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Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 5
55 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 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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White & Case
17 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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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 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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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 5

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Alston & Bird
4 practice areas
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Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Loeb & Loeb
3 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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McGuireWoods
4 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Notable

Arnall Golden Gregory
3 practice areas
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Calfee Halter & Griswold
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Haynes and Boone
3 practice areas
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Luskin Stern & Eisler
4 practice areas
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Moore & Van Allen
2 practice areas
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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
4 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
2 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 5
37 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 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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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
5 practice areas
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Chapman and Cutler
10 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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 5

Alston & Bird
4 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 4
32 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 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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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 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 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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WilmerHale
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Alston & Bird
4 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Husch Blackwell
5 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 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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Tier 5

Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Dechert
14 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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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Littler Mendelson
1 practice area
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Loeb & Loeb
3 practice areas
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Manatt Phelps & Philips
1 practice area
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
2 practice areas
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Williams & Connolly
1 practice area
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

The earliest iteration of Alston & Bird was formed in 1893 in Atlanta. Since then, it has expanded to 13 offices, 10 of which are in the United States, in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh, San Francisco, the Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. The firm has an international presence with offices in Beijing, Brussels and London. It has a notable banking and finance practice, frequently advising commercial banks and engaging in fund finance, private credit funds, public company borrowers and private equity sponsors. 

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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
Ridgemont Equity Partners - M&A
2021-11-17
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Blake MacKay, Bobbi Shannon, Brett Coburn, Christopher Gegg, Cremeithius Riggins, Daniel Reach, Erik Nielsen, Jason Waite, John Baron, Jon Knight, Kaitlin Owen, Killian Steer, Kyle Navarro, Maddie Giese, Mark Kelly, Michael Stevens, Stephanie Kley, Terence McAllister
Ridgemont Equity Partners
Buyer
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida - M&A
2021-08-23
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida
Buyer
Platinum Equity LLC - M&A
2021-07-07
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Platinum Equity LLC
Buyer
Architectural Surfaces Group - M&A
2021-11-05
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Alison LeVasseur, Blake MacKay, Brett Coburn, Chunlian Yang, Cremeithius Riggins, Douglas Arnold, John O'Hara, Jonathan DiChiara, Kaitlin Owen, Nicholas Mugge, Scott Harty, Terence McAllister, Vickie Rusek, William Ortwein
Architectural Surfaces Group
Buyer
Lightspeed Systems Inc. - M&A
2022-01-11
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Lightspeed Systems Inc.
Buyer
Grain Management LLC - M&A
2021-05-05
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
April McLeod, Blake MacKay, Christopher Gegg, Clare Draper, IV, Cremeithius Riggins, Daniel Reach, H. Bryan Ives, III, Jonathan Altstadter, Kyle Navarro, Maureen Harmon
Grain Management LLC
Buyer
SmartBank - M&A
2021-05-03
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Brett Coburn, Eli McCrain, John Hobgood, Mark Kanaly, Meredith Gage, Nathan Tyre, Scott Harty, William Hooper
SmartBank
Buyer
Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2021-05-24
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Christopher Frieden
Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
Crestline Investors Inc. - M&A
2021-09-21
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Crestline Investors Inc.
Buyer
Ridgemont Equity Partners - M&A
2021-01-21
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Akiba Chonoles, Anna Saraie, April McLeod, Christopher Gegg, Claudia Golden, Daniel Reach, John Baron, Jon Knight, Jonathan Forgang, Kevin Fink, Rae Zhou, Troy Doll, William Snyder
Ridgemont Equity Partners
Buyer
Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC - M&A
2021-08-16
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Brett Coburn, Brian Harvel, Christopher Frieden, Ian Calhoun, Nathan Tyre
Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC
Buyer
FirstCash Inc. - M&A
2021-10-28
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
FirstCash Inc.
Buyer
SmartFinancial Inc. - M&A
2021-04-14
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Brett Coburn, Clifford Stanford, Kerry Wenzel, Mark Kanaly, Meredith Gage, Nathan Tyre, William Hooper
SmartFinancial Inc.
Buyer
Bank First Corp. - M&A
2022-01-19
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Mark Kanaly
Bank First Corp.
Buyer
Fifth Third Bancorp - M&A
2021-06-22
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Alyssa Dunn, Clifford Stanford, Heather Ripley, Hilla Shimshoni, James Sullivan, Jr., John Schippert, John Snyder, Lisa Lanham, Matthew Strumph, Michael Stevens, Sarah Mackenzie
Fifth Third Bancorp
Buyer
Pamlico Capital Management LP - M&A
2021-01-14
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Amy Mushahwar, Blake MacKay, Brett Coburn, Christopher Gegg, Cremeithius Riggins, Daniel Reach, F. Nicholas Chandler, John Baron, Jon Knight, Kristen Whitt, Maureen Harmon, T. Scott Kummer
Pamlico Capital Management LP
Buyer
Ridgemont Equity Partners - M&A
2021-01-07
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Daniel Rowe, H. Bryan Ives, III, Kyle Navarro, Laura Giambalvo, Mark Kelly, Maureen Harmon, Mitchell Griffith
Ridgemont Equity Partners
Buyer
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. - M&A
2021-03-10
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Adam Biegel, Adedamola Sokoya, Alexander Park, Amy Nogid, Anna French, Bhanu Mathur, Bradford Patterson, Brett Coburn, Celeste Ahl, David Rutherford, Elise Paeffgen, Hilla Shimshoni, Jasper Cummings, Jr., John Schippert, Kaitlin Owen, Kendall Houghton, Kerry Wenzel, Kyle Woods, Paul Hespel, Rebecca Valentino, Shawna Tunnell, Simon Albert, Tamer Bahgat, Tara Castillo
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.
Buyer
Avanos Medical Inc. - M&A
2021-12-13
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Avanos Medical Inc.
Buyer
NCR Corp. - M&A
2021-01-06
Alston & Bird
United States (National)
M&A
Alexandra Barnett, Alison LeVasseur, Amy Mushahwar, David Teske, John Shannon, Jon Knight, Justin Howard, Katie Wroten, Kyle Woods, Nicholas Mugge, Sara Miller
NCR Corp.
Buyer
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New hires were made across the finance, PE and corporate practices in London, Hong Kong and New York
Our second quarterly report shows law firms are bolstering their financial practices to meet the growing demand for regulatory compliance
The High Court provides guidance on requirement to value financial collateral in a commercially reasonable manner
Phil Taylor and Anna Nolan of Alston & Bird reveal the tools that funds can make use of when faced with distressed deals
Paul Simcock and John Stephen of Alston & Bird explain the common issues that funds should be mindful of before venturing into deals
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