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Rankings published in 2026
Bank lending : Lender side
Tier 5
46 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Sullivan & Worcester
2 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Notable
44 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 5

Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 5
50 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Private equity
Notable
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
2 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 5
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Alston & Bird
5 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Brown Rudnick
2 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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17 results17 results
Deal Highlights
58 results58 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Anchor Hanover Group - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Barclays, Banco Santander, Mitsubishi Corp, National Australia Bank
Underwriter
Notting Hill Genesis - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group
Underwriter
Flagship Finance PLC - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Barclays
Underwriter
Paragon Treasury plc - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group
Underwriter
Metropolitan Thames Valley - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, Lloyds Banking Group, National Australia Bank, Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Underwriter
Onward Homes Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
HSBC, BNP Paribas, Lloyds Banking Group
Underwriter
Notting Hill Genesis - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, ING Bank, Lloyds Banking Group
Underwriter
Assura Financing - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Assura Financing
Issuer
Stonewater Ltd - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Barclays
Underwriter
GB Social Housing plc - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
Bond issue
Barclays
Underwriter
WHP Telecoms Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-30
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
WHP Telecoms Ltd.
Buyer
Wireless CCTV Ltd. - M&A
2021-03-01
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Wireless CCTV Ltd.
Seller
Cooper Software Ltd. - M&A
2021-11-24
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Cooper Software Ltd.
Target
Sneak energy Ltd. - M&A
2021-09-09
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Sneak energy Ltd.
Target
Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd. - M&A
2022-01-20
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd.
Buyer
Bridges Fund Management Ltd. - M&A
2021-08-03
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Bridges Fund Management Ltd.
Seller
Palatine Private Equity LLP - M&A
2021-11-02
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Andrew Green, Samantha Wright
Palatine Private Equity LLP
Seller
Wifinity Ltd. - M&A
2021-09-15
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Wifinity Ltd.
Target
Bridewell Consulting Ltd. - M&A
2021-12-24
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Elizabeth D’Albert, George Danczak, Paul Medlicott, Rachael Norris
Bridewell Consulting Ltd.
Target
Rathbone Brothers plc - M&A
2021-06-23
Addleshaw Goddard
United Kingdom
M&A
Rathbone Brothers plc
Buyer
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ESG
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M&A
After leading teams in both the UK and the Middle East, managing partner Andrew Johnston explains the key regional differences in doing M&A deals and how the firm is poised to tap into new growth opportunities
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