Ranking tables
Corporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise) | Global
USA
Rankings overview for Departments
Latin America-wide
Brazil
Canada
Kevin Rusli Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP2 Years Ranked- Christopher BarryDorsey & Whitney LLP
China
- Catherine Pan-GiordanoDorsey & Whitney LLP
India
Rahul Patel King & Spalding LLP14 Years Ranked- Srinivas KaushikKirkland & Ellis LLP
Japan
Kaoru Tatsumi Nishimura & Asahi2 Years Ranked
Ryo Okubo Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu2 Years Ranked- Hiroshi SarumidaAkerman LLP
Latin America-wide
- Antonio Del Pino Latham & Watkins LLP18 Years Ranked
Fernando C Alonso Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP17 Years Ranked
Paola Lozano Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates14 Years Ranked
Paul Schnell Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates19 Years Ranked
Randy A Bullard Morrison Foerster18 Years Ranked
S Wade Angus Jones Day15 Years Ranked- Sergio J Galvis Sullivan & Cromwell LLP25 Years Ranked
Talbert Navia Winston & Strawn LLP18 Years Ranked- Werner Federico Ahlers Sullivan & Cromwell LLP11 Years Ranked
- Alejandro FiuzaPAG Law, PLLC
- Francesca OdellCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Jeffrey S LewisCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
All Departments profiles
Canada
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 25 Years RankedNew York-headquartered Paul, Weiss has a strong corporate identity and culture, offering high-end M&A capabilities. The firm's typical clients include financial institutions, multinational companies and large private equity houses and asset managers. For global work anchored in the USA or with US aspects, the firm is a strong choice for transactional work such as M&A, financing and private equity investments. The firm's own offices connect its US base with presence in Europe and Asia and it is also known to collaborate effectively with high-end firms in other jurisdictions.
Israel
- Greenberg Traurig, LLPCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 16 Years Ranked
Greenberg Traurig is adept at handling a range of transactions involving Israeli entities. Dennis Block is a key contact and based in New York.
Japan
Nishimura & AsahiCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 4 Years RankedForeign desks Nishimura & Asahi is adept at handling Japanese transactions. Katsuyuki Yamaguchi is a key contact.
Latin America-wide
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 15 Years RankedThe firm is experienced in advising on transactions in Latin America. Fernando Alonso is a key contact and based in the firm's Miami office.
- Latham & Watkins LLPCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 28 Years RankedLatham & Watkins is recognised as an excellent option for clients who require counsel on highly complex and multifaceted cross-border matters. The firm provides an impressive, well-integrated team across its global offices and is praised for consistently excelling across multiple practice areas and sectors, while delivering an internationally oriented approach and comprehensive global support. The firm's efficient coordination across its international network is key to its appeal among high-profile multinational corporations, banks and the private equity sector.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 25 Years RankedAs a top-tier New York practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is regularly sought out by major private equity firms and global corporations as a go-to firm for advice on international transactional mandates. Primarily handling high-end corporate/M&A deals as well as sophisticated fund formation, financing and cross-border tax matters.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & AffiliatesCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 32 Years RankedSkadden has a premium global practice which has built widespread coverage and expertise across regions and areas of law on the foundation of its longstanding, market-leading reputation for US law advice. The firm has strength in depth across UK and European teams in transactional and contentious areas, which makes the firm a leading choice for sophisticated transatlantic matters. It has an excellent presence in key Asian markets, plus a São Paulo office that boosts the firm's global offering. The firm is a dominant force on international M&A, finance and energy transactions. It also regularly navigates clients through cross-border disputes, investigations and arbitration as coordinating counsel.
For global M&A work, the firm enjoys a robust reputation across the USA and in key global money centres, which is reflected in its impressive book of clients. It regularly acts as global deal counsel for multinational corporates, including pharmaceutical, technology and energy companies, and financial institutions. The USA continues to be the firm's primary driver of substantial cross-border M&A and frequently coordinates the firm's overseas offices or with external counsel abroad in cross-border deals. The combination of Skadden's offices in New York and London is often praised, while the firm's West Coast teams regularly collaborate with Skadden's excellent teams in Asia.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLPCorporate/M&A (Foreign Expertise)2025 | Spotlight | 28 Years RankedSullivan & 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.