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Rankings published in 2026
Hedge funds
Tier 2
27 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
7 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Seward & Kissel
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
6 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Notable

Cole-Friedman Mallon
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Herrick Feinstein
6 practice areas
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Purrington Moody
3 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Sadis & Goldberg
4 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt
7 practice areas
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Private equity funds
Tier 3
29 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
7 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Seward & Kissel
6 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Chapman and Cutler
10 practice areas
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Torys
2 practice areas
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Project development : Energy
Tier 2
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
8 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
7 practice areas
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Husch Blackwell
5 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ballard Spahr
7 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Foley & Lardner
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
4 practice areas
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Stoel Rives
3 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
5 practice areas
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Duane Morris
4 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 2
57 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
7 practice areas
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Brown Rudnick
2 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Duane Morris
4 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
4 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
3 practice areas
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Robinson + Cole
2 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Kasowitz LLP
3 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Tier 5

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Cole Schotz
5 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
2 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Whiteford Taylor & Preston
3 practice areas
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WilmerHale
6 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Notable

Chapman and Cutler
10 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Sills Cummis & Gross
3 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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18 results18 results
Deal Highlights
76 results76 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
RealPage Inc. - M&A
2021-01-04
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Courtney York
RealPage Inc.
Buyer
BentallGreenOak - M&A
2021-02-25
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
BentallGreenOak
Buyer
Ledge Lounger Inc. - M&A
2021-11-10
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Ledge Lounger Inc.
Seller
Bessemer Investors LLC - M&A
2021-11-18
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Bessemer Investors LLC
Buyer
Triller Hold Co. LLC - M&A
2021-12-22
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Triller Hold Co. LLC
Target
Outcome Health Investors LLC - M&A
2021-03-09
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Daniel Fisher
Outcome Health Investors LLC
Seller
Seller Group - multiple shareholders - M&A
2021-05-25
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Iain Wood
Seller Group - multiple shareholders
Seller
Terran Orbital Corp. - M&A
2021-10-28
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Terran Orbital Corp.
Target
EmployBridge Holding Co. - M&A
2021-11-09
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
EmployBridge Holding Co.
Buyer
Vista Credit Partners - M&A
2021-04-21
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Daniel Fisher
Vista Credit Partners
Buyer
Princeton Equity Group LLC - M&A
2021-11-10
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Thomas Yang
Princeton Equity Group LLC
Buyer
Alden Global Capital LLC - M&A
2021-02-16
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
David D'Urso, Jeffrey Kochian, Timothy Clark
Alden Global Capital LLC
Buyer
Starboard Value Acquisition Corp. - M&A
2021-02-22
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Alena Geffner-Mihlsten, Alexandra Reuss, Alice Hsu, Alyssa Dossick, Andres Zambrano, Atena Sheibani-Nejad, Camille Youngblood, Jeffrey Kochian, Kerry Berchem, Richard Kubiak, Sanzana Faroque, Travis Cherry
Starboard Value Acquisition Corp.
Buyer
890 5th Avenue Partners Inc. - M&A
2021-06-24
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Alice Hsu
890 5th Avenue Partners Inc.
Buyer
Laredo Petroleum Inc. - M&A
2021-05-09
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Alison Chen, Christopher Centrich, David Sweeney, Eric Munoz, Jocelyn Tau, John Goodgame, Katherine Raymond, Kevin Schott, Shane Sullivan, Stephen Boone, William Morris
Laredo Petroleum Inc.
Buyer
Kingston Technology Co. Inc. - M&A
2021-02-24
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Paul Lin
Kingston Technology Co. Inc.
Seller
U.S. Concrete Inc. - M&A
2021-06-07
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Kerry Berchem
U.S. Concrete Inc.
Target
Fossil Group Inc - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
Bond issue
Fossil Group Inc
Issuer
Spire Inc - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
Bond issue
Spire Inc
Issuer
Vista Credit Partners - M&A
2022-01-24
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
United States (National)
M&A
Daniel Fisher
Vista Credit Partners
Buyer
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