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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
LEXEO Therapeutics Inc. - M&A
2021-07-21
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Jesse Nevarez
LEXEO Therapeutics Inc.
Buyer
Updater Technologies - M&A
2021-07-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Andrew Pusar
Updater Technologies
Buyer
AffiniPay Holding LLC - M&A
2022-06-09
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Ai Tajima, Alex Intile, Alexander Apostolopoulos, Allison Tassel, Amy Josselyn, Andre Amorim, Andrew Sucoff, Andy Barton, Axel Urie, Bradley Weber, Brian Fiske, Brian Fleming, Caroline Tompkins, Ce Li, Chris Zhao, Danielle Reyes, David Rybak, Elizabeth Jordan, Ellen Miller, Emily Josef, Eric Carlson, George Schneider, Howard Cubell, Jacqueline Klosek, James Matarese, James Oh, Jeffrey Koh, Jin Ji Kim, Joel Lehrer, Joseph Rockers, Kara Kuritz, Kim de Glossop, Kimberly Ginsburg, Lynette Elam, Martha Schreck, Michael Goldstein, Michael Kendall, Nathan Brodeur, Nick Caro, Nicole Spiteri, Ortal Ben Aharon, Paul Verbesey, Richard Matheny, Sophie Duffy, Steven Clemens, Timothy Holahan
AffiniPay Holding LLC
Buyer
Emmes Corp. - M&A
2022-06-21
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Emmes Corp.
Target
Scholar Rock Holding Corp. - M&A
2022-06-21
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Kingsley Taft, Laura Burlingame
Scholar Rock Holding Corp.
Target
Equality Asset Management LP - M&A
2022-06-23
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Equality Asset Management LP
Buyer
Ampersand Capital Partners - M&A
2022-06-07
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Allison Tassel, Andrew Sucoff, Brad Smith, Brendan Lally-McGurl, Catherine Nickle, Chad Vella, Dan Murray, Daniel Karelitz, Eric Graffeo, Jacqueline Klosek, James Barrett, James Mattus, James Whittaker, Joshua Fattal, Nicole Spiteri, Patrick Maher
Ampersand Capital Partners
Buyer
Bregal Sagemount - M&A
2022-07-13
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Bregal Sagemount
Buyer
Royalty Pharma plc - M&A
2022-07-13
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Arthur McGivern, Jacqueline Mercier, Robert Crawford
Royalty Pharma plc
Buyer
Bregal Sagemount - M&A
2022-07-12
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Bregal Sagemount
Buyer
Projector PSA Inc. - M&A
2022-07-12
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Projector PSA Inc.
Target
NuCera Solutions - M&A
2022-07-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
NuCera Solutions
Target
Gallatin Point Capital LLC - M&A
2022-07-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Alexander Selarnick, Boris Segalis, Gregory Hoffnagle, Harry Brown, Joel Lehrer, Josh Burlingham, Joshua Soszynski, Karl Dragosz, Kimberly Holzel, Laura Hodges Taylor, Tatum Sornborger, Todd Pollock
Gallatin Point Capital LLC
Buyer
Discovery Behavioral Health - M&A
2022-07-18
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Adele Marchant, Adrean Taylor, Anna Dodson, Chris Steinroeder, Cody Goodwin, Cooper Murphy, Cusaj Thomas, David Patton, Eliza Reed, James Mattus, Joel Lehrer, John Quinn, Julian Landau-Sabella, Lina Fernandez, Michael Whittington, Natascha George, Sebastian Iagrossi, Timothy Holahan
Discovery Behavioral Health
Buyer
The Yes - M&A
2022-06-02
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Josh Cook
The Yes
Target
Storage Solutions Inc. - M&A
2022-06-27
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Chadwick Boswell, Chris Zhao, Crescent Moran Chasteen, Gregory Cage, Jacqueline Klosek, James Moriarty, Sebastian Iagrossi, Steven Argentieri, Thomas McCarthy, Timothy Holahan, Todd Pollock, Wallis Linker, Wyatt Kayne
Storage Solutions Inc.
Buyer
Blancco Technology Group plc - M&A
2022-06-08
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Scott Joachim
Blancco Technology Group plc
Buyer
TA Associates Inc. - M&A
2022-06-27
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Hugh O'Sullivan
TA Associates Inc.
Buyer
Medical Knowledge Group LLC - M&A
2022-08-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Medical Knowledge Group LLC
Buyer
Sound Healthcare Communications LLC - M&A
2022-08-01
Goodwin Procter
United States (National)
M&A
Sound Healthcare Communications LLC
Target
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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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