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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
Plex Systems Inc. - M&A
2021-02-24
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Esteban Munera, Gregg Katz
Plex Systems Inc.
Buyer
AbSci Corp. - M&A
2021-06-14
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Daniel Karelitz, Delphine O'Rourke, Isabel Tule, Kevin Kabler, Maggie Wong, Marina Ahmad, Megan Gustafson, Nikhil Sethi, Sarah Bock, Shane Albright, Simone Otenaike, Steven Green
AbSci Corp.
Buyer
Relay Therapeutics Inc. - M&A
2021-04-16
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Edward Amer, Marina Ahmad, Mitchell Bloom, Nicole Fontes, Shivani Suhug, Taylor Harrison, William Collins
Relay Therapeutics Inc.
Buyer
Payfone Inc. - M&A
2021-03-24
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Jonathan Scott
Payfone Inc.
Buyer
One GI LLC - M&A
2022-01-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Alvarez
One GI LLC
Buyer
Retina Consultants of America - M&A
2021-08-04
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Christian Wilson
Retina Consultants of America
Buyer
Integrated Rehab Consultants LLC - M&A
2021-10-26
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Integrated Rehab Consultants LLC
Buyer
Coalition Inc. - M&A
2021-10-05
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Achal Oza, Alex Intile, Alex Lindsay, Andre Amorim, Andy Barton, Cecelia Lockner, Christopher Buck, David Scott, Devin Spencer, Jacqueline Klosek, Jeehye Park, Joel Lehrer, Laura Antuna-Ortega, Scott Joachim
Coalition Inc.
Buyer
Imprivata Inc. - M&A
2021-07-08
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Adi Vinyarsh, Ana Alvarado, Axel Urie, Cecelia Lockner, Evyn Rabinowitz, Jacob Osborn, Jacqueline Klosek, Janet Andolina, Jennifer Fay, Kenneth Gordon, Sarah Bock
Imprivata Inc.
Buyer
Slate Asset Management LP - M&A
2021-03-25
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Sucoff, Diana Brummer, John Haggerty, Karen Turk, Matthew Stayman, Melissa Wright
Slate Asset Management LP
Buyer
Level Equity Management LLC - M&A
2021-06-24
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Oreste Cipolla
Level Equity Management LLC
Buyer
LoneTree Capital - M&A
2022-01-26
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
LoneTree Capital
Buyer
Marlin Equity Partners LLC - M&A
2021-05-20
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Brian Raynor, Mark Joseph, Ronald Christie
Marlin Equity Partners LLC
Buyer
Sixth Street Partners - M&A
2021-07-13
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Christian Wilson, Peter Hanoian
Sixth Street Partners
Buyer
Aerpio Pharmaceuticals Inc. - M&A
2021-05-17
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Adanna Uwazurike, Alexander Plaum, Andrew Goodman, Caroline Bullerjahn, Caroline Galiatsos, Danielle Lauzon, Grace Wirth, James Xu, Janet Andolina, Jennifer Fay, John Barker, Jordan Benson, Julia Chang, Karin Yoo, Kirby Lewis, Leslie Nash, Matthew Dunay, Nawa Lodin, Paul Jin, Roger Cohen, Sarah Bock, Sarah Wicks, Sebastian Miao, Stephanie Philbin, Tevia Pollard, Winnie Uluocha
Aerpio Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Buyer
Intellia Therapeutics Inc. - M&A
2022-02-03
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Intellia Therapeutics Inc.
Buyer
Scopely Inc. - M&A
2021-10-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Scopely Inc.
Buyer
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. - M&A
2022-01-10
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Benjamin Tschann, Leyla Razavi
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.
Buyer
DYN365 Inc. - M&A
2021-06-10
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
DYN365 Inc.
Buyer
Bugsnag Inc. - M&A
2021-04-28
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ahmer Qureshi, Benjamin Horwitz, Brittany McCants, Garrett Gaughan, Jacob Osborn, Jacqueline Klosek, Katherine Baudistel, Kelsey Lemaster, Kevin Lam, Lawrence Chu, Monica Patel, Paul Jin, Paul Thompson, Stephen Taeusch, Zachary Feldman, Zoya Holladay
Bugsnag 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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