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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

United Kingdom

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2027 Edition
Bank lending : Borrower side
44 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 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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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Macfarlanes
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Ropes & Gray
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

Debevoise & Plimpton
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Dentons
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Milbank
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 5

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
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Winston Taylor
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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DLA Piper
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Dechert
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Fieldfisher
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Morrison & Foerster
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Pinsent Masons
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Reed Smith
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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M&A : Mid-cap
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
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DLA Piper
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Macfarlanes
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Addleshaw Goddard
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Dentons
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Eversheds Sutherland
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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White & Case
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
14 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
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King & Spalding
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bracewell
9 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Cooley
2 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
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Goodwin Procter
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
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Shoosmiths
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Simmons & Simmons
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Watson Farley & Williams
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
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Baker Botts
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Proskauer Rose
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Walker Morris
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Womble Bond Dickinson
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Project finance
37 firms ranked
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
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Linklaters
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Milbank
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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Trinity International
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Covington & Burling
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Dentons
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
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King & Spalding
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
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Pinsent Masons
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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DWF
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Eversheds Sutherland
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Real estate funds
27 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 4

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 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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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 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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Latham & Watkins
29 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
MBH Corporation PLC - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
Bond issue
MBH Corporation PLC
Issuer
Magdalen College - M&A
2021-10-05
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Magdalen College
Seller
Playtech plc - M&A
2021-11-08
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Playtech plc
Target
U and I Group PLC - M&A
2021-11-01
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Adam Bogdanor, Adam Lambert, Amelia Jansen, Andrew Hart, David Dennison, Indi Heire, Richard Werner, Tessa Kimber
U and I Group PLC
Target
Playtech plc - M&A
2021-10-18
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Playtech plc
Target
Angel Trains Group - M&A
2022-01-31
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Jinal Shah, Russell Clifford
Angel Trains Group
Buyer
Secure Income REIT plc - M&A
2022-05-11
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Benjamin Lee, Richard Werner
Secure Income REIT plc
Target
SDX Energy plc - M&A
2022-05-25
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
SDX Energy plc
Target
Raw Charging - M&A
2022-07-08
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Raw Charging
Target
Industrials REIT Ltd. - M&A
2023-04-14
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Industrials REIT Ltd.
Target
CVC Capital Partners Ltd. - M&A
2023-09-18
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
CVC Capital Partners Ltd.
Buyer
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2023-12-06
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Andrew Cromb, Chris de Pury, Christopher James, Daisy Higgins, Daniel Burnand, Elizabeth Bradley, Giles Pink, Katharina Jungclaussen, Katie Philpot, Kieran Saunders, Laura Patao-Caminas, Mark Kaye, Megan Davies, Nazir Dewji, Nicola Birman, Sam Levy, Sapna Shah, Sophie Broddle, Victoria Blanchard
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
LXi REIT plc - M&A
2023-12-18
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
United Kingdom
M&A
Andrew Cromb, Benjamin Lee, Florence Ha, Lara Rush, Mark Brailsford, Nicholas Young, Richard Werner, Sarah Johnson, Sydne Watson, Victoria Newbold
LXi REIT plc
Target
Among top hires, Akin continues its Chicago build-out, while Latham, Reed Smith and Vinson & Elkins expanded their infrastructure, PE, corporate and regulatory benches
Among top moves, Freshfields and Baker McKenzie strengthened their corporate benches, while Sidley added a former Ashurst partner in Hong Kong
M&A
New hires were made across the corporate, PE, finance and regulatory practices in Johannesburg, London and Houston
New hires were made across the M&A, securities and finance practices in New York, Miami and London
Lawyers at BCLP and Macfarlanes say that alternative lenders are looking to shake up the lending market when UK implementation of Basel 3.1 rules on regulatory capital for banks begins in 2026
M&A
There has been a significant uptick in US law firms making M&A hires in London and setting up shop in Belgium — here’s why
M&A
IFLR+’s new database shows US firms are targeting the booming M&A legal market
The Delaware Court of Chancery could reach a decision fairly quickly if the social media giant continues to press Tesla's CEO to consummate the $44 billion acquisition
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