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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 1
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 1
16 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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FIZ advocaten
2 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Bond Advocaten
3 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 2
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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FG Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
9 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Lexence
6 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
8 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

DeBreij
1 practice area
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Heussen
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
3 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
4 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
4 practice areas
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Orange Clover
4 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
2 practice areas
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Vriman M&A Lawyers
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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9Corporate
1 practice area
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BarentsKrans
3 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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JB Law
2 practice areas
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Ploum Lodder Princen
4 practice areas
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Rutgers & Posch
4 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 1
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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AKD
8 practice areas
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Habraken Rutten
3 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Pels Rijcken
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Stek
7 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
7 practice areas
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CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
11 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
10 practice areas
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Houthoff
10 practice areas
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NautaDutilh
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
14 practice areas
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Resor
4 practice areas
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Stibbe
10 practice areas
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Tier 3

AKD
8 practice areas
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DLA Piper
9 practice areas
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DVDW Advocaten
4 practice areas
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Linklaters
10 practice areas
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Loyens & Loeff
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
12 practice areas
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Van Doorne
12 practice areas
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Wijn & Stael
2 practice areas
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Windt Le Grand Leeuwenburgh
3 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Derks Star Busmann
8 practice areas
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Dentons
7 practice areas
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Florent
3 practice areas
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HVG Law
2 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
10 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
4 practice areas
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Van Benthem & Keulen
1 practice area
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Allen & Overy is a Magic Circle firm with a global presence in 31 countries. The firm’s Netherlands office is located in Amsterdam and houses more than 30 partners. 

 

Focusses/specialisms 

With a tier 1 ranking consistently across practice areas, Allen & Overy is one of the market leaders in the jurisdiction. 

The firm is renowned for its work for international and Dutch lenders in the banking space. It often works on large-scale refinancings, acquisition financings and bridge to bond financings, and has market-leading expertise in syndicated lending work. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Toyota Industries - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Underwriter
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, ABN AMRO Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Crédit Agricole, Daiwa Capital Markets, HSBC, Mizuho Bank, ING Bank, Rabobank
Underwriter
Toyota Industries - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Crédit Agricole
Underwriter
ENEL Finance International NV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
ENEL Finance International NV
Issuer
MDC - GMTN BV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
MDC - GMTN BV
Issuer
Nationale-Nederlanden Bank NV - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Nationale-Nederlanden Bank NV
Issuer
REN Finance BV - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
ING Bank, Banco Santander, BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, JP Morgan Chase, BCP Securities, CaixaBank, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Underwriter
De Goudse NV - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
De Goudse NV
Issuer
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO Bank, Crédit Agricole, JP Morgan Chase, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Daiwa Capital Markets, Mizuho Bank, ING Bank, HSBC, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada
Underwriter
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Ziggo BV - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Ziggo BV
Issuer
Euronext NV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Euronext NV
Issuer
JDE Peet NV - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
JDE Peet NV
Issuer
ENEL Finance International NV - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
ENEL Finance International NV
Issuer
DOMI 2021-1 BV - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
DOMI 2021-1 BV
Issuer
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Citigroup, ABN AMRO Bank, Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC, Daiwa Capital Markets, ING Bank, Danske Bank Corporate Finance, Mizuho Bank, Rabobank
Underwriter
Sagax EURO MTN NL BV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank
Underwriter
ABN AMRO Bank - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
A&O Shearman
Netherlands
Bond issue
Banco Santander, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, ABN AMRO Bank, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse
Underwriter
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Tom Schoors will combine the new EU chair role with his post as Belgium managing partner, helping global clients to tap into the firm’s EU expertise across 16 offices
ESG
Lawyers at A&O Shearman and Vinson & Elkins say that judges are approaching statutory interpretation differently following Loper Bright, but they are still paying attention to government arguments
New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan
M&A
Paolo Nastasi, managing partner for Italy, delves into Q1 market trends, deal structures and how the firm is driving growth at a practice level
Regulations must be effective, not excessive, says OCC chief Rodney Hood
M&A
As the European Commission seeks input on updating its 20-year-old merger rules, focusing on traditional competition metrics will no longer be enough, lawyers say
The UK managing partner reflects on her career and discusses the opportunities ahead for the firm, particularly in leveraged finance
Partner Tom Grant discusses the legal innovation behind the first Solvency II-compliant restricted tier 1 bond issuance in Portugal and how it can help the firm to win more work
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