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Recommended firms Tier 1 Bredin Prat Cleary Gottlieb Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier Linklaters Tier 2 Gide Loyrette Nouel Skadden Arps Sullivan & Cromwell International firms Linklaters and Cleary Gottlieb joined domestic rivals Bredin Prat and Darrois Villey in the top tier for French M&A advice the first time. The message from the market is that there is no longer an upper echelon of French M&A that is off-limits to international firms. Respondents to IFLR's researchers identified the influx of private equity money into France as the main reason these barriers have come down.

Recommended firms Tier 1 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Osler Hoskin & Harcourt Stikeman Elliott Torys Tier 2 Bennett Jones Blake Cassels & Graydon Goodmans McCarthy Tétrault Ogilvy Renault Canadian M&A had a record-breaking 2006 as foreign investment and private equity transactions drove further growth.

Recommended firms Tier 1 Allens Arthur Robinson Blake Dawson Waldron Clayton Utz Freehills Mallesons Stephen Jaques Tier 2 Gilbert + Tobin Minter Ellison Tier 3 Atanaskovic Hartnell Baker & McKenzie Australia's M&A market has enjoyed strong growth this year, almost doubling its total deal value from the same period in 2005.

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Recommended firms Tier 1 Advokatfirman Vinge Mannheimer Swartling Tier 2 Gernandt & Danielsson Linklaters White & Case Advokat Vinge and Mannheimer Swartling stayed ahead of their rivals in 2006. Both firms made the most of private equity funds looking to invest in Sweden. Though financial sponsor deal count was down on last year, value soared by 57% to $12.5 billion. Mannheimer advises 3i, Altor and Accent Equity; Vinge acts for EQT, a private equity consortium of the Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners.

Europe Andrea Cristaudi has left Simmons & Simmons to join Pavesio e Associati in what is the first lateral hire for the Allen & Overy Turin breakaway firm. He specializes in domestic and cross-border M&A and equity capital markets transactions. Cristaudi had been mentored by managing partner Carlo Pavesio in Allen & Overy's Turin office. Having been made partner at the Milan office Cristaudi then left for Simmons & Simmons in June 2005. He will be reunited with Pavesio when the breakaway firm launches at the start of next year, by which time Pavesio intends to have made more hires. Pavesio e Associati will focus on corporate finance, regulation and litigation and will have a formal alliance with Allen & Overy despite being financially independent.