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Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : High yield
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Capital markets : Derivatives
Financial and corporate
Financial services regulatory
Investment funds
Private equity funds
Corporate and M&A
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Firm overview

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is an international white shoe law firm headquartered in New York. Cleary is one of most well-rounded firms in the US, with strong debt capital markets, equity capital markets, derivatives, financial services regulatory, M&A, private equity and private equity funds practices.

Address:
One Liberty Plaza
New York
NY
10006
Tel:+1 212 225 2000 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.clearygottlieb.com/
Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 3
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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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 : Debt
Tier 1
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 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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Mayer Brown
18 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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Tier 2

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
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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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 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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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Dechert
14 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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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 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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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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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Notable

DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Derivatives
Tier 1
21 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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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
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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Tier 4

Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 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 5

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Chapman and Cutler
10 practice areas
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WilmerHale
6 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 1
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 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 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Cooley
2 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 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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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 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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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 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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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 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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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Capital markets : High yield
Tier 3
32 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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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
16 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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Milbank
16 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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Tier 4

Clifford Chance
16 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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Vinson & Elkins
10 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 5

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 6

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 3
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 1
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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M&A
Tier 3
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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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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Private equity
Tier 2
38 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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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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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 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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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Akerman
3 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Foley & Lardner
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Ballard Spahr
7 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
6 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Private equity funds
Tier 2
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 finance
Tier 3
40 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 2

Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
8 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 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 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Bracewell
10 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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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
10 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 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 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
5 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 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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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Crowley Fleck
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Troutman Pepper Locke
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
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Brown Rudnick
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Debevoise & Plimpton
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Morrison & Foerster
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
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White & Case
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
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Duane Morris
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Jones Day
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Latham & Watkins
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
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Ropes & Gray
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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Arnold & Porter
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Kasowitz LLP
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
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Mayer Brown
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
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A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
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Cole Schotz
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Freshfields US LLP
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King & Spalding
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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Reed Smith
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Sidley Austin
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Vinson & Elkins
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Whiteford Taylor & Preston
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WilmerHale
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Bracewell
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
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Dentons
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Greenberg Traurig
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Mayer Brown
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Sills Cummis & Gross
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Google LLC - M&A
2022-05-04
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Aaron Meyers, Blair Kuykendall, Charles Sterling, Daniel Ilan, Elaine Ewing, Emily Barry, Glenn McGrory, Huanbing Xu, Jaehwan Park, Jeeihn Lee, Joshua Deull, Kate Ginsbern, Kylie Barza, Leah Brannon, Lindsay Harris, Madison Bush, Meyer Fedida, Michael Albano, Nickolas Bogdanovich, Tobias Kraft, Urjita Sudula, Wolete Moko
Google LLC
Buyer
General Mills Inc. - M&A
2022-05-25
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Amy Shapiro, Ashley Powell, Audry Casusol, Brian Byrne, Calvin Ketchum, Charles Allen, Charles Sterling, Clotilde Le Roy, Daniel Ilan, Eric Olson, Grace Gao, Jaewhan Park, James Langston, Josh Panas, Kathleen Bradish, Kelsey Nussenfeld, Lillian Tsu, Lindsay Harris, Madison Bush, Yuan He
General Mills Inc.
Seller
Broadcom Inc. - M&A
2022-05-26
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Broadcom Inc.
Buyer
CRH plc - M&A
2022-06-03
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Daniel Culley
CRH plc
Buyer
American Express Co - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
Bond issue
Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Mitsubishi Corp, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Samuel A Ramirez & Co Inc, Siebert Williams Shank & Co, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, US Bancorp
Underwriter
Verizon Communications Inc - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
Bond issue
Verizon Communications Inc
Issuer
Timken Co - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley
Underwriter
American Tower Corp - Bond Issue
2022-03-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
Bond issue
American Tower Corp
Issuer
American Tower Corp. - M&A
2022-07-11
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Benet O'Reilly, Chase Kaniecki, Craig Brod, Daniel Ilan, David Parish, Declan White, Duane McLaughlin, Kiki Manzur Martinez, Kimberly Spoerri, Kylie Barza, Laura Bagarella, Melissa Faragasso, Michael Albano, Michael Saliba, Michael Sims, Monica Lindsay, Nimat Lawal, Pete Young, William McRae
American Tower Corp.
Seller
Wafra Inc. - M&A
2022-08-02
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Wafra Inc.
Buyer
Compass Minerals International Inc. - M&A
2022-09-14
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Eric Hazoury, James Langston, Jason Factor, Jeffrey Karpf, Jeffrey Lewis, Jeremy Calsyn, Kyle Harris, Meyer Fedida, Taewan Roh, Timothy Saviola
Compass Minerals International Inc.
Target
CRH Americas Materials Inc. - M&A
2022-05-16
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
CRH Americas Materials Inc.
Buyer
Voya Financial Inc. - M&A
2022-11-01
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Voya Financial Inc.
Buyer
Summit Health-CityMD - M&A
2022-11-07
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Matthew Salerno, Paul Imperatore
Summit Health-CityMD
Target
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. - M&A
2022-12-20
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Seller
dMY Technology Group Inc. VI - M&A
2022-12-22
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Adam Brenneman, Kyle Harris
dMY Technology Group Inc. VI
Buyer
Voya Financial Inc. - M&A
2022-06-13
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Allison Kolberg, Audry Casusol, Ben Rosenblum, Benet O'Reilly, Caitlin Hanley, Charles Allen, Christopher Cook, Claudius Straub, Craig Brod, Daniel Ilan, David Lopez, David Parish, Duane McLaughlin, Eric Olson, Glenn McGrory, Jason Factor, JinSol Lee, Joshua Deull, Kenneth Reinker, Maia Livengood, Matthew Solomon, Maureen Linch, Michael Kern, Pierre Allegaert, Polina Lehmann, Robin Bergen, Steven Kaiser, Suzannah Golick, Timothy Saviola, Tom Bednar
Voya Financial Inc.
Buyer
Whirlpool Corp. - M&A
2023-01-17
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Nicholas Levy, Patrick Bock
Whirlpool Corp.
Seller
Wencor Group LLC - M&A
2023-02-07
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Alex Patterson, Anirudh Sivaram, Caroline Crosbie, Charles Sterling, Daniel Ilan, David Leinwand, Elise Lane, Giulia Bosio, Jason Factor, Jeremy Calsyn, Jessica Batlle, JinSol Lee, Josh Panas, Karl Heiland, Laura Bagarella, Madison Bush, Margaret Peponis, Michael Albano, Nickolas Bogdanovich, Pierre Allegaert, Simone Marcon, Thomas Liu
Wencor Group LLC
Buyer
T-Mobile US Inc. - M&A
2023-03-15
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
United States (National)
M&A
Amy Garland, Brendan Cohen, Christopher Moore, Daniel Culley, Daniel Ilan, Jaehwan Park, James Langston, Jonathan Gifford, Julia Gorman, Karl Heiland, Laura Bagarella, Melissa Faragasso, Meyer Fedida, Michael Albano, Michael Gao, Pierre Allegaert
T-Mobile US Inc.
Buyer
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We round up this week’s top moves in the finance, corporate, M&A and PE practices in the UK, France, the US and Germany
M&A
We roundup top lateral hires in finance, corporate, PE and M&A practices at law firms across the US and Europe
The move gives the US firm a four-partner antitrust team across Brussels and London, adding senior firepower in two key European competition hubs
M&A
We round up top lateral hires across the finance, PE, M&A, competition and corporate practices at leading law firms in the UK, the US and the EU
Jeff Karpf, who took on the role of managing partner in January, discusses his first 90 days, capital markets trends amid tensions, and lateral hiring priorities
New hires were made across the corporate, finance and M&A practices in the US, UK and Europe
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On November 14th, 2025, Pampa Energía S.A. (“Pampa”), a leading company in the energy and oil and gas sector, issued, in the local and international markets, its 7.750% senior unsecured notes due 2037, for an aggregate principal amount of US$450,000,000 (the “Notes”), under the U.S.$2,100,000,000 note program for the issuance of convertible and non-convertible (obligaciones negociables). The transaction was carried out in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
M&A
Ilona Logvinova joins the firm’s New York office as it aims to boost its AI and digital transformation efforts
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