Ranking Table

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

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?
How rankings work?

  • Band 1

    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

    19 years ranked

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    19 years ranked

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP

    19 years ranked

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    19 years ranked

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    19 years ranked

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

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

    19 years ranked

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    19 years ranked

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    19 years ranked

  • Band 2

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    19 years ranked

    Freshfields US LLP

    Freshfields US LLP

    4 years ranked

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    19 years ranked

  • Band 3

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    19 years ranked

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    19 years ranked

  • Band 4

    A&O Shearman

    A&O Shearman

    19 years ranked

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    16 years ranked

    Paul Hastings LLP

    Paul Hastings LLP

    1 year ranked

    White & Case LLP

    White & Case LLP

    11 years ranked

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    19 years ranked

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