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Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 2
35 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

CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
4 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 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

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 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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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 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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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
3 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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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
Tier 1
20 firms ranked
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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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Sullivan & Cromwell
6 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 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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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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Tier 5

Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Milbank
11 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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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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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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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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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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

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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Kirkland & Ellis
11 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
Tier 3
9 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

White & Case
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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Linklaters
13 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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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Tier 1
14 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

Freshfields
13 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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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 1
20 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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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 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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CMS Hasche Sigle
10 practice areas
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
4 practice areas
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PwC Legal
1 practice area
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Annerton
1 practice area
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Gunnercooke
1 practice area
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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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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
5 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
56 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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Kirkland & Ellis
11 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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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
11 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Noerr
10 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Tier 5

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Jones Day
5 practice areas
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K&L Gates
2 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
1 practice area
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Morrison & Foerster
2 practice areas
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
4 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 6

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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Eversheds Sutherland
1 practice area
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GLNS
5 practice areas
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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Kallan
2 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Oppenhoff & Partner
6 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
10 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
5 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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ADVANT Beiten
1 practice area
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Arqis
3 practice areas
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Dechert
3 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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LARK
18 practice areas
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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank
2 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
1 practice area
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POELLATH
4 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 2
36 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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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
9 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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Astera Legal
3 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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EY Law
4 practice areas
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GLNS
5 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
3 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
3 practice areas
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Project finance
Tier 3
11 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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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Bird & Bird
10 practice areas
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Restructuring
Tier 2
26 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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Linklaters
13 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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Latham & Watkins
11 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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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 4

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
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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Glade Michel Wirtz
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Schultze & Braun
3 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 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
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
ABN AMRO Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, BNP Paribas, Banco Santander, Banca IMI SpA, Société Générale, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Erste Group Bank AG, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan Chase, DZ Bank, Daiwa Capital Markets, Groupe BPCE, ING Bank, Morgan Stanley, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Chartered Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Mizuho Bank, Nomura, UBS, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, UniCredit, United Overseas Bank
Underwriter
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Underwriter
Evonik Industries AG - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Citigroup, BNP Paribas, UniCredit, HSBC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Underwriter
Commerzbank - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Commerzbank
Underwriter
Commerzbank - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Banco Sabadell (London), DZ Bank, Bayerische Landesbank, UBS
Underwriter
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW
Underwriter
EEW Energy from Waste GmbH - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank, Bank of China, Helaba, Morgan Stanley, Raiffeisen Bank SA, UniCredit
Underwriter
Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Citigroup, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - LBBW, UniCredit
Underwriter
Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Commerzbank, ABN AMRO Bank, CIBC, Banco Santander, Daiwa Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole, JP Morgan Chase, ING Bank, Bayerische Landesbank, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Lloyds Banking Group, Groupe BPCE, UniCredit, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho Bank, DZ Bank, Nomura, Intesa Sanpaolo, OCBC Bank, Erste Group Bank AG, Standard Chartered Bank, United Overseas Bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank, HSBC, Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Société Générale
Underwriter
Vonovia SE - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Vonovia SE
Issuer
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-05-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
Hannover Re - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Hannover Re
Issuer
Wuestenrot Bausparkasse AG - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Wuestenrot Bausparkasse AG
Issuer
Shop Apotheke Europe NV - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs
Underwriter
Deutsche Wohnen SE - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Deutsche Bank
Underwriter
Allianz SE - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
BNP Paribas, nabSecurities LLC, Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, UniCredit, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Société Générale
Underwriter
Volkswagen Group - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Volkswagen Group
Issuer
LEG Immobilien AG - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
LEG Immobilien AG
Issuer
Vonovia SE - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
Linklaters
Germany
Bond issue
Vonovia SE
Issuer
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New hires were made across corporate, M&A, regulatory, finance and antitrust practices in the UK, US, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Asia-Pacific
ESG
Lawyers welcome the European Commission revamp, saying the reforms bring long-needed clarity to sustainable finance
As the European banking sector continues to consolidate, M&A and regulatory lawyers that can smooth the path to deal completion are proving their value
Carl Fernandes, global head of Linklaters’ financial regulation group, outlines the firm’s opportunities in the financial sector, particularly in Europe and the US
New hires were made across the finance, M&A and funds practices in New York, London and Paris
ESG
A unified approach to the carbon markets will help lower costs and break down barriers for investment in low carbon technologies
New hires were made across the capital markets, finance and M&A practices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Hamburg
ESG
A number of recent developments in the regulation, such as country risk classification, mean that businesses need to consider whether they can benefit from simplified due diligence requirements
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