Sanders LLP | 2 | 64.1 | |
| NR | Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver | 2 | 64.1 | |
| 52 | Paul Hastings LLP | 2 | 62.3 | |
| 19 | Gaeta & Eveson PA | 2 | 46.6 | |
| 52 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | 2 | 45.0 | |
| NR | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | 2 | 42.8 | |
| 52 | McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP | 2 | 41.9 | |
| 52 | LeClairRyan | 2 | 40.6 | |
| 32 | Bingham McCutchen LLP | 2 | 34.3 | |
| 52 | Frost Brown Todd LLC | 2 | 27.0 | |
| NR | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | 2 | 26.6 | |
| 52 | Dechert LLP | 2 | 17.9 | |
| NR | Daniel W. Small & Co. | 2 | 15.4 | |
| NR | Boardman & Clark LLP | 2 | 11.0 | |
| NR | Paul Foster Law Offices PC | 2 | 4.8 | |
| 3 | Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP | 2 | 3.9 | |
| 12 | Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP | 2 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | Baird Holm LLP | 2 | NA | |
| 52 | Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith LLP | 2 | NA | |
| 70 | NR | Norton Rose Canada LLP | 1 | 3,172.0 |
| NR | Torys LLP | 1 | 3,172.0 | |
| NR | Dykema Gossett PLLC | 1 | 1,287.9 | |
| NR | Haynes and Boone LLP | 1 | 641.1 | |
| 52 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | 1 | 500.0 | |
| NR | McConnell Valdes | 1 | 500.0 | |
| 32 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 1 | 251.3 | |
| NR | Cheek & Falcone PLLC | 1 | 194.4 | |
| NR | Coritsidis & Lambros PLLC | 1 | 135.0 | |
| NR | Linklaters LLP | 1 | 135.0 | |
| 52 | Harris Beach PLLC | 1 | 109.1 | |
| 32 | Krieg DeVault LLP | 1 | 105.4 | |
| 52 | McGuireWoods LLP | 1 | 77.8 | |
| NR | Phillips Gardill Kaiser & Altmeyer PLLC | 1 | 72.9 | |
| NR | Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP | 1 | 66.9 | |
| NR | Choate Hall & Stewart LLP | 1 | 64.8 | |
| 52 | DLA Piper LLP (US) | 1 | 55.4 | |
| NR | Hand Arendall LLC | 1 | 55.4 | |
| 52 | Morrison & Foerster LLP | 1 | 55.4 | |
| 52 | Reed Smith LLP | 1 | 50.5 | |
| NR | Gordon Feinblatt Rothman Hoffberger & Hollander LLC | 1 | 49.0 | |
| NR | Ballard Spahr LLP | 1 | 46.1 | |
| NR | Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP | 1 | 40.6 | |
| 52 | Jackson Kelly PLLC | 1 | 37.9 | |
| 19 | Silver Freedman & Taff LLP | 1 | 37.9 | |
| NR | Hilburn Calhoon Harper Pruniski & Calhoun Ltd. | 1 | 34.0 | |
| NR | Zwillinger Greek Zwillinger & Knecht PC | 1 | 31.7 | |
| 52 | Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP | 1 | 30.0 | |
| NR | Bowditch & Dewey LLP | 1 | 29.9 | |
| NR | Dodd Mason George LLP | 1 | 27.8 | |
| 52 | Kutak Rock LLP | 1 | 27.3 | |
| NR | Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Martin | 1 | 25.7 | |
| NR | Critchfield Critchfield & Johnston Ltd. | 1 | 23.0 | |
| NR | Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC | 1 | 22.6 | |
| NR | Ritchie Law Firm P.C | 1 | 22.6 | |
| NR | Mark Barnes Law PC | 1 | 21.3 | |
| NR | Downey Brand LLP | 1 | 21.3 | |
| NR | Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe LLC | 1 | 21.3 | |
| NR | Stites & Harbison PLLC | 1 | 20.0 | |
| 52 | Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP | 1 | 19.1 | |
| NR | Nixon Peabody LLP | 1 | 18.2 | |
| 52 | Mayer Brown LLP | 1 | 15.6 | |
| 32 | Stuart Moore | 1 | 15.5 | |
| NR | Malizia & Associates PC | 1 | 14.6 | |
| NR | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | 1 | 13.2 | |
| NR | Barley Snyder LLC | 1 | 12.7 | |
| NR | Lowenstein Sandler PC | 1 | 11.5 | |
| NR | Christoffel & Elliott PA | 1 | 11.2 | |
| NR | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP | 1 | 10.6 | |
| 52 | Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP | 1 | 9.8 | |
| NR | Gerrish McCreary Smith PC | 1 | 9.7 | |
| NR | Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP | 1 | 8.6 | |
| 52 | Kotz Sangster Wysocki and Berg PC | 1 | 8.3 | |
| 52 | Mathis Marifian Richter & Grandy Ltd. | 1 | 8.1 | |
| NR | Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP | 1 | 7.5 | |
| NR | Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC | 1 | 7.0 | |
| NR | Lathrop & Gage LLP | 1 | 6.8 | |
| 52 | Tisdale & Nicholson LLP | 1 | 6.5 | |
| NR | Foley & Lardner LLP | 1 | 5.6 | |
| NR | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP | 1 | 5.5 | |
| NR | Jones & Keller PC | 1 | 5.5 | |
| NR | Breyer & Associates PC | 1 | 4.8 | |
| NR | Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer LLP | 1 | 4.0 | |
| 52 | BuckleySandler LLP | 1 | 3.7 | |
| 19 | Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP | 1 | 3.7 | |
| NR | Rothberg Logan & Warsco LLP | 1 | 3.7 | |
| NR | Spitzer Herriman Stephenson Holderead Musser & Conner LLP | 1 | 3.7 | |
| 52 | Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd. | 1 | 2.5 | |
| NR | Perry Guthery Haase & Gessford PC L.L.O. | 1 | 2.5 | |
| NR | Modrall Sperling Roehl Harris & Sisk PA | 1 | 2.1 | |
| 52 | Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC | 1 | 1.4 | |
| NR | Verrill & Dana LLP | 1 | 1.2 | |
| NR | Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Banking & Tax Law Group LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Burke Warren MacKay & Serritella PC | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Carl R. Croce | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Davis Brown Law Firm | 1 | NA | |
| 52 | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Devine Millimet & Branch | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Dover Dixon Horne PLLC | 1 | NA | |
| 52 | Foulston & Siefkin LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Grant Thornton LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Greenwald & Greenwald LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 52 | Husch Blackwell LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Jackson Walker LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Kennedy Toppin & Sutherland LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Law Office of James Cooke | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Law Office of Mark R. Beatty | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Lieben Whitted Houghton Slowiaczek & Cavanagh PC LLO | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | McGill Gotsdiner Workman & Lepp PC LLO | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Mirick O'Connell DeMallie & Lougee LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 32 | Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Oldfield & Helsdon PLLC | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Olson & Burns PC | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Peterson Russell Kelly PLLC | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Quarles & Brady LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 52 | Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Sexton Bender Maher Hill & Steinman PC | 1 | NA | |
| 19 | Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Woner Glenn Reeder Girard & Riordan PA | 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
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