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Rankings published in 2026
M&A
Tier 5
56 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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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 3
36 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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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Notable

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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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Global firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher was founded in Los Angeles in 1890 and boasts over 1,900 lawyers in 21 offices across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia. The firm’s global clout lends it an enviable client list. Operating out of Frankfurt and Munich, the German team focuses heavily on banking, M&A and private equity. Key partners include M&A and private equity lead Dirk Oberbracht, along with Wilhelm Reinhardt, Ferdinand Fromholzer and Markus Nauheim. Recent highlights include advising repeat client Heska, a veterinary diagnostic and specialty products business, on its $1.5 billion acquisition by Mars in June 2023, and Dr Barbara Sturm on the sale of Barbara Sturm Molecular Cosmetics to Spanish cosmetics company Puig in January 2024. The team also handled significant M&A projects for clients including Publicis Group, Bosch, Platinum Equity Advisors and Lone Star portfolio companies.

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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
Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA - M&A
2021-10-12
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
Sebastian Schoon
Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA
Buyer
Robert Bosch GmbH - M&A
2021-03-31
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
Lutz Englisch
Robert Bosch GmbH
Seller
Heska Corp. - M&A
2021-11-02
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
Dirk Oberbracht
Heska Corp.
Buyer
Stryder Corp - M&A
2022-04-13
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
Chris Trester, Christoph Jacob, Ferdinand Fromholzer, Hans Schmid, Jordan Holsinger, Mark Zimmer, Michael Walther, Robert Phillips, Sonja Ruttmann, Sophie Schürmann, Yannick Oberacker
Stryder Corp
Buyer
North Road Co. - M&A
2022-07-06
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
North Road Co.
Buyer
Motive Partners GP LLC - M&A
2022-11-22
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
Motive Partners GP LLC
Buyer
Astorg Partners - M&A
2023-05-05
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
Astorg Partners
Buyer
AURELIUS Growth Capital - M&A
2023-10-23
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Germany
M&A
Sebastian Schoon
AURELIUS Growth Capital
Buyer
Gibson Dunn has hired a seven-lawyer investment funds team from Clifford Chance in Paris, led by partner Xavier Comaills, as the firm continues its European expansion
M&A
New hires and promotions were made across the finance, M&A, PE and capital markets practices across key hubs including London, New York and Munich
M&A
The move aligns with the firm’s ambition to target Swiss businesses aiming for global expansion and foreign investors seeking Swiss assets
New crypto asset regulation and a fresh attempt at finalising Basel III will add to the workload for US banking lawyers and their clients in the coming months
New hires were made across the finance, antitrust, energy and project finance practices in Dallas, Northern California, Brussels and Hong Kong
IFLR’s legal benchmarking title reveals its latest rankings for the US, Mexico and Caribbean
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
New hires were made across the capital markets, M&A and environmental practices in Stockholm, Hong Kong, New York and Washington DC
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