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Rankings published in 2026
Bank lending : Lender side
Tier 5
46 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Tier 4

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Bracewell
9 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Watson Farley & Williams
5 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Sullivan & Worcester
2 practice areas
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Bank lending : Sponsor side
Tier 4
34 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Notable
39 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 2

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Notable

Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Capital markets : High yield
Tier 5
29 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Cravath Swaine & Moore
8 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 3

Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Notable

Cahill Gordon & Reindel
5 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Notable
44 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Tier 2

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 4

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 5

Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Private equity
Tier 3
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
9 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Sullivan & Cromwell
8 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
2 practice areas
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Tier 5

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Osborne Clarke
4 practice areas
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Pinsent Masons
9 practice areas
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Winston Taylor
14 practice areas
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Notable

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Eversheds Sutherland
15 practice areas
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Morrison & Foerster
17 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Stephenson Harwood
10 practice areas
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Private equity funds
Tier 4
32 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Tier 2

Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Dechert
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Tier 4

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Notable

Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Charles Russell Speechlys
8 practice areas
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Covington & Burling
3 practice areas
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Fieldfisher
12 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 3
48 firms ranked
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Tier 1

A&O Shearman
31 practice areas
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
22 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
31 practice areas
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Freshfields
30 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
23 practice areas
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Latham & Watkins
29 practice areas
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Linklaters
33 practice areas
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Milbank
27 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
26 practice areas
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Tier 2

Slaughter and May
27 practice areas
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White & Case
30 practice areas
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Tier 3

Ashurst Perkins Coie
31 practice areas
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31 practice areas
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Macfarlanes
18 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
24 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright
24 practice areas
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
20 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
25 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
16 practice areas
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DLA Piper
23 practice areas
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Dentons
20 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
27 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
24 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
23 practice areas
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Tier 5

Addleshaw Goddard
9 practice areas
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Alston & Bird
5 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
23 practice areas
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
12 practice areas
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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
18 practice areas
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Goodwin Procter
9 practice areas
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Greenberg Traurig
11 practice areas
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Jones Day
17 practice areas
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
4 practice areas
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Simmons & Simmons
19 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
25 practice areas
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Travers Smith
24 practice areas
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Arnold & Porter
12 practice areas
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Brown Rudnick
2 practice areas
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Burges Salmon
22 practice areas
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Debevoise & Plimpton
18 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
15 practice areas
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King & Spalding
12 practice areas
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McDermott Will & Schulte
17 practice areas
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
19 practice areas
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Proskauer Rose
17 practice areas
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Reed Smith
16 practice areas
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Ropes & Gray
18 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Founded in 1888, Willkie Farr & Gallagher is an international law firm with 13 offices located across six countries. The firm has a broad practice, covering private equity, restructuring, sponsor finance and capital markets. The firm is particularly recognised for its top-tier restructuring practice, led in London by Graham Lane, advising on complex cross-border restructurings, special situations and distressed investments involving sponsors, creditors and issuers. Willkie also has a highly regarded private equity platform, led in Europe by Gavin Gordon, advising leading sponsors on large-cap and mid-market transactions.

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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Apollo Group Holdings Ltd. - M&A
2021-10-11
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Joseph Ferraro
Apollo Group Holdings Ltd.
Seller
Apex Fund Services Ltd. - M&A
2021-06-22
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Jeffrey Poss, Philip Coletto
Apex Fund Services Ltd.
Buyer
Exclaimer Ltd. - M&A
2021-02-09
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Claire McDaid, Jane Scobie, Morgan Elwyn, Philip Coletto, Spencer Simon
Exclaimer Ltd.
Buyer
Inform Information Systems Ltd. - M&A
2021-11-23
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Inform Information Systems Ltd.
Buyer
IK Investment Partners Ltd. - M&A
2021-01-13
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Eduardo Fernandez, Philip Coletto
IK Investment Partners Ltd.
Seller
Cision Ltd. - M&A
2021-02-26
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Cristopher Greer, Jason Pearl, Joshua Deason
Cision Ltd.
Buyer
PSPDFKit GmbH - M&A
2022-01-25
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
PSPDFKit GmbH
Buyer
CapVest Partners LLP - M&A
2021-03-29
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Andy Gray, David Arnold
CapVest Partners LLP
Seller
Insightful Science LLC - M&A
2021-03-22
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Daniel Durschlag, Jonathan Kubek, Matthew Guercio, Philip Coletto
Insightful Science LLC
Buyer
Diligent Corp. - M&A
2022-01-11
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Claire McDaid, Morgan Elwyn
Diligent Corp.
Buyer
Seller Group - multiple shareholders - M&A
2021-07-15
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Matthew Guercio, Philip Coletto, William Buchanan
Seller Group - multiple shareholders
Seller
Searchlight Capital Partners LP - M&A
2022-03-07
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Andy Gray, Gavin Gordon
Searchlight Capital Partners LP
Seller
Apex Group Ltd. - M&A
2022-03-15
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Philip Coletto
Apex Group Ltd.
Buyer
Volante Global Ltd. - M&A
2022-04-22
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Andrew Tromans, David Griffiths, Michael Groll
Volante Global Ltd.
Target
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2022-05-11
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
PSPDFKit GmbH - M&A
2022-05-16
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
PSPDFKit GmbH
Buyer
Stark Group A/S - M&A
2022-12-12
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Kamyar Abrar, Philip Coletto, Sebastian Fitzgerald, William Buchanan
Stark Group A/S
Buyer
AlixPartners LLP - M&A
2023-02-16
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Adam Turteltaub, Andy Gray, Edward Downer
AlixPartners LLP
Buyer
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners LLC - M&A
2023-07-10
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners LLC
Buyer
CapVest Partners LLP - M&A
2023-07-13
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
United Kingdom
M&A
CapVest Partners LLP
Buyer
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We roundup top lateral hires in finance, corporate, PE and M&A practices at law firms across the US and Europe
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