Top Lead Legal Advisors Ranked by Deal Value

February 15, 2012, 5:04 p.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal Advisors Ranked by Deal ValuePrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in 2011. Dollars in millions Published February 15, 2012
2011 Rank	2010 Rank	Firm	Deal value	Deals
1	1	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz*	$13,584.4	8
2	2	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP*	12,590.2	4
3	NR	Dechert LLP	9,000.0	1
	NR	Loyens & Loeff N.V.	9,000.0	1
	13	Mayer Brown LLP	9,000.0	1
	12	Morrison & Foerster LLP	9,000.0	1
	NR	Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP*	9,000.0	3
8	17	DLA Piper LLP (US)*	1,028.9	2
	NR	Locke Lord LLP	1,028.9	1
	NR	Shearman & Sterling LLP	1,028.9	1
	NR	Winstead PC	1,028.9	1
12	NR	Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP	615.9	2
13	10	Hogan Lovells US LLP*	488.9	2
	11	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP*	488.9	2
15	NR	Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP	463.3	3
16	NR	Rhoads & Sinon LLP	342.1	1
17	NR	Day Pitney LLP	296.9	2
18	77	Arnold & Porter LLP	294.3	3
19	46	Goodwin Procter LLP	233.7	1
	7	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP	233.7	1
21	15	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick P.C.*	215.6	10
22	NR	Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP	174.7	2
23	44	Reed Smith LLP	163.0	1
24	9	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates*	143.1	7
25	NR	White & Case LLP*	140.2	2
26	NR	Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan LLC	134.8	1
27	NR	Patton Boggs LLP*	108.6	4
28	NR	Silver Freedman & Taff L.LP*	91.5	3
29	68	Gary Steven Findley & Associates*	86.6	5
30	NR	Fulbright & Jaworski LLP	71.0	1
31	22	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren L.LP*	70.2	3
32	NR	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP	70.0	1
33	NR	King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP*	68.0	5
34	75	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP	65.2	4
35	94	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP*	62.5	5
36	66	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP	57.2	2
37	NR	Lane Powell P.C.*	55.7	3
38	63	Smith Mackinnon PA*	54.9	4
39	NR	Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP*	49.2	2
40	14	Hunton & Williams LLP*	48.6	6
41	16	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP*	47.8	6
42	25	Krieg DeVault LLP*	47.0	2
43	21	Hinman Howard & Kattell LLP	45.2	1
44	85	Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA	45.1	2
45	NR	Gaeta & Eveson P.A.	44.6	4
46	73	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC*	41.9	3
47	NR	Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.*	41.4	2
48	28	Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP*	40.6	7
49	NR	Adams & Reese LLP	40.0	1
50	90	Bryan Cave LLP*	34.3	4
51	20	Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC	32.5	1
52	111	McGuireWoods LLP	32.3	1
	59	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP	32.3	1
54	57	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP*	31.5	5
55	NR	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC	27.9	1
	53	Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP	27.9	1
57	NR	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP	26.9	2
58	NR	Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson LLP	26.4	1
59	64	McAfee & Taft	25.8	1
60	NR	BuckleySandler LLP	25.4	1
61	NR	Faegre & Benson LLP	25.0	1
62	62	Larry E. Temple	24.6	2
63	89	Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP*	23.7	4
64	NR	Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC	22.0	1
	NR	Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC	22.0	1
	NR	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP	22.0	2
67	NR	Keller Rohrback LLP	21.8	1
68	52	Stevens & Lee P.C.	21.4	1
69	97	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP*	20.7	5
70	NR	Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP*	20.1	2
	NR	Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC	20.1	1
72	NR	Boyer Hebert Abels & Angelle L.L.C.	19.1	1
	NR	Troutman Sanders LLP	19.1	1
74	NR	Hampton & Royce LC	18.5	1
75	99	Bingham McCutchen LLP*	17.4	2
76	NR	Winston & Strawn LLP	17.0	1
77	NR	Schiff Hardin LLP	15.5	1
78	17	Jackson Kelly PLLC	13.4	1
	40	LeClairRyan	13.4	1
80	NR	Keesal Young & Logan	12.0	1
81	NR	Forshey Prostok LLP	11.0	1
82	54	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather L.LP*	10.8	4
83	NR	Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP*	10.3	3
84	NR	Shutts & Bowen LLP	10.0	1
	NR	McAndrews Allen & Matson PC	10.0	1
86	100	Bass Berry & Sims PLC	9.9	1
87	96	Baird Holm LLP*	9.2	6
88	NR	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	8.9	1
	NR	Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL	8.9	1
90	85	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP*	8.4	2
91	88	Bybel Rutledge LLP	8.3	1
92	NR	Davis Wright Tremaine LLP	7.2	1
	NR	Graham & Dunn PC*	7.2	2
94	NR	Winthrop & Weinstine PA*	7.1	3
95	NR	Foulston & Siefkin LLP	6.9	1
96	NR	Saiber LLC	6.8	1
97	25	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6.6	2
98	76	Frost Brown Todd LLC	6.3	1
	113	Harris Beach PLLC	6.3	1
100	NR	Igler & Dougherty P.A.*	6.0	2
101	37	Haynie Rake & Repass PC	5.9	1
102	NR	Jones & Keller PC	4.6	1
103	68	Tisdale & Nicholson LLP	4.4	1
104	43	Ward and Smith PA	3.7	1
105	NR	Stuart Moore*	3.5	2
105	NR	Cox Smith & Matthews Inc.	3.5	1
107	48	Lewis Rice & Fingersh LC	3.0	1
	NR	Wieland & Condry LLC	3.0	1
109	NR	Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC	1.1	1
	NR	Shindler Neff Holmes Schlageter & Mohler L.LP	1.1	1
	NR	Bone McAllester Norton PLLC	1.1	1
112	NR	Kotz Sangster Wysocki and Berg P.C.	0.3	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, 2012. 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