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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
Chart.io Inc. - M&A
2021-02-26
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Nathan Hagler, Timothy Hurley, Yifan Yang, Zoya Holladay
Chart.io Inc.
Target
Oceans Healthcare - M&A
2022-02-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Andrew Wilson, Anna Dodson, Anne Bandes, Anthony Shaheen, Brady Cummins, Christian Wilson, Christina Bouchot, Christina Flynn, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Emily Hingston, George Schneider, Harry Brown, Jacqueline Klosek, James Devendorf, Janet Andolina, Joel Lehrer, Joseph McGurrin, Kimberly Ginsburg, Michael Cain, Michael Vignone, Nori Lu, Sara King, Sebastian Iagrossi, Simone Waterbury
Oceans Healthcare
Target
Ubiquity Global Services Inc. - M&A
2021-10-26
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ubiquity Global Services Inc.
Target
Askreply Inc. - M&A
2021-01-28
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Plaum, Andre Amorim, Andy Barton, April Sun, Barzin Pakandam, Benjamin Horwitz, Geoffrey Ossias, Han Chang, Jacqueline Klosek, John Lomazzi, Jordan Klein, Kelsey Lemaster, Kevin Lam, Sean Greaney
Askreply Inc.
Target
OPSWAT Inc. - M&A
2021-03-31
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
William Schnoor
OPSWAT Inc.
Target
ESO Solutions Inc. - M&A
2021-03-26
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Amar Patel, Andy Barton, Carrie Miller, Francine Ngo, Helen Kim, Jacqueline Klosek, Kara Kuritz, Katherine Baudistel, Kelsey Lemaster, Kristopher Ring, Matthew Dunay, Mohammed Alvi, Nikhil Sethi, Ortal Ben Aharon, Rebecca Kennedy, Regina Couto, Richard Matheny, III, Roger Cohen, Scott Joachim, Steven Argentieri, Tiara Quintana, Timothy Holahan, Zhe Yang
ESO Solutions Inc.
Target
Better Therapeutics Inc. - M&A
2021-04-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alex Intile, Alexander Plaum, Andre Amorim, April Sun, Arthur McGivern, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Daniel Karelitz, Ginggi Storer, Grace Wirth, Gregg Coughlin, Heath Ingram, Heidi Mayon, Jacqueline Klosek, Jaidev Kalra, Jocelyn Arel, Julie Tibbets, Kara Kuritz, Koray Bulut, Margaret Beale-Wirsing, Nikhil Sethi, Pooja Sudarshan, Roger Cohen, Sarah Stoiber, Shoaib Ghias, Stephanie Philbin, Steven Tjoe, Tony Guan
Better Therapeutics Inc.
Target
Tomorrow Cos. Inc. - M&A
2021-12-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Tomorrow Cos. Inc.
Target
Mailgun Technologies Inc. - M&A
2021-09-30
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
David Johanson
Mailgun Technologies Inc.
Target
Live Learning Technologies LLC - M&A
2021-01-29
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Apostolopoulos, Audrey Leigh, Jocelyn Arel, John Mutkoski, Ryan LaForce
Live Learning Technologies LLC
Target
Exeter Property Group LLC - M&A
2021-01-26
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Amy Dau, Christopher Isaacs, Howard Cubell, James Mattus, Jennifer Bralower, Jennifer Fay, Jessica Craig, Joel Lehrer, Jonathan LaPlante, Kara Kuritz, Lina Fernandez, Matthew Wheatley, Reid Bagwell, Richard Matheny, III, Thomas LaFond
Exeter Property Group LLC
Target
Antuit Inc. - M&A
2021-08-30
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Antuit Inc.
Target
Consonance-HFW Acquisition Corp. - M&A
2021-04-15
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Jacqueline Mercier, Jocelyn Arel, Mitchell Bloom
Consonance-HFW Acquisition Corp.
Buyer
Leaf Group Ltd. - M&A
2021-04-05
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Goodman, Joseph Johnson, III, Tobias Schad
Leaf Group Ltd.
Seller
Monetics Inc. - M&A
2021-03-24
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Brett Jackson, John Mutkoski
Monetics Inc.
Seller
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. - M&A
2021-04-13
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.
Seller
Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2021-07-28
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC
Seller
Datafoxtrot LLC - M&A
2021-02-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
John Mutkoski
Datafoxtrot LLC
Seller
Retail Properties of America Inc. - M&A
2021-07-19
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Blake Liggio, Daniel Adams, Gilbert Menna
Retail Properties of America Inc.
Seller
TPI Composites Inc. - M&A
2021-11-08
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
TPI Composites Inc.
Seller
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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
The proposed changes reduce the likelihood of stockholder litigation that has little or no chance of benefitting stockholders
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