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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets : Equity
Tier 4
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
18 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Cooley
2 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 4

Arnold & Porter
15 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Ellenoff Grossman & Schole
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Hedge funds
Tier 3
27 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
14 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
7 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Katten Muchin & Rosenman
7 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Seward & Kissel
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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Kleinberg Kaplan Wolff & Cohen
6 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Cole-Friedman Mallon
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Herrick Feinstein
6 practice areas
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Purrington Moody
3 practice areas
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Reed Smith
10 practice areas
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Sadis & Goldberg
4 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt
7 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 4
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 2

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

Cravath Swaine & Moore
13 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
16 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
14 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Tier 4

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

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

Dechert
14 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Tier 2

Goodwin Procter
7 practice areas
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K&L Gates
4 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
2 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

Clifford Chance
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
18 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
4 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
21 practice areas
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Seward & Kissel
6 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
18 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
19 practice areas
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Chapman and Cutler
10 practice areas
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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
1 practice area
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Herrick Feinstein
6 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Vedder Price
2 practice areas
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WilmerHale
6 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
Desert Highlands Regenerative - M&A
2021-04-16
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Geoffrey Ossias
Desert Highlands Regenerative
Buyer
Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2021-02-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Adam Rhodes-Rogan, Ai Tajima, Ana Alvarado, Annie Cataldo, David Patton, Emily Hingston, Eric Carlson, Federica De Santis, Jacqueline Klosek, James Curley, James Devendorf, James Mattus, Jeremy Slotnick, Jessica Jacobs, Jonathan LaPlante, Joseph Yim, Kara Kuritz, Kirby Lewis, Kvehl McDermott, Maria Gaitan, Matthew Wheatley, Megan Gedeon, Milena Tantcheva, Mohammed Alvi, Nathan Brodeur, Nicole Fontes, Paul Jin, Paul Verbesey, Rachel Smith, Riley Lovendale, Sindoori Sriram, Sonia Wu, Soo Jeong, Stephen Charkoudian, Timothy Holahan, Tina Zakhary
Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
Webster Equity Partners LLC - M&A
2021-08-03
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Christian Wilson
Webster Equity Partners LLC
Buyer
Virtus Investment Partners Inc. - M&A
2021-02-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Virtus Investment Partners Inc.
Buyer
Toast Inc. - M&A
2021-06-10
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ananth Lakshman, Brittany McCants, Caroline Galiatsos, Elizabeth Doyon, Ian Engstrand, James Mattus, Janet Andolina, Jennifer Fay, Joel Lehrer, Khalid Elwanni, Kimberly Holzel, Leon Peschel, Margaret Hickey, Srikanth Mantravadi, Talya Levi, Ximeng Tang, Yash Rana
Toast Inc.
Buyer
Synaptics Inc. - M&A
2021-08-30
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Joshua Zachariah, Micheal Reagan
Synaptics Inc.
Buyer
Retina Consultants of America - M&A
2021-03-08
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Christian Wilson, Harry Brown, John LeClaire
Retina Consultants of America
Buyer
Halo Technology Group - M&A
2021-07-08
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Amy Josselyn, Andre Amorim, Andy Barton, Axel Urie, Brian Raynor, Devin Spencer, Eric Dilulio, Garrett Gaughan, Haili Ding, Han Chang, Jacqueline Klosek, Joel Lehrer, Joni Noggle, Kelsey Lemaster, Kevin Grumberg, Richard Matheny, III, Stephen Lee
Halo Technology Group
Buyer
One GI LLC - M&A
2021-01-04
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Christian Wilson
One GI LLC
Buyer
Bloomerang LLC - M&A
2021-01-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Amy Keller, Ella Lvov, Joshua Klatzkin
Bloomerang LLC
Buyer
RoadOne Inc. - M&A
2021-02-09
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andy Lock, Brian Fleming
RoadOne Inc.
Buyer
InTandem Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2022-01-19
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
InTandem Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
Mauve Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2021-05-25
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Jon Herzog
Mauve Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
JMI Management Inc. - M&A
2021-07-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alex Intile, Ana Alvarado, Ariel Gaknoki, Axel Urie, Brady Cummins, Carrie Miller, Christian Lubrano, Dane Ferre, Fred Lim, Jacqueline Klosek, Jeffrey Koh, Jennifer Fay, Jennifer Necas, Joel Lehrer, Joseph Bernardi, Joshua Klatzkin, Kara Kuritz, Kelsey Lemaster, Lee Douthitt, Misha Goodwin, Morgan Lee, Richard Matheny, III, Sarah Bock, Wallis Linker
JMI Management Inc.
Buyer
TA Associates Inc. - M&A
2021-11-10
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
TA Associates Inc.
Buyer
Great Hill Partners LP - M&A
2021-10-27
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Great Hill Partners LP
Buyer
Growth Street Partners - M&A
2021-05-06
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Brian McPeake, Brian Raynor, Julian Landau-Sabella, Monica Devlin
Growth Street Partners
Buyer
BrandCycle Inc. - M&A
2022-01-25
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
BrandCycle Inc.
Target
Backstage LLC - M&A
2022-02-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Alex Intile, Alexander Apostolopoulos, Amy Josselyn, Ana Alvarado, Andrew Lacy, Brian McPeake, Christina Lewis, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Dylan Brown, Echo Wang, Emily Josef, George Schneider, Howard Cubell, Jacob Osborn, Jacqueline Klosek, James Devendorf, Joel Lehrer, Jordan Shockett, Julia Berryman, Kara Kuritz, Kevin Walsh, Matthew Mauney, Michael Vignone, Mohammed Alvi, Nick Clarkin, Nicole Spiteri, Paul Jin, Rachel Mitchell Smith, Sebastian Iagrossi, Simone Waterbury, Stephen Taeusch, Steven Clemens, Tiara Quintana, Zachary Bailey
Backstage LLC
Target
Backdraft OpCo LLC - M&A
2021-06-25
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Backdraft OpCo LLC
Target
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Valuing a company isn’t a one-size-fits-all – mergers, investments, and litigation reveal how buyers, sellers, investors, and lenders use distinct approaches and priorities
M&A
Firms say there is no substitute for advice from lawyers with deep understanding of their sectors
M&A
Automatic voting programmes could significantly affect activists’ ability to push through unwanted M&A deals or to oppose deals that are approved by directors
The firm’s US SPAC lead and a UK capital markets partner explore the rebound in SPAC activity and the firm’s strategy to capitalise on renewed interest
New hires were made across the finance, PE and M&A practices in Houston, New York, Hong Kong and London
New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan
New hires were made across the finance, PE, M&A and private capital practices in New York, Washington DC and Dallas
ESG
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