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Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 1
35 firms ranked
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Luther
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
3 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
5 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 5

Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Capital markets : High yield
Tier 3
9 firms ranked
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 2
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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PwC Legal
1 practice area
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Annerton
1 practice area
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gunnercooke
1 practice area
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
56 firms ranked
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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K&L Gates
2 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
1 practice area
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Morrison & Foerster
2 practice areas
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
4 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 6

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Berner Fleck Wettich
2 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
1 practice area
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GLNS
5 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Kallan
2 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Oppenhoff & Partner
6 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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ADVANT Beiten
1 practice area
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Arqis
3 practice areas
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Dechert
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank
2 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
1 practice area
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 1
36 firms ranked
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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LUPP + PARTNER
1 practice area
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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EY Law
4 practice areas
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GLNS
5 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 2
13 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 2
11 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Restructuring
Tier 1
26 firms ranked
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Görg
6 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Wellensiek
3 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Schultze & Braun
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 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
International Chemical Investors Group - M&A
2022-05-02
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
International Chemical Investors Group
Seller
Schenck Process Holding GmbH - M&A
2022-05-09
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Alexander Ryan, Andrew Murphy, Anna Dominke, Arend von Riegen, Benjamin Crompton, David Chambers, Felix Abbing, Frank Schaer, George Milne, Gesche Heidorn, Gomotsegang Ndlovu, Karla Halonen, Lucy Carruthers, Lucy Lei, Maximilian Kind, Patrick Deady, Paul Humphreys, Paul van den Berg, Peter Clements, Philipp Dohnke, Steffen Kleefass, Tim Wilmot, Valentin Lang, Vladya Reverdin, Yaming Wu, Yuxin Shen
Schenck Process Holding GmbH
Seller
Infineon Technologies AG - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Freshfields
Germany
Bond issue
Infineon Technologies AG
Issuer
Deutsche Borse AG - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Freshfields
Germany
Bond issue
Citigroup, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2022-06-29
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
Aareal Bank AG - M&A
2022-04-07
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Christoph Seibt, Dominic Divivier, Gunnar Schuster, Holger Hartenfels, Jan Kothe, Jean Mohamed, Karsten Krumm, Uwe Salaschek
Aareal Bank AG
Target
Grunenthal Group - M&A
2022-07-14
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Alexander McGregor, Alexander Pospisil, Alexandra Buchanan, Andrew Austin, Bjorn Junior, Christian Ruoff, Christopher Stothers, David Howard, Enrica Schaefer, Ferdinand Dreher, Flavia Lang, Frank Laudenklos, Juliana Heer, Lars Meyer, Lasse Petersen, Lucas Lengersdorf, Lukas Pomaroli, Marc Schlegel, Maximilian Zellerhoff, Michael Josenhans, Michael Ramb, Mirjam Meyer, Nina Bayerl, Paul Abbott, Philipp Dohnke, Philipp Lehmann, Philipp Sebulke, Riccardo Fadiga, Rod Carlton, Sascha Arnold, Scott Eisman, Timothy Harkness, Ulrich Sittard
Grunenthal Group
Buyer
Evotec SE - M&A
2022-08-25
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Alexander Schwahn, Aljosha Barath, Christoph Seibt, Daniel Extra, Jan Kothe, Jil Rollmann, Nikolaus Schultz-Suchting, Sascha Arnold, Tobias Franz, Vasco Ollero
Evotec SE
Buyer
BRP Inc. - M&A
2022-08-05
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Alexander Brauer, Alexander Muller, Can-Michael Nural, Carolina Gerstacker, Christian Schmidt, Daniel Metz, Estella Dannhausen, Florian Reiter, Gaia Pattyn, Gernot Fritz, Henri Conze, Judit Gajdics, Katharina Kubik, Kornelius Fuchs, Ludwig Hartenau, Ludwig Pacher-Theinburg, Lutz Riede, Maria Dreher, Matthias Hofer, Mattias Kock, Moritz Heidbuechel, Noel Zamani, Philipp Simon, Thomas Mollnhuber, Tristan Kalenborn, Verena Kirchmair
BRP Inc.
Buyer
Siemens AG - M&A
2022-08-11
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Claude Stansbury, Danny Spencer, Enrique Damcausa, John Fisher, Kelsey MacElroy, Lori Goodman, Maxim Neumann, Menachem Kaplan, Thomas Bourneuf, Vinita Sithapathy
Siemens AG
Seller
AmerisourceBergen Corp. - M&A
2022-09-12
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Damien Zoubek, Lars Meyer, Philipp Putz
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
Buyer
Centrotec SE - M&A
2022-09-15
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Amaryllis Muller, David Beutel, Kai Hasselbach, Klaus Kowalski, Martin Rehberg, Max Alles, Sandra Jung, Thomas Wessely, Victoria Muller
Centrotec SE
Seller
AGC Glass Europe - M&A
2022-07-12
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Elliott Fosseprez, Gregor von Bonin, Laurent Garzaniti, Maxim Gomer, Michael Hendricks, Vincent Macq
AGC Glass Europe
Buyer
MCE Bank GmbH - M&A
2022-10-11
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Alexander Glos, Gunnar Schuster, Jan Biermann, Nicholas Lutgerath, Patrick Cichy, Valentin Muller
MCE Bank GmbH
Target
Penta - M&A
2022-07-22
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Aia Eid, Alexander Schramm, Alexander Schwahn, Christel Cacioppo, Daniel Klingenbrunn, Eloi Roche, Guillemette Burgala, Jerome Philippe, Jules Troubat, Kenza El Azzaoui, Lars Meyer, Laura Fruhauf, Marc Perrone, Marius Stein, Markus Benzing, Merit Olthoff, Nicolas Altmeyer, Sebastian Pritzkow, Stephan Reemts, Theresa Ehlen, Tobias Franz
Penta
Target
GENUI GmbH - M&A
2022-12-21
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Christoph Seibt, Justus Anacker
GENUI GmbH
Seller
Raisin Bank AG - M&A
2022-06-24
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Alexander Glos, Alexander Schwahn, Andrea Strackerjan, Elisabeth Wulf, Frauke Thole, Friederike Sibbe, Hans-Ulrich Kloppel, Holger Hartenfels, Jan Kothe, Judith Romer, Nicholas Lutgerath, Niklas Eckert, Patrick Cichy, Simon Schulte, Theresa Ehlen, Tibor Szigetvari
Raisin Bank AG
Buyer
Indivumed GmbH - M&A
2023-01-25
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Aleksandar Atanasov, Boris Dzida, Carsten Bork, Christoph Seibt, David Beutel, Joe Soltis, Moritz Lehmann, Natascha Doll, Panagiota Kavvada, Philipp Lehmann, Till Burmeister
Indivumed GmbH
Seller
Euro Techno Com SAS - M&A
2023-02-08
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Agnieszka Branding, Alexander Muller, Alexander Schramm, Bastian Schuster, Christina Mollnitz, David Beutel, David Schwintowski, David Thüning, Felix Neuwirther, Hendrik Witt, Isabel Suss, Julian Siller, Julien Rebibo, Leonhard Ackermann, Lisa-Marie Woschniak, Lukas Pomaroli, Marius Scherb, Markus Blatnig, Martin Rehberg, Mattias Kock, Michael Holzmannhofer, Myriam Khetib-Khatiri, Nicolas Solter, Nina Gissinger, Sascha Arnold, Stephan Rodler, Theresa Ehlen, Tobias Kalb, Ulrich Sittard, Wessel Heukamp, Yvonne Wolski, Zahar Qasim
Euro Techno Com SAS
Buyer
GK Software SE - M&A
2023-03-01
Freshfields
Germany
M&A
Alexander Harrer, Alexander Schwahn, Arne Krawinkel, Boris Dzida, Christoph Seibt, Felix Abetz, Jan-Willem Koldehofe, Jean Mohamed, Judith Romer, Julia Langner, Katrin Gassner, Lukas Pomaroli, Uwe Salaschek
GK Software SE
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
New hires were made across the M&A, securities and finance practices in New York, Miami and London
Asia managing partner Matthew O’Callaghan discusses how the firm is poised to capture opportunities in the region, particularly in financial services
M&A
New hires were made across the M&A and energy practices in New York, San Francisco, Paris and Milan
M&A
Improving staff training for AI and ensuring legal advice fits in with business goals are key demands for in-house counsel when sourcing external lawyers
M&A
New hires were made across the antitrust, M&A, finance and capital markets practices in Washington DC, New York, Boston and Hong Kong
New hires were made across the private capital, corporate and capital markets practices in London, Boston, Denver and Mexico City
Freshfields lawyer Tumise Jegede, who was named a Rising Star at the IFLR Middle East Awards, reflects on why finance can be likened to tennis and offers advice for young lawyers
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