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Rankings published in 2026
Bank lending : Lender side
Notable
46 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 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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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 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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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Sullivan & Worcester
2 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 4
44 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 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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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 5

Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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M&A
Notable
50 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 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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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 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 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Private equity
Notable
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
2 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Project finance
Notable
34 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Trinity International
6 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
4 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Notable

Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
6 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Real estate funds
Notable
26 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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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
14 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 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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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 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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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Notable

DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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20 results20 results
Deal Highlights
91 results91 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Livingbridge EP LLP - M&A
2023-06-13
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Mark Beardmore, Rob Worsfold
Livingbridge EP LLP
Seller
Alpha Auto Group Holdings LP - M&A
2023-06-20
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Alpha Auto Group Holdings LP
Buyer
Gresham House plc - M&A
2023-07-17
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Gresham House plc
Target
Experian plc - M&A
2023-09-15
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Experian plc
Buyer
Bridgehaven Specialty UK Ltd. - M&A
2023-07-06
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Bridgehaven Specialty UK Ltd.
Target
Sygnature Discovery Ltd. - M&A
2023-01-17
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Jon Cox-Brown
Sygnature Discovery Ltd.
Buyer
Specialist Risk Group Ltd. - M&A
2023-01-04
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Paul Pugh
Specialist Risk Group Ltd.
Buyer
Badger Meter Inc. - M&A
2023-01-05
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Robin Johnson
Badger Meter Inc.
Buyer
Wolseley UK Ltd. - M&A
2023-01-11
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Nigel Cooke
Wolseley UK Ltd.
Buyer
Ideagen Ltd. - M&A
2023-01-19
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Jon Cox-Brown
Ideagen Ltd.
Buyer
KTC Edibles - M&A
2023-03-17
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Richard Kyle
KTC Edibles
Buyer
Pinnacle Power Ltd. - M&A
2023-04-05
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Stephen Hill
Pinnacle Power Ltd.
Target
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2023-05-24
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Jason Lovell
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
Specialist Risk Group Ltd. - M&A
2023-04-25
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Paul Pugh
Specialist Risk Group Ltd.
Buyer
Specialist Risk Group Ltd. - M&A
2023-12-07
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Paul Pugh
Specialist Risk Group Ltd.
Buyer
Specialist Risk Group Ltd. - M&A
2023-05-16
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Specialist Risk Group Ltd.
Buyer
Busy Bees Nurseries Ltd. - M&A
2023-06-01
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Nigel Cooke
Busy Bees Nurseries Ltd.
Buyer
YFM Equity Partners Ltd. - M&A
2023-02-23
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Jon Gill
YFM Equity Partners Ltd.
Buyer
Bowmark Capital LLP - M&A
2023-08-04
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Matthias Heisse
Bowmark Capital LLP
Buyer
Vinoteca - M&A
2023-08-24
Eversheds Sutherland
United Kingdom
M&A
Felicity Jordan
Vinoteca
Target
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M&A
New hires and appointments were made in the corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms in Hong Kong, Tokyo, the US and the UK
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
New hires were made across the corporate, M&A and finance practices in key US hubs and London
M&A
The firm’s service excellence partner, Rachel Broquard, and corporate partner Jon Gill discuss embedding AI into due diligence, M&A and its impact on value-driven client service
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, banking and finance practices in London, Riyadh and key US hubs
M&A
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ESG
Lawyers welcome the European Commission revamp, saying the reforms bring long-needed clarity to sustainable finance
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