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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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Notable

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
Firelight Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2021-04-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Joshua Ratner
Firelight Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
TowerBrook Capital Partners LP - M&A
2021-10-25
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Chad Vella, Christina Bouchot, Daniel Marks, Eric Graffeo, Gregg Coughlin, Hye Lee, Jacqueline Klosek, James Mattus, Janet Andolina, Jennifer Bralower, Jesse O’Connell, Joshua Fattal, Kyle Pine, Leslie Nash, Michael Miller, Nikolaus Caro, Nori Lu, Paul Jin, Robin Zhang, Simone Greenspan, Simone Waterbury, Steven Argentieri, Stuart Rosenthal, Whitney Williams
TowerBrook Capital Partners LP
Buyer
Marlin Equity Partners LLC - M&A
2021-11-23
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Akash Kumar, Andy Barton, Ashley Nguyen, Brian Raynor, Bushra Samimi, Cecelia Lockner, Christina Bouchot, Emilie Pfister, Emily Goldenberg, Jacqueline Klosek, Kara Kuritz, Kevin Lam, Misha Goodwin, Nathan Wenk, Nawa Lodin, Ora Grinberg, Ortal Ben Aharon, Paul Jin, Paul Thompson, Richard Matheny, III, Roger Cohen, Seth Burns, Stephen Lee
Marlin Equity Partners LLC
Buyer
TARGET PharmaSolutions Inc. - M&A
2021-01-15
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Moser, Alexander Plaum, Ginggi Storer, J. Schillers, Jacqueline Klosek, James Nikraftar, Kelsey Lemaster, Kevin Grumberg, Koray Bulut, Leilani Lipa, Natascha George, Nawa Lodin, Roger Cohen, Seth Burns, Tyler Garaffa, William Davisson
TARGET PharmaSolutions Inc.
Buyer
InTandem Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2021-03-04
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Christian Wilson, Matthew Hacker
InTandem Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
Nautic Partners LLC - M&A
2021-08-31
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Milena Tantcheva
Nautic Partners LLC
Buyer
Bregal Sagemount - M&A
2021-05-27
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Weidhaas, Jacob Herman, Jared Spitalnick
Bregal Sagemount
Buyer
Primus Capital LLC - M&A
2022-01-06
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Akash Kumar, Alex Intile, Christina Lewis, David Mansberg, Jacqueline Klosek, James Mattus, Janet Andolina, Kyle Pine, Misha Goodwin, Nawa Lodin, Rahat Tariq, Regina Couto, Roger Cohen, Rohith Parasuraman, Sophie Duffy, Steven Argentieri, Stuart Rosenthal
Primus Capital LLC
Buyer
Cano Health Inc. - M&A
2021-06-14
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Andrew Hess, Bathiya Sheriffdeen, Benjamin Gossels, Christian Wilson, Delphine O'Rourke, Dylan Brown, Emily Hingston, George Schneider, Heidi Mayon, Howard Cubell, Jacqueline Klosek, James Mattus, Jeffrey Koh, Joel Lehrer, John LeClaire, John Quinn, Jordan Klein, Joseph Rockers, Joshua Ratner, Katherine Kissinger, Leslie Nash, Mohammed Alvi, Ortal Ben Aharon, Patrick Wilson, Paul Jin, Simone Otenaike, Stephen Taeusch, Tiara Quintana, Ushma Mehta, Yoojin DeNiro
Cano Health Inc.
Buyer
Vaccitech plc - M&A
2021-12-13
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Varond, Amy Josselyn, Andrew Harrow, Asta Evans, Can Cui, Caroline Galiatsos, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Daniel Karelitz, Duncan Greenhalgh, Elizabeth Mulkey, Emilie Pfister, Ettore Santucci, Jennifer Fay, Katerina Stavrianidis, Katherine Kissinger, Kristen Kennedy, Leon Peschel, Luke Nauth, Marishka DeToy, Matthew Shelley, Michael Grainger, Nicole Daley, Robert Puopolo, Robert Young, Sheran Sharafi, Simone Waterbury, Whitney Williams
Vaccitech plc
Buyer
EverTrue Inc. - M&A
2021-10-28
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ana Alvarado, Benjamin Gossels, David Cappillo, Gabriel Choi, Janet Andolina, Jason Breen, Joel Lehrer, John Corrigan, Michael Gomez, Morgan Frisoli, Sarah Bock, Simone Waterbury, Timothy Holahan
EverTrue Inc.
Buyer
Discovery Health Partners - M&A
2021-01-21
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Brittany McCants, Bryna Shmerling, Daniel Goldberg, Eric Willenbacher, Jacqueline Klosek, Joshua Eisenson, Joshua Lake, Kristen Kennedy, Lee Douthitt, Mark Macenka, Matthew Dunay, Matthew Wheatley, Michael Gomez, Nathan Brodeur, Nawa Lodin, Paul Jin, Rachel Smith, Robert Hale, Roger Cohen, Sarah Bock, Sean Doran, Steven Argentieri
Discovery Health Partners
Seller
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc. - M&A
2021-11-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Seller
NetSPI Inc. - M&A
2021-05-12
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
NetSPI Inc.
Seller
Century Bancorp Inc. - M&A
2021-04-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Blake Liggio, Samantha Kirby, William Stern
Century Bancorp Inc.
Seller
PAE Inc. - M&A
2021-10-25
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
PAE Inc.
Target
Iridium Technology LLC - M&A
2022-02-02
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Ana Alvarado, Axel Urie, Benjamin Gossels, Bethany Withers, Christina Lewis, Daniel Karelitz, Edward Amer, Gozde Guckaya, Jacqueline Klosek, James Matarese, James Yaworsky, Khalid Elwanni, Kirby Lewis, Leslie Nash, Megan Weeren, Morgan Frisoli, Navid Wheeler, Nikolaus Caro, Paul Jin, Richard Matheny, III, Robert Bishop, Sandra Lucero, Sarah Bock, Talya Levi, Trey O'Callaghan, Whitney Williams, Zoe Li
Iridium Technology LLC
Target
Westchester Bank Holding Corp. - M&A
2021-06-29
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Matthew Dyckman
Westchester Bank Holding Corp.
Target
HighBar Partners - M&A
2021-09-16
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
HighBar Partners
Buyer
Mitratech Holdings Inc. - M&A
2021-05-10
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Amy Keller, Julian Landau-Sabella
Mitratech Holdings Inc.
Buyer
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