Top Lead Legal Advisors Ranked by Number of Deals
February 15, 2012, 4:43 p.m. EST 1 Min Read
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Top Lead Legal Advisors Ranked by Number of Deals
Top Lead Legal Advisors Ranked by Number of DealsPrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in 2011. Dollars in millions | ||||
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| 2011 Rank | 2010 Rank | Firm | Deals | Deal value |
| 1 | 8 | Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick P.C. | 10 | $215.6 |
| 2 | 2 | Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz | 8 | 13,584.4 |
| 3 | 5 | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 7 | 143.1 |
| 1 | Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP | 7 | 40.6 | |
| 5 | 3 | Hunton & Williams LLP | 6 | 48.6 |
| 13 | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | 6 | 47.8 | |
| 36 | Baird Holm LLP | 6 | 9.2 | |
| 8 | 64 | Gary Steven Findley & Associates | 5 | 86.6 |
| 64 | King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP | 5 | 68.0 | |
| 13 | Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP | 5 | 62.5 | |
| 11 | Bracewell & Giuliani LLP | 5 | 31.5 | |
| 13 | Lindquist & Vennum PLLP | 5 | 20.7 | |
| 13 | 3 | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | 4 | 12,590.2 |
| 64 | Patton Boggs LLP | 4 | 108.6 | |
| 5 | Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP | 4 | 65.2 | |
| 21 | Smith Mackinnon PA | 4 | 54.9 | |
| NR | Gaeta & Eveson P.A. | 4 | 44.6 | |
| 36 | Bryan Cave LLP | 4 | 34.3 | |
| 13 | Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP | 4 | 23.7 | |
| 8 | Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather L.LP | 4 | 10.8 | |
| 64 | K&L Gates LLP | 4 | NA | |
| 22 | NR | Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP | 3 | 9,000.0 |
| NR | Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP | 3 | 463.3 | |
| 36 | Arnold & Porter LLP | 3 | 294.3 | |
| 64 | Silver Freedman & Taff L.LP | 3 | 91.5 | |
| 13 | Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren L.LP | 3 | 70.2 | |
| NR | Lane Powell P.C. | 3 | 55.7 | |
| 21 | Howard & Howard Attorneys PC | 3 | 41.9 | |
| NR | Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP | 3 | 10.3 | |
| NR | Winthrop & Weinstine PA | 3 | 7.1 | |
| 31 | 13 | DLA Piper LLP (US) | 2 | 1,028.9 |
| NR | Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP | 2 | 615.9 | |
| 21 | Hogan Lovells US LLP | 2 | 488.9 | |
| 7 | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | 2 | 488.9 | |
| 64 | Day Pitney LLP | 2 | 296.9 | |
| NR | Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP | 2 | 174.7 | |
| NR | White & Case LLP | 2 | 140.2 | |
| 36 | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP | 2 | 57.2 | |
| 36 | Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | 2 | 49.2 | |
| 64 | Krieg DeVault LLP | 2 | 47.0 | |
| 64 | Gunster Yoakley & Stewart PA | 2 | 45.1 | |
| NR | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A. | 2 | 41.4 | |
| NR | Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP | 2 | 26.9 | |
| 21 | Larry E. Temple | 2 | 24.6 | |
| NR | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP | 2 | 22.0 | |
| NR | Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP | 2 | 20.1 | |
| 64 | Bingham McCutchen LLP | 2 | 17.4 | |
| 64 | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP | 2 | 8.4 | |
| NR | Graham & Dunn PC | 2 | 7.2 | |
| 64 | Barnes & Thornburg LLP | 2 | 6.6 | |
| NR | Igler & Dougherty P.A. | 2 | 6.0 | |
| NR | Stuart Moore | 2 | 3.5 | |
| 21 | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | 2 | NA | |
| 21 | Fredrikson & Byron PA | 2 | NA | |
| 64 | Loren P. Hansen APC | 2 | NA | |
| 21 | Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP | 2 | NA | |
| 57 | NR | Dechert LLP | 1 | 9,000.0 |
| NR | Loyens & Loeff N.V. | 1 | 9,000.0 | |
| 64 | Mayer Brown LLP | 1 | 9,000.0 | |
| 21 | Morrison & Foerster LLP | 1 | 9,000.0 | |
| NR | Locke Lord LLP | 1 | 1,028.9 | |
| NR | Shearman & Sterling LLP | 1 | 1,028.9 | |
| NR | Winstead PC | 1 | 1,028.9 | |
| NR | Rhoads & Sinon LLP | 1 | 342.1 | |
| 21 | Goodwin Procter LLP | 1 | 233.7 | |
| 36 | Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP | 1 | 233.7 | |
| 64 | Reed Smith LLP | 1 | 163.0 | |
| NR | Gordon Arata McCollam Duplantis & Eagan LLC | 1 | 134.8 | |
| NR | Fulbright & Jaworski LLP | 1 | 71.0 | |
| NR | Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | 1 | 70.0 | |
| 36 | Hinman Howard & Kattell LLP | 1 | 45.2 | |
| NR | Adams & Reese LLP | 1 | 40.0 | |
| 11 | Malizia Spidi & Fisch PC | 1 | 32.5 | |
| 36 | McGuireWoods LLP | 1 | 32.3 | |
| 21 | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | 1 | 32.3 | |
| NR | Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC | 1 | 27.9 | |
| 36 | Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP | 1 | 27.9 | |
| NR | Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley Willis & Swanson LLP | 1 | 26.4 | |
| 36 | McAfee & Taft | 1 | 25.8 | |
| NR | BuckleySandler LLP | 1 | 25.4 | |
| NR | Faegre & Benson LLP | 1 | 25.0 | |
| NR | Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes PLLC | 1 | 22.0 | |
| NR | Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC | 1 | 22.0 | |
| NR | Keller Rohrback LLP | 1 | 21.8 | |
| 21 | Stevens & Lee P.C. | 1 | 21.4 | |
| NR | Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC | 1 | 20.1 | |
| NR | Boyer Hebert Abels & Angelle LLC | 1 | 19.1 | |
| 64 | Troutman Sanders LLP | 1 | 19.1 | |
| NR | Hampton & Royce LC | 1 | 18.5 | |
| NR | Winston & Strawn LLP | 1 | 17.0 | |
| NR | Schiff Hardin LLP | 1 | 15.5 | |
| 64 | Jackson Kelly PLLC | 1 | 13.4 | |
| 36 | LeClairRyan | 1 | 13.4 | |
| NR | Keesal Young & Logan | 1 | 12.0 | |
| NR | Forshey Prostok LLP | 1 | 11.0 | |
| NR | Shutts & Bowen LLP | 1 | 10.0 | |
| NR | McAndrews Allen & Matson PC | 1 | 10.0 | |
| 64 | Bass Berry & Sims PLC | 1 | 9.9 | |
| NR | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | 1 | 8.9 | |
| NR | Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL | 1 | 8.9 | |
| 64 | Bybel Rutledge LLP | 1 | 8.3 | |
| NR | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | 1 | 7.2 | |
| NR | Foulston & Siefkin LLP | 1 | 6.9 | |
| NR | Saiber LLC | 1 | 6.8 | |
| 64 | Frost Brown Todd LLC | 1 | 6.3 | |
| 64 | Harris Beach PLLC | 1 | 6.3 | |
| 8 | Haynie Rake & Repass PC | 1 | 5.9 | |
| NR | Jones & Keller PC | 1 | 4.6 | |
| 64 | Tisdale & Nicholson LLP | 1 | 4.4 | |
| 64 | Ward and Smith PA | 1 | 3.7 | |
| NR | Cox Smith & Matthews Inc. | 1 | 3.5 | |
| 64 | Lewis Rice & Fingersh LC | 1 | 3.0 | |
| NR | Wieland & Condry LLC | 1 | 3.0 | |
| 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 | |
| NR | Kotz Sangster Wysocki and Berg P.C. | 1 | 0.3 | |
| NR | Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Brown Hay & Stephens LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 36 | Davenport Evans Hurwitz & Smith LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Greenberg Traurig LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 36 | Husch Blackwell LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Kolesar & Leatham CHTD | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Kutak Rock LLP | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Mathis Marifian Richter & Grandy Ltd. | 1 | NA | |
| NR | McCarter & English LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 36 | Miller & Martin PLLC | 1 | NA | |
| NR | Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA | 1 | NA | |
| 64 | Venable LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 64 | Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis PA | 1 | NA | |
| 64 | Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP | 1 | NA | |
| 64 | Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith P.C. | 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. 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.
Source:
SNL Financial
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