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

    17 years ranked

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    17 years ranked

    Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis

    17 years ranked

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    17 years ranked

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    17 years ranked

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

    17 years ranked

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

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

    17 years ranked

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

    17 years ranked

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

    17 years ranked

  • Band 2

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

    17 years ranked

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

    17 years ranked

  • Band 3

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    17 years ranked

    Freshfields US LLP

    Freshfields US LLP

    4 years ranked

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    17 years ranked

  • Band 4

    A&O Shearman

    A&O Shearman

    17 years ranked

    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

    12 years ranked

    Morrison Foerster

    Morrison Foerster

    15 years ranked

    Ropes & Gray LLP

    Ropes & Gray LLP

    17 years ranked

    Sidley Austin LLP

    Sidley Austin LLP

    17 years ranked

    White & Case LLP

    White & Case LLP

    11 years ranked

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

    17 years ranked

  • Band 5

    Baker Botts L.L.P.

    Baker Botts L.L.P.

    17 years ranked

    Cooley LLP

    Cooley LLP

    3 years ranked

    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

    17 years ranked

    Goodwin

    Goodwin

    7 years ranked

    Jones Day

    Jones Day

    17 years ranked

    Paul Hastings LLP

    Paul Hastings LLP

    1 year ranked

    Vinson & Elkins LLP

    Vinson & Elkins LLP

    17 years ranked

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