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Rankings published in 2026
Bank lending : Sponsor side
Notable
34 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 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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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 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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Macfarlanes
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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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 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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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Notable

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 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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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Milbank
27 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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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Notable
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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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
Tier 3
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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Private equity funds
Tier 3
32 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
18 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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Tier 3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 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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Notable

Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Real estate funds
Tier 1
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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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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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 5
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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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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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Slaughter and May
27 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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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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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 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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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Alston & Bird
5 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
4 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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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Brown Rudnick
2 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 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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King & Spalding
12 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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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Deal Highlights
67 results67 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Bregal Milestone LLP - M&A
2022-10-11
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Bregal Milestone LLP
Buyer
DJS Antibodies Ltd. - M&A
2022-10-20
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
DJS Antibodies Ltd.
Target
Sagacity Solutions Ltd. - M&A
2022-10-12
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Sagacity Solutions Ltd.
Buyer
HqO Inc. - M&A
2022-06-14
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Anjlee Sakaria, Caitlin Chan, Dulcie Daly, Eric Weberman, Gartan Tracey, Gretchen Scott, James Taylor, John LeClaire, John Mutkoski, Minta Kay, Nikhil Vyas, Satvi Vepa, Sava Savov, Saya Sharma, Scott Carson, Shoaib Ghias
HqO Inc.
Buyer
Future Health Works - M&A
2022-06-07
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Andrew Davis
Future Health Works
Target
Profile Pensions - M&A
2022-12-06
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Ali Ramadan, Amy Francis, Ciara Kendall, Dulcie Daly, Kenny Walker-Durrant
Profile Pensions
Target
LDC (Managers) Ltd. - M&A
2022-12-12
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Amy Francis, Anna Yeomans, Annabel Loose, Chris Tutton, Conner Pine, Dulcie Daly, Gretchen Scott, James Grimwood, Matthew Connell, Nikhil Vyas, Oliver Murphy, Rachel Thurbon, Rebecca Palfreman, Richard Hughes, Samantha Lamontagne, Sophie Entwisle
LDC (Managers) Ltd.
Buyer
TowerBrook Capital Partners LP - M&A
2023-01-09
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Carl Bradshaw, Charles Elsom, Christian Iwasko, Dulcie Daly, Erik Dahl, Justin Cornelius, Nathan Langford, Sarah Jordan, Stefania Athanassopoulou
TowerBrook Capital Partners LP
Seller
Codeplay Software Ltd. - M&A
2022-06-01
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
David Mardle
Codeplay Software Ltd.
Target
PROOF - M&A
2022-07-14
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Andrew Davis, Anjlee Sakaria, Brett Good, Chris Tutton, Diana Cao, Dillon Ravikumar, Duy Le, Gretchen Scott, Heather Brookfield, Heidi Fitchett, Jack Christian, Jon Novotny, Lisa Pearson, Lucy Thomas, Nathan Langford, Robert Young
PROOF
Buyer
Lionrock Capital Ltd. - M&A
2023-02-02
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Douglas Freeman, Edwin Chan, Ingram Cheung
Lionrock Capital Ltd.
Seller
Mayfair Equity Partners LLP - M&A
2023-01-20
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Mayfair Equity Partners LLP
Buyer
OEG Offshore Ltd. - M&A
2023-03-27
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Amy Francis, Anjlee Sakaria, Benjamin Tschann, Chris Tutton, Dulcie Daly, Genevieve Watt, Grace Boos, Gretchen Scott, James Grimwood, Joseph Ndep, Laura Antuna-Ortega, Louise de Souza, Oliver Glynn-Jones, Taarika Sridhar
OEG Offshore Ltd.
Target
30 Technology - M&A
2023-04-19
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Amy Francis, Anna Kaye, Chloe Smith, Dulcie Daly, Graham Defries, Jack Davies, Kesten Laverty, Lucy Sharples, Michael Grainger, Morag Peberdy, Simon Woodcock
30 Technology
Seller
TowerBrook Capital Partners LP - M&A
2023-04-24
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Amy Josselyn, Chloe Birkett, Christian Iwasko, Dulcie Daly, Eram Khan, Erik Dahl, Hugh O'Sullivan, Martin Smith, Matthew Birchall, Michelle Tong, Patrick Clarke, Priya Rupal, Rebecca Palfreman, Sophie Entwisle, Stefania Athanassopoulou, William Robert
TowerBrook Capital Partners LP
Buyer
ECI Partners LLP - M&A
2023-04-04
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Anuj Ghai, Chris Tutton, Dulcie Daly, Grace Boos, Hayley Davis, Joseph Ndep, Matthew Connell, Nadim Islam, Naomi Garton, Oliver Glynn-Jones, Oliver Murphy, Rachel Thurbon, Rebecca Palfreman, Rebecca Wallis, Richard Lever, Simon Fulbrook, Sophie Entwisle, Stanislav Shishkin
ECI Partners LLP
Seller
Arma Partners LLP - M&A
2023-05-22
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Ajay Pathak, Andrew Henderson, Caitlin Chan, Christopher Grobbel, Gemma Roberts, George Davis, Katie Leah, Keith Kessinger, Matthew Birchall, Michael Kelly, Nicholas Losurdo, Oliver Murphy, Silvia Rava, Tessa Agar, Thomas LaFond
Arma Partners LLP
Target
Techsembly Ltd. - M&A
2023-07-05
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Ali Ramadan
Techsembly Ltd.
Target
Adrestia Therapeutics - M&A
2023-08-03
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Amy Francis, Andre Amorim, Andrew Harrow, Beth Ashbridge, Daniel Karelitz, Dulcie Daly, Genevieve Watt, Graham Defries, Laura Umbrecht, Michael Grainger, Morag Peberdy, Oliver Dunn, Yoel Kranz
Adrestia Therapeutics
Target
Orchard Therapeutics plc - M&A
2023-10-05
Goodwin Procter
United Kingdom
M&A
Orchard Therapeutics plc
Target
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