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Rankings published in 2026
Capital markets : Debt
Notable
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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Mayer Brown
18 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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Tier 2

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
7 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
17 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
20 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
16 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
19 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
13 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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King & Spalding
15 practice areas
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Milbank
16 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
20 practice areas
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O'Melveny & Myers
12 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
21 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
20 practice areas
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Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
9 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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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Linklaters
11 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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Tier 5

Bracewell
10 practice areas
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Dechert
14 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
16 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
13 practice areas
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Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 practice areas
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White & Case
17 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
19 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
8 practice areas
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Tier 6

Baker Botts
10 practice areas
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Freshfields US LLP
14 practice areas
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Jones Day
12 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
11 practice areas
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Vinson & Elkins
10 practice areas
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
7 practice areas
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Notable

DLA Piper
6 practice areas
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Davis Wright Tremaine
2 practice areas
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Foley Hoag
7 practice areas
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
8 practice areas
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Squire Patton Boggs
11 practice areas
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Troutman Pepper Locke
9 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Notable
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
Notable
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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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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5 results5 results
Deal Highlights
78 results78 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
United Community Banks Inc. - M&A
2021-05-13
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Alison LaBruyere
United Community Banks Inc.
Buyer
Sterling Bancorp - M&A
2021-04-19
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Abby Brown, Carl Draucker, David Zagore, Derrick Cephas, James Barresi, Jenna Coogle, Jill Kirila, Mitchell Thompson
Sterling Bancorp
Seller
Rapid Express Car Wash - M&A
2022-01-18
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Rapid Express Car Wash
Target
Toppan Inc. - M&A
2021-07-28
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Miharu Furihata
Toppan Inc.
Buyer
Peoples Bank - M&A
2022-02-16
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Peoples Bank
Buyer
Diebold Nixdorf Inc. - M&A
2021-04-05
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Michael French
Diebold Nixdorf Inc.
Seller
Compass Diversified Holdings Inc. - M&A
2021-07-16
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Evan Toebbe, Stephen Mahon
Compass Diversified Holdings Inc.
Seller
Healing Solutions LLC - M&A
2021-02-02
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Brian Cabianca
Healing Solutions LLC
Target
SFW Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2021-01-13
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Danielle Asaad
SFW Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
Old National Bancorp - M&A
2021-06-01
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
James Barresi
Old National Bancorp
Buyer
CareMetx LLC - M&A
2021-01-14
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Daniel Berick
CareMetx LLC
Seller
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp. - M&A
2021-03-10
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Alison LaBruyere, Carl Draucker, David Zagore, James Barresi, Jill Kirila, Mitchell Thompson, Stephanie Zwerner
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.
Target
KeyBank NA - M&A
2021-11-22
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
James Barresi
KeyBank NA
Buyer
Ingenuity Digital Holdings Ltd. - M&A
2022-02-07
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Mae Salem
Ingenuity Digital Holdings Ltd.
Buyer
First Financial Bancorp (Ohio) - M&A
2021-12-07
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
James Barresi
First Financial Bancorp (Ohio)
Buyer
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
Bond issue
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc
Issuer
Amalgamated Financial Corp - Bond Issue
2021-11-01
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
Bond issue
Keefe Bruyette & Woods, a Stifel Company
Underwriter
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
Bond issue
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc
Issuer
National Bank Holdings Corp. - M&A
2022-04-01
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
National Bank Holdings Corp.
Buyer
Gorman-Rupp Co. - M&A
2022-04-27
Squire Patton Boggs
United States (National)
M&A
Michele Connell
Gorman-Rupp Co.
Buyer
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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
M&A
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, finance, and corporate practices in London, Newcastle, New York and Singapore
New hires were made across the banking and finance, and antitrust practices in Dubai and Washington DC
The firm will establish its 48th global office in Azerbaijan’s capital in early 2026, as it continues its ‘growth trajectory’
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Frankfurt-based M&A partner Robert Bastian explains why no deal is ever the same and how clarity, integrity, and sharp negotiation turn complexity into success
M&A
New hires were made across the PE, banking and financial services practices in Milan, London, Frankfurt, Chicago and Boston
New hires were made across the M&A, securities and finance practices in New York, Miami and London
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