Ranking Table

Corporate/M&A

The Global-wide Corporate/M&A  Chambers research covers the elements of law related to various types of corporate and M&A transactions, with particular interest in firms’ ability to advise clients in multi-jurisdictional mandates.  Firms who feature in this table excel in cross-border deals including company acquisitions, dispositions and related financing arrangements, capitalisations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements, securities and governance matters. Also covers those transactions designed to help restructuring within companies and their subsidiaries by change of ownership. This section also recognises the expertise required to assist clients with large scale private equity buyouts. 

Ranking Table

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  • Band 1

    Band 1

    A&O Shearman

    A&O Shearman

    7 years ranked

    Clifford Chance LLP

    Clifford Chance LLP

    5 years ranked

    Freshfields

    Freshfields

    5 years ranked

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    5 years ranked

    Linklaters

    Linklaters

    5 years ranked

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

    5 years ranked

  • Band 2

    Band 2

    Baker McKenzie

    Baker McKenzie

    5 years ranked

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    5 years ranked

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    5 years ranked

    White & Case LLP

    White & Case LLP

    5 years ranked

  • Band 3

    Band 3

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    5 years ranked

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    5 years ranked

    Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

    Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

    5 years ranked

    Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis

    5 years ranked

  • Band 4

    Band 4

    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    5 years ranked

    DLA Piper LLP

    DLA Piper LLP

    5 years ranked

    Jones Day

    Jones Day

    5 years ranked

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    5 years ranked

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    5 years ranked

  • Band 5

    Band 5

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    4 years ranked

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    5 years ranked

    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    5 years ranked

    Morrison Foerster

    Morrison Foerster

    5 years ranked

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    5 years ranked

    Slaughter and May

    Slaughter and May

    5 years ranked

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