Ranking Table

Corporate/M&A

This chapter includes company acquisitions, dispositions and related financing arrangements, mergers, joint ventures capitalizations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements and governance matters. Also covers those transactions designed to help restructuring within companies and their subsidiaries by change of ownership. Priority is placed on primary representatives, those acting for buyers and sellers, whilst those acting for financial advisors, underwriters and the banks financing such transactions are also considered.

How rankings work?

Senior Statesperson
Senior Statespeople
Michael Boone
Haynes and Boone, LLP
24 years ranked
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Neel Lemon
Baker Botts L.L.P.
20 years ranked
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R Scott Cohen
Egan Nelson LLP
24 years ranked
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T Mark Kelly
Vinson & Elkins LLP
24 years ranked
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Eminent Practitioner
Eminent Practitioners
Andrew Calder
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
13 years ranked
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Keith Fullenweider
Vinson & Elkins LLP
18 years ranked
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Band 1
Band 1
Jeffrey A Chapman
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
21 years ranked
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Michael O'Leary
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
24 years ranked
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Ryan Maierson
Latham & Watkins LLP
10 years ranked
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Sean Wheeler
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
14 years ranked
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Band 2
Band 2
Lande Spottswood
Vinson & Elkins LLP
12 years ranked
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Robert B Little
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
14 years ranked
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Stephen Gill
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
9 years ranked
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W Matthew Strock
Vinson & Elkins LLP
11 years ranked
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Band 3
Band 3
Alain A Dermarkar
A&O Shearman
7 years ranked
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Bill Swanstrom
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
20 years ranked
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Cliff W Vrielink
Sidley Austin LLP
10 years ranked
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Debbie Yee
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
6 years ranked
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Don M Glendenning
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
18 years ranked
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Hillary H. Holmes
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
14 years ranked
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John Pitts
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
11 years ranked
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Samantha Crispin
Baker Botts L.L.P.
6 years ranked
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Tull Florey
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
9 years ranked
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Band 4
Band 4
David Buck
Sidley Austin LLP
18 years ranked
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Douglas E McWilliams
Vinson & Elkins LLP
13 years ranked
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Eric Otness
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
6 years ranked
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James Griffin
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
9 years ranked
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Jonathan B Newton
King & Spalding LLP
6 years ranked
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M. Breen Haire
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
10 years ranked
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Mark S Solomon
Katten
9 years ranked
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Robert Hughes
Vinson & Elkins LLP
3 years ranked
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Thomas Yang
Akin
6 years ranked
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Band 5
Band 5
A Michael Hainsfurther
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, PC
17 years ranked
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Adam D Larson
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
6 years ranked
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Anthony Speier
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
14 years ranked
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Archie Fallon
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
5 years ranked
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Chris Converse
Foley & Lardner LLP
9 years ranked
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Doug Bacon
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
2 years ranked
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Gary Miller
BoyarMiller
3 years ranked
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James Cowen
Porter Hedges LLP
3 years ranked
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Jeremiah Mayfield
Holland & Knight LLP
3 years ranked
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Joanna Lin
Dechert LLP
4 years ranked
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Joe Perillo
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
5 years ranked
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Larry L. Shosid
Haynes and Boone, LLP
5 years ranked
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Lytch T Gutmann
Bracewell LLP
6 years ranked
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Michael De Voe Piazza
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
10 years ranked
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Richard Dahlson
Jackson Walker LLP
13 years ranked
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Robert L Kimball
Vinson & Elkins LLP
20 years ranked
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Wesley Williams
Akin
3 years ranked
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Wilson Chu
Dechert LLP
9 years ranked
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Band 6
Band 6
Brian M. Lidji
Jackson Walker LLP
1 year ranked
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Clint Rancher
Baker Botts L.L.P.
4 years ranked
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David Washburn
Katten
1 year ranked
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Efren Acosta
Reed Smith LLP
1 year ranked
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Jeffrey A Schlegel
Jones Day
8 years ranked
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John Goodgame
Akin
14 years ranked
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Jonathan Whalen
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
3 years ranked
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Justin T. Stolte
Latham & Watkins LLP
9 years ranked
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Kevin Poli
Porter Hedges LLP
1 year ranked
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Nick Dhesi
Latham & Watkins LLP
4 years ranked
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Peter Bogdanow
Katten
1 year ranked
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Robert J Cardone
A&O Shearman
3 years ranked
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Sara Garcia Duran
Sidley Austin LLP
1 year ranked
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Soheil Ebadat
Ebadat
1 year ranked
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Steven Bartz
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1 year ranked
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Up-and-coming Individual
Up and Coming
Alexandra Wilde
Clifford Chance US LLP
1 year ranked
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Brent Beckert
Haynes and Boone, LLP
3 years ranked
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Kyle Park
A&O Shearman
1 year ranked
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Sarah Dodson
Baker Botts L.L.P.
1 year ranked
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Thaddeus Chase
Dechert LLP
1 year ranked
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Travis L. Johnson
Gray Reed
6 years ranked
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Associate to watch
Associates to watch
Jet A Mcguire
BoyarMiller
2 years ranked
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