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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
SailPoint Technologies Inc. - M&A
2022-04-11
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexandra Denniston, Andre Amorim, Andrew Lacy, Ce Li, Cynthia Li, Deborah Birnbach, Delphine O'Rourke, Elliot Silver, Jacob Osborn, Jacqueline Klosek, James Barri, James Ding, James Oh, Jean Lee, John Kim, John Servidio, Joni Noggle, Joseph Theis, Jr., Joshua Fattal, Joshua Zachariah, Koray Bulut, Martin Gomez, Nicholas Pellow, Ora Grinberg, Preston Mortemore, Simone Waterbury, Winnie Uluocha
SailPoint Technologies Inc.
Target
CueSquared - M&A
2021-12-21
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, David Powers, Eric Willenbacher, Jacqueline Klosek, James Mattus, Joel Lehrer, Lina Fernandez, Matthew Dunay, Megna Patel, Regina Couto, Timothy Holahan, Yvette Hershey
CueSquared
Target
BATON Financial Services Inc. - M&A
2022-02-23
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Callen, Cameron Contizano, Daniel Karelitz, Gregg Coughlin, Jason Goldfarb, Kim Larie, Matthew Reardon, Robert Bishop, Stephen Charkoudian
BATON Financial Services Inc.
Target
Ziegenfelder Co. - M&A
2022-01-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Amina Mokel, Andre Amorim, Benjamin Tschann, Brady Cummins, Brenna Moorhead, Bruce Rader, Courtney Schrenko, Eric Roth, Jeffrey Koh, Joanne Gray, Jonathan Price, Joshua Ratner, Katherine Seib, Max Cardin, Misha Goodwin, Nathan Brodeur, Sarah Bock, Serene Qandil, Simone Waterbury, Steven Argentieri, Stuart Cable, Todd Pollock
Ziegenfelder Co.
Target
Checkmate Pharmaceuticals Inc. - M&A
2022-04-19
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Checkmate Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Target
Checkr Inc. - M&A
2022-04-12
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Achal Oza, Alexandra Denniston, Amelie Hopkins, Ananth Lakshman, Benjamin Gossels, Brady Cummins, Chris Jones, Christina Bouchot, David Kantrowitz, Elliot Silver, Emilee Wu, Emily Hingston, Eric Weberman, Gregg Katz, Janet Andolina, Jason Yeoun, Joseph Rockers, Joshua Fattal, Juliana Gerrick, Katherine Murphy, Kimberly Holzel, Kristin Gerber, Nikolaus Caro, Paul Jin, Regina Couto, Tiara Quintana, Ximeng Tang
Checkr Inc.
Buyer
Dama Financial - M&A
2022-01-20
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Nathan Hagler
Dama Financial
Buyer
Brightback Inc. - M&A
2022-01-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Plaum, Andrew Elefant, April Sun, Cisco Palao-Ricketts, Jacqueline Klosek, Josh Cook, Katie Sint, Kevin Lam, Michael Gomez, Misha Goodwin, Oren Stevens, Richard Ballard, Seth Burns
Brightback Inc.
Target
Fabric Technologies Inc. - M&A
2022-01-12
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
David Concannon
Fabric Technologies Inc.
Target
DDJ Capital Management LLC - M&A
2022-02-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ahmed Abdelhamid, Bibek Pandey, Brian Mukherjee, Brynn Peltz, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Daniel Ji, Garrett Gaughan, Jacqueline Klosek, James Devendorf, Joel Lehrer, Justin Kanter, Kara Kuritz, Katherine Murphy, Keith Kessinger, Kelsey Lemaster, Kimberly Holzel, Laura Hodges Taylor, Patrick Menasco, Robert Hale, Sebastian Iagrossi, Thomas LaFond, William Stern
DDJ Capital Management LLC
Target
Polyconcept North America Inc. - M&A
2022-02-23
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Joseph Bernardi
Polyconcept North America Inc.
Buyer
Watermark Insights LLC - M&A
2022-01-19
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andre Amorim, Courtney Schrenko, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Eric Willenbacher, Jacqueline Klosek, Lina Fernandez, Mohammed Jaljule, Natalie Perez, Steven Argentieri, Timothy Holahan, Zachary Lupu
Watermark Insights LLC
Buyer
Live Media Group Holdings - M&A
2022-03-08
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Chris Steinroeder
Live Media Group Holdings
Buyer
UniFirst Corp. - M&A
2022-03-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Sucoff, Chad Vella, Christopher Versfelt, Scott Chase
UniFirst Corp.
Buyer
Dharma Labs - M&A
2022-01-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Sparks, Ashley Nguyen, Carolyn Nguyen, Cisco Palao-Ricketts, David Brekke, Jacob Osborn, Jason Wilcox, Joel Lehrer, John Servidio, Kevin Liu, Lauren Schwartz, Margaret Beale-Wirsing, Michael Casaburi, Misha Goodwin, Nicholas Losurdo, Ora Grinberg, Simone Waterbury, Zoya Holladay
Dharma Labs
Target
Symeres - M&A
2022-04-26
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Symeres
Buyer
SK Capital Partners LP - M&A
2022-05-02
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
SK Capital Partners LP
Buyer
First Eagle Investment Management LLC - M&A
2022-03-30
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
First Eagle Investment Management LLC
Buyer
Harness Inc. - M&A
2022-03-22
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andy Barton, David Johanson, Jacqueline Klosek, Joel Lehrer, John Hutar, Jordan Klein, Matthew Tippett, Nori Lu, Pooja Patel, Romina Weiss, Scott Joachim, Seth Burns, Zoe Li
Harness Inc.
Buyer
LetsGetChecked - M&A
2021-11-16
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
LetsGetChecked
Buyer
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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
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