Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal Value

February 15, 2013, 6:50 p.m. EST 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Legal Advisers Ranked by Deal ValuePrimary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals in 2012. Dollars in millions Published February 15, 2013
2012 Rank	2011 Rank	Firm	Deal value	Deals
1	2	Sullivan & Cromwell LLP*	$9,200.7	6
2	1	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz*	7,261.5	11
3	18	Arnold & Porter LLP*	3,875.0	5
4	NR	Kirkland & Ellis LLP*	3,813.2	3
5	NR	Norton Rose Canada LLP	3,172.0	1
	NR	Torys LLP	3,172.0	1
7	NR	Jones Day	1,294.4	2
8	NR	Dykema Gossett PLLC	1,287.9	1
9	49	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP*	1,030.5	8
10	21	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC*	934.8	10
11	35	Hunton & Williams LLP*	861.9	12
12	NR	Haynes and Boone LLP	641.1	1
13	54	Spidi & Fisch PC*	574.9	5
14	NR	Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP	546.0	3
15	93	Graham & Dunn PC	529.3	3
16	NR	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP	500.0	1
	NR	McConnell Valdes	500.0	1
18	41	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP*	419.0	9
19	24	Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates*	359.5	6
20	13	Hogan Lovells US LLP*	346.2	7
21	80	Fenimore Kay Harrison & Ford LLP*	273.1	10
22	13	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP	251.3	1
23	19	Goodwin Procter LLP*	230.7	2
24	27	Patton Boggs LLP	222.3	4
25	NR	Cheek & Falcone PLLC	194.4	1
26	30	Horgan Rosen Beckham & Coren LLP*	181.7	7
27	59	Stevens & Lee PC	179.3	4
28	38	Lane Powell PC	169.5	5
29	100	Haynie Rake & Repass PC*	168.7	3
30	NR	Coritsidis & Lambros PLLC	135.0	1
	NR	Linklaters LLP	135.0	1
32	98	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	126.7	2
33	NR	Williams Mullen*	121.1	2
34	97	Harris Beach PLLC	109.1	1
35	42	Krieg DeVault LLP	105.4	1
36	43	Smith Mackinnon PA	105.1	3
37	67	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP*	90.4	3
38	22	Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrère & Denègre LLP	86.3	3
39	37	Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP	85.8	2
40	34	Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP*	84.6	8
41	NR	Alston & Bird LLP*	83.4	3
42	NR	Sidley Austin LLP	80.3	3
43	52	McGuireWoods LLP	77.8	1
44	33	King Holmes Paterno & Berliner LLP*	73.4	3
45	NR	K&L Gates LLP*	72.9	4
	NR	Phillips Gardill Kaiser & Altmeyer PLLC	72.9	1
47	29	Gary Steven Findley & Associates	68.8	3
48	87	Shutts & Bowen LLP	67.1	2
49	NR	Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP	66.9	1
50	NR	Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP*	65.0	2
51	NR	Choate Hall & Stewart LLP	64.8	1
52	73	Troutman Sanders LLP	64.1	2
53	NR	Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver	64.1	2
54	86	Paul Hastings LLP	62.3	2
55	8	DLA Piper LLP (US)	55.4	1
	NR	Hand Arendall LLC	55.4	1
57	3	Morrison & Foerster LLP	55.4	1
58	39	Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP*	51.9	8
59	23	Reed Smith LLP	50.5	1
60	NR	Crowe & Dunlevy	49.6	3
61	NR	Gordon Feinblatt Rothman Hoffberger & Hollander LLC	49.0	1
62	45	Gaeta & Eveson PA	46.6	2
63	NR	Ballard Spahr LLP	46.1	1
64	52	Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP*	45.0	2
65	NR	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP	42.8	2
66	70	McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP	41.9	2
67	NR	Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen PC*	41.5	4
68	NR	Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP	40.6	1
	81	LeClairRyan*	40.6	2
70	51	Bryan Cave LLP	40.0	3
71	81	Jackson Kelly PLLC	37.9	1
	28	Silver Freedman & Taff LLP	37.9	1
73	76	Bingham McCutchen LLP	34.3	2
74	NR	Hilburn Calhoon Harper Pruniski & Calhoun Ltd.	34.0	1
75	NR	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	33.4	3
76	63	Larry E. Temple*	31.8	4
77	NR	Zwillinger Greek Zwillinger & Knecht PC	31.7	1
78	57	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP*	30.5	4
79	70	Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP	30.0	1
80	NR	Bowditch & Dewey LLP	29.9	1
81	NR	Polsinelli Shughart PC*	29.4	6
82	NR	Dodd Mason George LLP	27.8	1
83	79	Schiff Hardin LLP*	27.5	4
84	NR	Kutak Rock LLP	27.3	1
85	101	Frost Brown Todd LLC	27.0	2
86	NR	Dorsey & Whitney LLP	26.6	2
87	NR	Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Martin	25.7	1
88	36	Howard & Howard Attorneys PC	23.8	3
89	NR	Critchfield Critchfield & Johnston Ltd.	23.0	1
90	NR	Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC	22.6	1
	NR	Ritchie Law Firm PC	22.6	1
92	NR	Mark Barnes Law PC	21.3	1
93	NR	Downey Brand LLP	21.3	1
94	NR	Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe LLC	21.3	1
95	NR	Stites & Harbison PLLC	20.0	1
96	19	Hinckley Allen & Snyder LLP	19.1	1
97	NR	Nixon Peabody LLP	18.2	1
98	3	Dechert LLP*	17.9	2
99	3	Mayer Brown LLP	15.6	1
100	104	Stuart Moore	15.5	1
101	NR	Daniel W. Small & Co.*	15.4	2
102	NR	Malizia & Associates PC	14.6	1
103	NR	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	13.2	1
104	NR	Barley Snyder LLC	12.7	1
105	NR	Godfrey & Kahn SC*	12.1	3
106	NR	Lowenstein Sandler PC	11.5	1
107	NR	Christoffel & Elliott PA	11.2	1
	69	Lindquist & Vennum PLLP*	11.2	7
109	NR	Boardman & Clark LLP*	11.0	2
110	NR	Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP	10.6	1
111	55	Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP	9.8	1
112	NR	Gerrish McCreary Smith PC	9.7	1
113	NR	Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP	8.6	1
114	111	Kotz Sangster Wysocki and Berg PC	8.3	1
115	NR	Fredrikson & Byron PA*	8.3	5
116	NR	Mathis Marifian Richter & Grandy Ltd.	8.1	1
117	NR	Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP	7.5	1
118	NR	Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC	7.0	1
119	NR	Lathrop & Gage LLP	6.8	1
120	102	Tisdale & Nicholson LLP	6.5	1
121	NR	Foley & Lardner LLP	5.6	1
122	NR	Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP	5.5	1
	NR	Jones & Keller PC	5.5	1
124	NR	Paul Foster Law Offices PC*	4.8	2
125	NR	Breyer & Associates PC	4.8	1
126	NR	Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer LLP	4.0	1
127	47	Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP*	3.9	2
128	61	BuckleySandler LLP	3.7	1
	15	Elias Matz Tiernan & Herrick LLP	3.7	1
130	NR	Rothberg Logan & Warsco LLP	3.7	1
	NR	Spitzer Herriman Stephenson Holderead Musser & Conner LLP	3.7	1
132	NR	Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chtd.	2.5	1
133	85	Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP*	2.5	2
	NR	Perry Guthery Haase & Gessford PC LLO	2.5	1
135	NR	Modrall Sperling Roehl Harris & Sisk PA	2.1	1
136	55	Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC	1.4	1
137	NR	Verrill & Dana LLP	1.2	1

*Deal value for at least one deal is not available. NR = not ranked; NA = not available. In-house advisers are included. Whole deals are included. Terminated deals are excluded. In the event advisers merge or an adviser is purchased by the parent of another adviser, SNL retroactively adjusts historic rankings to the single, highest-level adviser. If the buyer is already receiving credit for a particular deal, it will not receive additional credit following the merger.

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SNL Financial