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2027 Edition
Banking and finance
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Latham & Watkins
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Milbank
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Luther
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 6

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
3 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
5 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
22 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Linklaters
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 5

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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M&A : Large-cap
24 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Tier 5

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
4 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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M&A : Mid-cap
52 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
2 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Berner Fleck Wettich
2 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Dechert
3 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
1 practice area
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Oppenhoff & Partner
6 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
1 practice area
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Arqis
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Eversheds Sutherland
1 practice area
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 6

GLNS
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K&L Gates
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Kallan
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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank
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ADVANT Beiten
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Pinsent Masons
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Walberg & Cie. View full profile
YPOG
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Private equity
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
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Milbank
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
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LUPP + PARTNER
1 practice area
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Renzenbrink & Partner
2 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Tier 5

GLNS
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Restructuring
30 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Görg
6 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Wellensiek
3 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Finkenhoff
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Schultze & Braun
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14 results14 results
Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
TPG Real Estate Partners - M&A
2021-09-17
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
TPG Real Estate Partners
Buyer
Envista Holdings Corp. - M&A
2021-09-07
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Envista Holdings Corp.
Seller
Yucaipa Acquisition Corp. - M&A
2021-06-11
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Achim Herfs, Alexandra Mihalas, Amy Barber, Aslam Rawoof, Caitlin Pyrce, Christian Nagler, Christina Albath, Christine Lacku, Christopher Mahoney, Courtney Tibbetts, Daniel Hiemer, David Feirstein, Emma Flett, Enid Qin, Fabrice Hipp, Giorgia Nagalli, J. Matthew O'Hare, Jabir Yusoff, Jackson Phinney, Jennifer Gasser, Jessica Dye, Johannes Rowold, John Goldman, John Kleinjan, John Quagliariello, Lena Yoon, Lisa Samenfeld, Liz Allison, Mario Mancuso, Marshall Shaffer, Matthew Reilly, Michael Beinus, Michael Krasnovsky, Pratik Das, Richard Kidd, Samuel Zaretsky, Sebastian Hafele, Shachar Nir, Shellie Freedman, Stefanie Gitler, Stephanie Greco, Tamara Zehentbauer, William Phalen
Yucaipa Acquisition Corp.
Buyer
ADTRAN Inc. - M&A
2021-08-30
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Achim Herfs, Benjamin Leyendecker, Carlo Zenkner, Sarkis Jebejian
ADTRAN Inc.
Buyer
Bain Capital LLC - M&A
2021-09-01
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Annie Herdman, Benjamin Leyendecker, Christoph Jerger, Daniel Hiemer, Greta-Josefin Harnisch, Juliane Hubert, Marcus Commandeur, Neel Sachdev, Philip Goj, Sam Sherwood, Samantha Jones, Sandipan De
Bain Capital LLC
Buyer
Recipharm AB - M&A
2022-02-18
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Aneeq Durrani, Dana Quinn, David Grenker, David Towarnicky, James Walker, Katie Sullivan, Leo Greenberg, Michael Amalfe, Niklas Ahlklo, Roger Johnson, Tara Rhoades
Recipharm AB
Buyer
Soundwide - M&A
2022-04-12
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Christopher Burwell, Daniel Hiemer, Devin Heckman, Jorg Ruff, Josefin Sjoestroem, Juliane Hubert, Marco Jacuta, Ryan Kabat, Sean Kramer, Seth Pritchard, Zak Morozov
Soundwide
Buyer
Oakley Capital Ltd. - M&A
2022-10-13
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Alexander Langsfeld, Barbara Dunkel, Benjamin Leyendecker, Christina Albath, Greta-Josefin Harnisch, Hendrik Braun, Lukas Fellholter, Thomas Wilson, Victor Fiekers
Oakley Capital Ltd.
Seller
Astorg Partners - M&A
2023-05-05
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Astorg Partners
Buyer
Oakley Capital Investments Ltd. - M&A
2023-05-17
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Alexander Langsfeld, Barbara Dunkel, Benjamin Leyendecker, Christoph Jerger, Greta-Josefin Harnisch, James King, Julia Jung, Juliane Hubert, Lukas Fellholter, Michael Ehret, Philip Goj, Tamara Zehentbauer, Theodore Cardos, Toby Karenowski
Oakley Capital Investments Ltd.
Seller
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2023-08-09
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Dana Abdulkarim, Hendrik Braun, James Boswell, James McGivern, James Seddon, John Pitts, Keir MacLennan, Maria Clezy, Peter Abbott, Stephen Noh, Talodabioluwa Olu-Odugbemi
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
General Catalyst Partners - M&A
2023-10-18
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Alpa Patel, Brandon Short, Christian Atwood, Hendrik Braun, Jonas Goransson, Jonathan Lipnick, Kendahl Mordini, Lee Morlock, Michael Ehret, Prem Mohan, Tobias Stuppi, Tom Kelley
General Catalyst Partners
Buyer
Davis-Standard LLC - M&A
2023-10-31
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Davis-Standard LLC
Buyer
Thoma Bravo LP - M&A
2023-11-16
Kirkland & Ellis
Germany
M&A
Amy Fox, Anthony Antioch, Antonia Gaupp, Benjamin Leyendecker, Friedrich Focke, Johannes Rowold, Katie St. Peters, Kirsteen Nicol, Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Philipp Keinath, Vincent Bergin
Thoma Bravo LP
Buyer
The firm agreed to provide Trump with $125m worth of legal services in April last year after several US law firms were targeted by executive orders issued by the President
M&A
New hires and appointments were made in the corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms in Hong Kong, Tokyo, the US and the UK
The move gives the US firm a four-partner antitrust team across Brussels and London, adding senior firepower in two key European competition hubs
New hires made in regulatory, corporate, M&A and finance practices at leading firms across the US and the UK, while German Hengeler Mueller elected two new managing partners
New hires were made across the corporate, finance and M&A practices in the US, UK and Europe
Kon Asimacopoulos and Michael Francies have joined the firm in what could be the start of a significant expansion in the UK capital
M&A
Asia M&A co-head, Joey Chau, reflects on the firm’s work on public-to-private transactions in Hong Kong and the outlook for deal opportunities in the region
New hires were made across the fintech, PE, corporate, funds and venture capital practices in Washington DC, New York, Boston and Singapore
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