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Published April 18, 2008 at 5:00 PM
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The law firms advising on global deals as well as those with U.S. targets and European targets for the first quarter of 2008, based on data from Dealogic. See charts after the jump.
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Law firms on global deals - Dealogic - 1Q 2008
| Law firms on global deals |
| Announced Jan. 1 - March 31, 2008 |
Rank |
Adviser |
No. of deals |
Deal Value ($bill.) |
1 |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
26 |
$80.5 |
2 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
32 |
77.2 |
3 |
Latham & Watkins LLP |
28 |
60.8 |
4 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
25 |
59.2 |
5 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
17 |
58.3 |
6 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
2 |
44.8 |
7 |
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP |
1 |
44.6 |
8 |
Clifford Chance LLP |
26 |
40.4 |
9 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
15 |
38.5 |
10 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
14 |
29.4 |
11 |
Macfarlanes |
3 |
25.9 |
12 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
5 |
23.0 |
13 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
22 |
19.5 |
14 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP |
8 |
18.9 |
15 |
Jones Day |
101 |
18.5 |
16 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP |
13 |
17.6 |
17 |
Allen & Overy LLP |
21 |
15.8 |
18 |
Ashurst LC |
3 |
14.3 |
19 |
Freshfields |
37 |
13.7 |
20 |
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP |
6 |
12.3 |
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Law firms on U.S. target deals - Dealogic - 1Q 2008
| Law firms on U.S. target deals |
| Announced Jan. 1 - March 31, 2008 |
Rank |
Adviser |
No. of deals |
Deal Value ($bill.) |
1 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
25 |
$64.6 |
2 |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
13 |
61.9 |
3 |
Latham & Watkins LLP |
25 |
58.5 |
4 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP |
21 |
53.8 |
5 |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
13 |
52.9 |
6 |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
2 |
44.8 |
7 |
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP |
1 |
44.6 |
8 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
13 |
23.6 |
9 |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP |
7 |
18.7 |
10 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
14 |
17.9 |
11 |
Jones Day |
61 |
16.8 |
12 |
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP |
11 |
14.3 |
13 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
2 |
13.1 |
14 |
Clifford Chance LLP |
3 |
8.5 |
15 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
6 |
6.5 |
16 |
King & Spalding LLP |
11 |
5.3 |
17 |
O'Melveny & Myers LLP |
23 |
5.1 |
18 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP |
11 |
3.8 |
19 |
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP |
7 |
2.8 |
20 |
Bass, Berry & Sims plc |
3 |
2.6 |
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Law firms on European target deals - Dealogic - 1Q 2008
| Law firms on European target deals |
| Announced Jan. 1 - March 31, 2008 |
Rank |
Adviser |
No. of deals |
Deal Value ($bill.) |
1 |
Clifford Chance LLP |
20 |
$31.4 |
2 |
Macfarlanes |
2 |
23.2 |
3 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
6 |
17.3 |
4 |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
2 |
14.9 |
5 |
Ashurst LLP |
3 |
14.3 |
6 |
Allen & Overy LLP |
16 |
11.7 |
7 |
Gide Loyrette Nouel |
2 |
9.8 |
8 |
Freshfields |
29 |
9.7 |
9 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
2 |
9.5 |
10 |
Advokatfirman Vinge KB |
3 |
9.0 |
11 |
Gernandt & Danielsson |
1 |
8.9 |
| Debevoise & Plimpton LLP |
1 |
8.9 |
12 |
Linklaters |
5 |
6.5 |
13 |
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP |
3 |
5.6 |
14 |
Shearman & Sterling LLP |
7 |
5.2 |
15 |
White & Case LLP |
12 |
5.0 |
| Slaughter and May |
10 |
5.0 |
16 |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
4 |
4.3 |
17 |
Kromann Reumert |
5 |
4.1 |
18 |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
2 |
3.9 |
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