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Bankruptcy league tables

by contributor The Deal staff  |  Published December 8, 2011 at 8:51 AM
LAW FIRMS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Law firm No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 Latham & Watkins LLP 132 $8.3 $1,091.7
2 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 61 17.7 1078.4
3 Duane Morris LLP 185 5.8 1071.6
4 Saul Ewing LLP 103 10.2 1053.4
5 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 85 12.3 1045.0
6 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 85 12.3 1043.9
7 Reed Smith LLP 106 9.8 1035.2
8 White & Case LLP 60 17.2 1032.9
9 Vedder Price PC 68 14.2 967.2
10 King & Spalding LLP 85 10.9 929.4
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


LAWYERS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Professional Firm No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 Rosenberg, Robert Latham & Watkins LLP 37 $24.2 $894.3
2 Lauria, Thomas White & Case LLP 24 35.6 854.6
3 Schaffer, Eric Reed Smith LLP 14 56.5 790.5
4 Rapisardi, John Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 9 87.6 788.7
5 Davidson, Scott King & Spalding LLP 12 65.7 788.0
6 Hahn, Richard Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 14 55.6 778.0
7 Lipke, Douglas Vedder Price PC 25 31.1 777.0
8 Caton, Amy Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 5 154.4 771.8
9 Golden, Daniel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 11 69.9 768.6
10 Herman, Neil Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 39 19.6 766.2
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


INVESTMENT BANKS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Firm No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 Lazard 15 $48.1 $722.0
2 Houlihan Lokey Inc. 14 47.7 668.3
3 Duff & Phelps Corp. 17 39.2 665.8
4 Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC 2 320.8 641.5
5 Natixis Capital Markets Inc. 1 639 639
6 Blackstone Group LP 16 6.1 97.8
7 Peter J. Solomon Co. 1 32.9 32.9
8 Navigant Capital Advisors LLC 15 1.9 28
9 Jefferies & Co. 17 1.3 22.8
10 Moelis & Co. LLC 6 2.7 16.3
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


INVESTMENT BANKERS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Professional Firm No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 Ridings, Barry Lazard 6 $115.4 $692.4
2 Geer, Bradley Houlihan Lokey Inc. 3 219.8 659.5
Siegert, Eric Houlihan Lokey Inc. 3 219.8 659.5
3 Pfeiffer, Allen Duff & Phelps Corp. 2 329.6 659.1
4 Burian, Saul Houlihan Lokey Inc. 2 320.6 641.2
5 Bosacco, John Miller Buckfire & Co. LLC 1 639 639
Fazio, Michael Houlihan Lokey Inc.* 1 639 639
Hayden, C.; Inglese, R. Natixis Capital Markets Inc. 1 639 639
Riffkin, Alan Lazard 1 639 639
6 Zelin, Steve Blackstone Group LP 6 5.8 34.8
7 Maxwell, Anders Peter J. Solomon Co. 1 32.9 32.9
8 Gentile, Robert Blackstone Group LP 4 7.9 31.7
9 Lefkovits, Ari Lazard 3 10.4 31.1
10 Feuerabendt, Stefan Blackstone Group LP 1 30.1 30.1
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.
* Houlihan Lokey Inc. team: Michael Fazio, Bradley Jordan, Cindy Ma, David Putnam, Ansgar Zwick

Source: The Deal Pipeline


CRISIS MANAGEMENT FIRMS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Firm Name No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 FTI Consulting Inc. 102 $9.1 $923.6
2 Capstone Advisory Group LLC 20 37.6 751.2
3 Alvarez & Marsal LLC 27 26.2 706.9
4 Goldin Associates LLC 8 7.6 60.7
5 Protiviti Inc. 18 1.7 31.4
6 Loughlin Meghji + Co. 4 5.3 21.0
7 Huron Consulting Group Inc. 15 1.3 20.1
8 GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC 19 0.7 13.2
9 AlixPartners LLP 12 1.0 12.4
10 XRoads Solutions Group LLC 5 0.6 3.2
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


CRISIS MANAGERS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Professional Firm No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 Eisenband, Michael FTI Consulting Inc. 15 $51.2 $768.0
2 Tully, Conor FTI Consulting Inc. 6 120.4 722.3
3 Star, Samuel FTI Consulting Inc. 7 96.7 677.0
4 Greenspan, Ronald FTI Consulting Inc. 18 37.6 676.8
5 Salomon, John Capstone Advisory Group LLC 3 213.1 639.2
6 Darefsky, R.; Hewitt, K. FTI Consulting Inc. 1 639.0 639.0
Marsal, Bryan Alvarez & Marsal LLC* 1 639.0 639.0
7 Selwood, Mike FTI Consulting Inc. 3 27.6 82.7
8 Woodward, David FTI Consulting Inc. 3 27.5 82.6
9 Phillips, Anna FTI Consulting Inc. 1 82.3 82.3
10 Conly, Albert FTI Consulting Inc. 11 6.8 74.5
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.
* Alvarez & Marsal LLC team: Baldasare, Tom; Cairns, Ann; Cheston, Peter; Cohn, Steven; Cyburt, Philip; Donaldson, Jeffrey; Ehrmann, Daniel; Fitts, Jeffrey; Fox, William; Hershan, Robert; Kruse, Philip; Lakhani, Al; Lambert, Douglas; Lippman, Michael; Marsal, Bryan; McCarthy, Jack; Suckow, John; Walsh, Dave

Source: The Deal Pipeline


NONINVESTMENT BANKS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Firm No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC 117 $8.5 $999.7
2 BMC Group Inc. 71 10.4 740.8
3 Deloitte 35 19.3 674.6
4 Kekst and Co. 7 95.8 670.9
5 PricewaterhouseCoopers 22 29.6 651.9
6 Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Inc. 1 639.0 639.0
7 Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC 156 2.2 336.1
8 Garden City Group Inc. 91 1.9 169.3
9 KPMG 8 5.9 47.0
10 J.H. Cohn LLP 11 3.6 39.6
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


NONINVESTMENT BANKERS: VOLUME ($BILL.)
Rank Professional Firm No. of active cases Avg. assets Assets
1 McElhinney, Dan Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC 117 $8.5 $999.7
2 Feil, Tinamarie BMC Group Inc. 57 12.8 732.0
3 Alschuler, Steven Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Inc. 1 639.0 639.0
Foy, Joseph PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 1 639.0 639.0
4 Carson, J.; Kurtzman, E. Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC 156 2.2 336.1
5 Stein, Jeffrey Garden City Group Inc. 69 1.9 131.1
6 Gerber, K.; Jacobs, R. Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC 15 5.2 78.3
7 Brimmer, Andrew Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher 3 11.0 33.0
8 Siegel, Andrew Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher 1 32.9 32.9
9 Fielding, Jeremy Kekst and Co. 1 30.1 30.1
10 Zucker, Cliff J.H. Cohn LLP 4 6.7 26.8
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.
The Bankruptcy League Tables by volume involve only active U.S. bankruptcy cases of debtors with assets of $10 million or more.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


BANKRUPTCY LAW FIRMS: NUMBER
Rank Law firm No. of active cases Percent U.S. Percent non-U.S.
1 White & Case LLP 1,103 8% 92%
2 Duane Morris LLP 347 100 0
3 Ballard Spahr LLP 281 100 0
4 Latham & Watkins LLP 224 92 8
5 Reed Smith LLP 156 99 1
6 King & Spalding LLP 155 98 2
7 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 153 100 0
8 Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP 150 99 1
9 Saul Ewing LLP 141 99 1
10 Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP 136 100 0
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS: NUMBER
Rank Lawyer Law firm No. of active assignments
1 Pollack, David Ballard Spahr LLP 430
2 Leanse, Thomas Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 348
3 Bähr, Biner White & Case LLP 321
4 Huben, Brian Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 316
5 Schulte-Kaubrügger, Christoph White & Case LLP 193
6 Carr, James Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 188
7 Branch, Dustin Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 186
8 Undritz, Sven-Holger White & Case LLP 174
9 Meyers, Jeffrey Ballard Spahr LLP 137
10 Minuti, Mark Saul Ewing LLP 98
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


INVESTMENT BANKS: NUMBER
Rank Firm No. of active cases Percent U.S. Percent non-U.S.
1 Navigant Capital Advisors LLC 20 100% 0%
2 Duff & Phelps Corp. 19 95 5
3 Jefferies & Co. 18 94 6
Lazard 18 83 17
Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. 18 100 0
4 Blackstone Group LP 17 100 0
5 General Capital Partners LLC 15 100 0
Houlihan Lokey Inc. 15 100 0
6 Carl Marks Securities LLC 9 100 0
BDO Capital Advisors LLC 9 100 0
7 Gordian Group LLC 8 100 0
8 Moelis & Co. LLC 7 86 14
Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group Inc. 7 100 0
9 Rothschild 6 100 0
SSG Capital Advisors LLC 6 100 0
10 Consensus Advisors LLC 5 100 0
Imperial Capital LLC 5 100 0
Odyssey Capital Group LLC 5 100 0
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


INVESTMENT BANKERS: NUMBER
Rank Professional Firm No. of active assignments
1 Barrow, J. Gregory General Capital Partners LLC 13
Casas, Edward Navigant Capital Advisors LLC 13
2 Luria, Neil Navigant Capital Advisors LLC 10
3 Huber, Jack Navigant Capital Advisors LLC 8
4 Manning, Jeffrey BDO Capital Advisors LLC 7
5 Kurtz, D.; Ridings, B. Lazard 6
Owsley, Henry Gordian Group LLC 6
Wu, Christopher Carl Marks Securities LLC 6
Williams, Brent Duff & Phelps Corp. 6
Zelin, Steve Blackstone Group LP 6
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All cases active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


CRISIS MANAGEMENT FIRMS: NUMBER
Rank Firm No. of active cases Percent U.S. Percent non-U.S.
1 FTI Consulting Inc. 232 56% 44%
2 GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC 90 99 1
3 Alvarez & Marsal LLC 35 83 17
4 Focus Management Group USA Inc. 33 97 3
5 NHB Advisors Inc. 31 100 0
Protiviti Inc. 31 100 0
6 MorrisAnderson & Associates Ltd. 30 100 0
7 Zolfo Cooper LLC 28 29 71
8 Development Specialists Inc. 24 100 0
9 Capstone Advisory Group LLC 21 100 0
10 Goldin Associates LLC 18 100 0
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


CRISIS MANAGERS: NUMBER
Rank Professional Firm No. of active assignments
1 Fok, Vincent FTI Consulting Inc. 47
2 Glass, Ronald GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC 37
3 Arboit, Bruno FTI Consulting Inc. 36
4 Gavin, Edward NHB Advisors Inc. 27
5 Greenspan, Ronald FTI Consulting Inc. 26
6 Smith, Margaret GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC 23
7 Eisenband, Michael FTI Consulting Inc. 16
8 Simms, Steve FTI Consulting Inc. 15
9 Reiss, Freddie FTI Consulting Inc. 13
Santoro, Thomas GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC 13
10 Davis, Guy Protiviti Inc. 12
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


NONINVESTMENT BANKS: NUMBER
Rank Firm No. of active cases Percent U.S. Percent non-U.S.
1 Deloitte 1,704 1% 99%
2 BDO Consulting 408 6 94
3 Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC 182 100 0
4 Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC 138 100 0
5 Garden City Group Inc. 110 98 2
6 BMC Group Inc. 106 100 0
7 PricewaterhouseCoopers 101 15 85
8 Ernst & Young 79 14 86
9 KPMG 63 5 95
10 RSM 40 13 87
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline


NONINVESTMENT BANKERS: NUMBER
Rank Professional Firm No. of active assignments
1 Carson, J.; Kurtzman, E. Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC 181
2 Lombe, David Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 149
3 McElhinney, Daniel Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions LLC 144
4 Cussen, Neil Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 131
5 Greig, John Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 118
6 Feil, Tinamarie BMC Group Inc. 90
Wallace-Smith, Simon Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 90
7 Stein, Jeffrey Garden City Group Inc. 82
8 Edwards, Nick Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 49
9 Hernyk, Steven Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 48
10 Hamel, Denis Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 46
Includes all debtor, creditor and other assignments within active bankruptcy cases. All assignments active as of Sept. 30, 2011.

Source: The Deal Pipeline
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