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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
Infatuation Inc. - M&A
2021-09-09
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Andrew Pusar, Bethany Withers, Boris Segalis, Brett Good, Brian Mulhall, David Scott, Emily Hingston, Flora Wang, Jeehye Park, Jeffrey Klein, Jeffrey Simes, Jonathan Newmark, Joshua Fattal, Kevin Grumberg, Kimberly Ginsburg, Kyle Pine, Matthew Shelley, Michael Whittington, Misha Goodwin, Paul Jin, Rachel Smith, Robert Carroll, Robert Young, Sarah Bock, Sebastian Iagrossi, Timothy Holahan
Infatuation Inc.
Target
CreativeLive Inc. - M&A
2021-10-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ahmer Qureshi, Alexander Plaum, Andy Barton, Anthony McCusker, April Sun, Brett Good, Daniel Goldberg, Garrett Gaughan, Ginggi Storer, Helen Kim, Isaac Wall, Jacqueline Klosek, James Oh, Leilani Lipa, Nori Lu
CreativeLive Inc.
Target
Plug Power Inc. - M&A
2021-10-14
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexandra Denniston, Ehud Ari, Eric Graffeo, Ginggi Storer, Gregory Saiontz, John Stern, Leah Eubanks, Marc Polito, Nathan Brodeur, Nathan Wenk, Paul Jin, Reid Bagwell, Robert Hale, Robert Kester, Robert Whalen, Ryan Sawyer, Sophie Duffy, Whitney Williams
Plug Power Inc.
Buyer
Brightcove Inc. - M&A
2021-10-14
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Aaron Berman, Bradford Smith, Jacqueline Klosek, Janet Andolina, Jared Fine, Jason Goldfarb, Joel Lehrer, Joseph Theis, Jr., Kim Larie, Leon Peschel, Matthew Rosencranz
Brightcove Inc.
Buyer
Coral Tree Partners - M&A
2022-02-28
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Coral Tree Partners
Buyer
Bend Financial Inc. - M&A
2022-02-16
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alex Intile, Benjamin Gossels, Bill Meade, Brett Jackson, Christina Bitter, Danielle Lauzon, J. Scott Zilora, Jacqueline Klosek, Janet Andolina, Jennifer Fay, Joel Lehrer, Mark Smith, Martha Schreck, Paul Rosie, Rahat Tariq, Sarah Bock, Timothy Kim
Bend Financial Inc.
Target
Doximity Inc. - M&A
2022-02-08
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Doximity Inc.
Buyer
Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers LLC - M&A
2022-02-28
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Adrean Taylor, Ai Tajima, Anne Brendel, Christina Lewis, David Orner, Garrett Gaughan, Kara Kuritz, Kevin Grumberg, Kevin Lam, Lee Douthitt, Monica Patel, Nikhil Sethi, Ora Grinberg, Ortal Ben Aharon, Rachel Totten, Roger Cohen, Sean Kwak, William Davisson, Zachary Feldman
Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers LLC
Target
Thoma Bravo LP - M&A
2022-03-02
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Thoma Bravo LP
Buyer
Cedar Realty Trust Inc. - M&A
2022-03-02
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Cedar Realty Trust Inc.
Seller
BA-Insight Inc. - M&A
2022-02-24
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Boris Segalis, Daniel Karelitz, Isaac Wall, Joel Lehrer, John Egan, III, Karl Dragosz, Leon Peschel, Marc Polito, Patrick Maher, Sarah Bock, Timothy Holahan
BA-Insight Inc.
Target
Limelight Networks Inc. - M&A
2022-03-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Bryan Kultgen, John Haggerty, Joshua Zachariah, Michael Gomez, Mitzi Chang, Nathan Hagler, Tevia Pollard, William Stanton, Zoya Holladay
Limelight Networks Inc.
Buyer
Groupe Rossignol - M&A
2021-11-17
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Thomas Dupont-Sentilles
Groupe Rossignol
Seller
Materia Inc. - M&A
2021-12-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Sucoff, Andrew Wilson, Artem Skorostensky, Brittany McCants, Chi Pan, Christina Bouchot, Cynthia Ang, Edward Amer, Howard Steel, Janet Andolina, John LeClaire, Jordan Shockett, Kara Kuritz, Leah Eubanks, Meghan Spillane, Monica Patel, Nathan Brodeur, Ortal Ben Aharon, Owen Remeika, Ramez Krishnan, Steven Argentieri, Will Wang
Materia Inc.
Target
AvalonBay Communities - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
Bond issue
AvalonBay Communities
Issuer
Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
Bond issue
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo
Underwriter
Emmes Corp. - M&A
2022-03-10
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Emmes Corp.
Buyer
Paramount Group Inc. - M&A
2022-02-25
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Paramount Group Inc.
Target
Lyngo Analytics Inc. - M&A
2021-10-14
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ben Sneider, Craig Schmitz, Haley Patterson, James Riley, Jr.
Lyngo Analytics Inc.
Target
Phreesia Inc. - M&A
2021-12-13
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alex Intile, Ally Gao, Andrew Pusar, Brian Mulhall, Cecelia Lockner, Daniel Cartmell, Jacqueline Klosek, Janet Andolina, Joel Lehrer, John Egan, III, Joseph McGurrin, Leslie Nash, Lina Fernandez, Monica Patel, Nawa Lodin, Nikhil Sethi, Roger Cohen, Sean Philbin, Sebastian Miao, Steven Tjoe, Timothy Holahan
Phreesia Inc.
Buyer
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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
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