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Rankings published in 2026
M&A
Tier 4
58 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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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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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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 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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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 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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Nutter McClennen & Fish
2 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 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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Baker McKenzie
4 practice areas
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Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Cole Schotz
5 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 5

Akerman
3 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Husch Blackwell
5 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 6

Dentons
8 practice areas
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Fenwick & West
2 practice areas
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Foley & Lardner
5 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Perkins Coie
2 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Notable

Ballard Spahr
7 practice areas
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Bodman
3 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
6 practice areas
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Stinson
2 practice areas
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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
Vertiv Holdings Co. - M&A
2022-01-13
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Concha Martín, Enrique Valera
Vertiv Holdings Co.
Seller
Silver Lake Management LLC - M&A
2021-09-06
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
David Allen, Luis Gomez, Matthew Cox
Silver Lake Management LLC
Buyer
Friedrich Air Conditioning Co. Ltd. - M&A
2021-08-31
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Darcy Down, J. Brook Mestre
Friedrich Air Conditioning Co. Ltd.
Target
AZZ Inc. - M&A
2022-03-07
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Amar Budarapu
AZZ Inc.
Buyer
Physicians Realty LP - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
Bond issue
Physicians Realty LP
Issuer
Huttig Building Products Inc. - M&A
2022-03-21
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Craig Roeder, Piotr Korzynski
Huttig Building Products Inc.
Target
Nielsen Holdings plc - M&A
2022-03-29
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Alan Zoccolillo, Jr., Alexander Fields, Ana Marcos, Andrew Cohen, Bridget Doyle, Creighton Macy, Daniel Moon, Jieun Tak, Nandu Machiraju, Paul Johnson, Sylwia Lis
Nielsen Holdings plc
Target
Marel hf - M&A
2022-04-27
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Alvaro Gallo, Arvind Miriyala, Bart McMillan, Brian Burke, Callie Lefevre, Damiya Park, Dieter Schmitz, Doriane Nguenang, Elizabeth Ebersole, Elizabeth Gladstone, Eunkyung Shin, Glenn Fox, Goli Rahimi, Ijeamaka Obasi, James Kim, Jessica Wicha, Kai Kramer, M'Alyssa Mecenas, Marcela Robledo, Michael Poland, Peter Tomczak, Robby Turner, Rod Hunter, Ross Staine, Sarah Winston, Taryn Brown, Taylor Parker, Victor Sigaud
Marel hf
Buyer
Embracer Group AB - M&A
2022-05-02
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Embracer Group AB
Buyer
American Medical Systems Inc - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
Bond issue
American Medical Systems Inc
Issuer
Radisson Hotel Group - M&A
2022-06-13
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Derek Liu, Howard Wu
Radisson Hotel Group
Seller
Instacart - M&A
2021-10-19
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Adeola Olowude, Alexia Noble, Alison Stafford Powell, Amanda Bradley, Amanda Cohen, Aram Karagueuzian, Ava Haghighi, Barry Chang, Denise Glagau, Derek Poon, Elizabeth Gladstone, Erin Maus, Frank Zhuang, Geoff Martin, Iris Zhang, Ivy He, Jeremy Moore, Jonathan Isaacs, Joseph Deng, Kai Kramer, Kela Shang, Lawrence Lee, Lise Test, Mallory Karim, Marcela Robledo, Neil Donetti, Peter George, Ross Staine, Thomas Asmar, Xinxing Chen
Instacart
Buyer
Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA - M&A
2021-12-16
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Anna Bohm, Berthold Hummel, Caitlin Whale, Charlie Detmold, Chuong Nguyen, Dora Stilianos, Ellen Adianto, Eva Kriechbaumer, Felix Jehle, Harrison Chen, Henry Bantick, Jakub Lorys, Kerstin Schmiedel, Marissa Volaris, Matthew Jarrett, Matthias Kohler, Michelle Karrer, Rembert Niebel, Riccardo Troiano, Sean Paulding, Sean Selleck, Simon De Young, Sinan Alnajjar, Taylor Zhao, Thomas Gierath, Viktoria Ritter
Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA
Buyer
IMCD NV - M&A
2021-05-19
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Alexandra Bendezu, Cesar Durand Espejo, Gonzalo Neumann, Ines Baca, Katherine Zapata, Maria Tovar
IMCD NV
Buyer
IHH Healthcare Bhd - M&A
2022-06-07
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
IHH Healthcare Bhd
Seller
Edelman Financial Engines LLC - M&A
2022-08-03
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Edelman Financial Engines LLC
Buyer
Astellas Pharma Inc. - M&A
2022-06-27
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Creighton Macy, Cristina Messerschmidt, Daniel Graulich, Devin Muntz, John Dodd, Leah Gruen, Nandu Machiraju, Oren Livne, Paul Johnson, Rafic Barrage, Rod Hunter, Russell Lawson, Samuel Grilli
Astellas Pharma Inc.
Buyer
QinetiQ US - M&A
2022-08-05
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
QinetiQ US
Buyer
MDxHealth SA - M&A
2022-08-02
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
MDxHealth SA
Buyer
Edelman Financial Engines LLC - M&A
2022-10-05
Baker McKenzie
United States (National)
M&A
Edelman Financial Engines LLC
Buyer
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M&A
We round up new hires across the M&A, PE, corporate and finance practices at leading law firms in the UK, Ireland, and US
New hires were made across the corporate, finance and M&A practices in the US, UK and Europe
Partners at Hogan Lovells Hong Kong, Allen & Gledhill Singapore, and Baker McKenzie Japan share insights on the 2026 outlook for private credit market in the APAC region
New hires and promotions were made across finance, PE and M&A practices in London, Singapore, New York and Santiago
M&A
New hires and promotions were made across the PE, corporate, M&A, finance and capital markets practices in Frankfurt, Munich, London, New York and São Paulo
M&A
After more than 26 years at the firm, M&A partner Dominique Maes talks purpose, people and the art of closing deals
New hires were made across the financial regulation, M&A and investment funds practices in London, New York and Chicago
ESG
As clients’ ESG demands expand, Paul Hastings and Baker McKenzie’s multidisciplinary practices prepare for an increase in workflow
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