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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
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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Milbank
11 practice areas
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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
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 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
9 practice areas
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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
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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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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Capital markets : High yield
11 firms ranked
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
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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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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Milbank
11 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
16 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Dentons
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
1 practice area
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Financial services regulatory
26 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
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 2

Clifford Chance
12 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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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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PwC Legal
1 practice area
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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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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

Annerton
1 practice area
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Deloitte Legal
1 practice area
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GSK Stockmann
3 practice areas
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Gunnercooke
1 practice area
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Görg
6 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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M&A : Large-cap
24 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
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 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
4 practice areas
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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
3 practice areas
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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
5 practice areas
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K&L Gates
2 practice areas
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Kallan
2 practice areas
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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank
2 practice areas
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ADVANT Beiten
1 practice area
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Pinsent Masons
5 practice areas
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Walberg & Cie. View full profile
YPOG
3 practice areas
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Private equity
38 firms ranked
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Tier 1

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

Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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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
9 practice areas
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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
5 practice areas
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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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Project development
21 firms ranked
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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
14 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
12 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Dentons
12 practice areas
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Noerr
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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Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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GvW Graf von Westphalen
1 practice area
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Project finance
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 2

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 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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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Restructuring
30 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
13 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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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
9 practice areas
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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Finkenhoff
1 practice area
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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
3 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
Renewable Investments Holding SA - M&A
2021-03-30
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Daniel Kreutzmann, Jana Dammann de Chapto, Janine Leeder, Medha Marathe, Nick Benson, Roisin Mbonu
Renewable Investments Holding SA
Seller
Westbrook Inc. - M&A
2022-01-07
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Rick Offsay
Westbrook Inc.
Buyer
ZF Friedrichshafen AG - M&A
2022-03-21
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Daniel Kreutzmann, Frank Bierwirth, Heiko Gotsche, Ingo Strauss, Juan Jacobsen, Ralph Drager, Sibylle Munch, Stefan Süss, Verena Seevers
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Seller
Astorg Partners - M&A
2022-05-02
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Astorg Partners
Buyer
Echobot Media Technologies GmbH - M&A
2022-06-21
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Echobot Media Technologies GmbH
Target
Antin Infrastructure Partners SAS - M&A
2022-08-02
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Burc Hesse, Sebastian Pauls, Tobias Larisch
Antin Infrastructure Partners SAS
Buyer
TA Associates Inc. - M&A
2022-09-06
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
TA Associates Inc.
Buyer
Keysight Technologies Inc. - M&A
2022-03-09
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Henning Schneider
Keysight Technologies Inc.
Buyer
TASKING - M&A
2022-09-20
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
TASKING
Buyer
Investor Group - multiple investors - M&A
2022-10-14
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Investor Group - multiple investors
Buyer
Yapily Ltd. - M&A
2022-05-11
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Sebastian Pauls
Yapily Ltd.
Buyer
Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH - M&A
2022-10-25
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
David Rath, Mike Turner, Oliver Seiler
Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH
Target
Hannover Finanz GmbH - M&A
2022-11-30
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Hannover Finanz GmbH
Seller
HgCapital LLP - M&A
2022-12-12
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Maximilian Platzer, Oliver Felsenstein
HgCapital LLP
Seller
ACTICO GmbH - M&A
2022-12-20
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Burc Hesse
ACTICO GmbH
Buyer
AFIAA Investment Foundation for International Real Estate Investments - M&A
2023-03-02
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Carsten Loll, Sven Nickel
AFIAA Investment Foundation for International Real Estate Investments
Seller
PMG Projektraum Management GmbH - M&A
2023-03-14
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Rainer Traugott
PMG Projektraum Management GmbH
Target
Apollo Global Management Inc. - M&A
2023-04-26
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Anna-Maria Kuckerz, Annika Bilics, Axel Krohn, Bora Bozkurt, Carsten Loll, Dominik Waldvogel, Eike Christian Schmidt-Röh, Frank Grell, Gary Boss, Hendrik Hauke, Henriette Hosemann, Jana Maue, Julia Braeuer, Julia Wenzel, Katharina Wolf, Marie-Christine Welp, Martina Hoelzer, Michael Haas, Otto-Philipp von Gruben, Sam Steinman, Sebastian von Hornung, Sven Nickel, Thomas Grutzner, Tobias Klass, Torsten Volkholz, Verena Seevers, Yucai Yu
Apollo Global Management Inc.
Buyer
Ardian SA - M&A
2023-05-04
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Burc Hesse, Sebastian Pauls, Stefan Süss, Susanne Decker
Ardian SA
Buyer
DXC Technology Co. - M&A
2021-11-04
Latham & Watkins
Germany
M&A
Markus Kruger
DXC Technology Co.
Seller
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