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Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Notable
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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Notable

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 3
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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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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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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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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M&A
Tier 2
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
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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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Deal Highlights
27 results27 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW
Issuer
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW - Bond Issue
2021-07-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW
Issuer
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW - Bond Issue
2021-02-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW
Issuer
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
Issuer
KfW Bankengruppe - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
Goldman Sachs, Barclays, TD Global Finance
Underwriter
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW
Issuer
Allianz SE - Bond Issue
2021-09-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
Allianz SE
Issuer
Deutsche Wohnen SE - Bond Issue
2021-04-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
Deutsche Wohnen SE
Issuer
Raytheon Technologies Corp - Bond Issue
2021-08-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase
Underwriter
KfW Bankengruppe - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
Barclays, UniCredit
Underwriter
Lakestar SPAC I SE - M&A
2021-07-14
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
M&A
Carsten Berrar, Clemens Rechberger, Konstantin Technau
Lakestar SPAC I SE
Buyer
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners - M&A
2021-03-10
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
M&A
Juan Rodriguez, Marielena Doeding
Goldman Sachs Private Equity Partners
Buyer
CTP NV - M&A
2021-10-27
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
M&A
Carsten Berrar, Frederic Wunsche, Jannis Rink, Katharina Leonhardt, Konstantin Technau, Max Birke, Michael Rosenthal, Miriam Peter, Peter Klormann, Philipp Hartmann
CTP NV
Buyer
Deutsche Wohnen SE - M&A
2021-05-24
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
M&A
Axel Beckmerhagen, Carsten Berrar, Frederic Wunsche, Frederick Eggert, Jannis Rink, Konstantin Technau, Max Birke, Michael Rosenthal, Miriam Peter, Peter Klormann
Deutsche Wohnen SE
Seller
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW
Issuer
Daimler AG - Bond Issue
2021-12-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
CIBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, Toronto-Dominion Bank
Underwriter
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW - Bond Issue
2022-02-01
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
Bond issue
KfW Bankengruppe - KFW
Issuer
Next.e.GO Mobile SE - M&A
2022-07-28
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
M&A
Carsten Berrar, Clemens Rechberger
Next.e.GO Mobile SE
Target
home24 SE - M&A
2022-10-05
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
M&A
home24 SE
Target
simplesurance GmbH - M&A
2022-09-29
Sullivan & Cromwell
Germany
M&A
Carsten Berrar, Konstantin Technau
simplesurance GmbH
Target
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New hires were made across the PE, M&A, real estate, antitrust, finance and capital markets practices in the UK and the US
Patrick Bright and William Needham are the newest entries in the firm’s London private capital practice
M&A
New hires were made across the PE, M&A, finance, and corporate practices in London, Newcastle, New York and Singapore
New hires and promotions were made across finance, PE and M&A practices in London, Singapore, New York and Santiago
Kon Asimacopoulos and Michael Francies have joined the firm in what could be the start of a significant expansion in the UK capital
New hires were made across the financial regulation, M&A and investment funds practices in London, New York and Chicago
M&A
Skadden, Latham & Watkins, Sullivan & Cromwell and Goodwin are among top legal advisers for companies in M&A transactions being scrutinised by the UK Competition and Markets Authority
M&A
The New York-based corporate lawyer says that three things that help her advocate successfully for clients are the ability to remain calm, think through and articulate points clearly, and work collegially under pressure
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