Chambers Review
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Corporate/M&A - USA
What the Team is Known For
Sullivan & Cromwell has developed a stellar reputation as an international law firm, combining a leading US law practice headquartered in New York with top-end expertise throughout its offices across Asia-Pacific and European financial centres. The firm provides broad international capabilities on substantial transactions and high-value contentious cases, appealing to a broad range of international companies and banks based both within and outside the USA.
The firm's US teams provide best-in-class M&A advice to elite listed corporations, often project-managing outbound transactions from its New York base and directing carefully chosen local counsel. It is renowned for its work on high-value, inbound and outbound M&A transactions and displays great proficiency in transatlantic work. Its lawyers are adept at advising multinational corporate clients on transformative deals, frequently with assistance from the firm's corporate and finance-focused teams in London and Frankfurt. The firm's Asia platform is anchored by its strong standing in the Chinese M&A market, where it offers high-end specialised services on cross-border work involving the USA. It is also well regarded for prevalence advising on Latin America transactions, with the US offices frequently directing deals in cooperation with local firms.
