Credit: Funtap/Adobe Stock Deal Watch: Taking the Lead in PE Activity, Latham, Simpson and Goodwin Top First Half League Tables
For advisers to companies being bought or sold, Latham led all law firms in total round value for all PE stages.
August 27, 2024 at 12:48 PM
9 minute read
The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Latham & Watkins, Goodwin Procter and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett were all on top of the latest private equity and venture capital league tables for the first half of 2024.
Overall, according to the London Stock Exchange Group, PE activity remained relatively weak in the first half of 2024, compared to 2021 and 2022, but on par with the 2018-2020 time frame for both venture capital and private equity buyouts.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Related Stories
View AllYou Might Like
View All
Deal Watch: Private Equity Dealmakers Make 2025 Predictions Amid Deal Resurgence
12 minute read
Private Equity Rising Stars 2024: The Best Up-and-Coming Lawyers in the UK and Europe
26 minute read
Kirkland Adds Freshfields Partner, Further Expanding Debt Finance Practice
3 minute read
Status Driven With Unpredictable Fees: What Private Equity Clients Really Think About Their Lawyers
7 minute readLaw Firms Mentioned
- Proskauer Rose
- Sidley Austin
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Venable
- Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co
- Ballard Spahr
- Bennett Jones
- Cooley
- DLA Piper
- Chapman and Cutler
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Milbank LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Goodwin Procter
- Greenberg Traurig
- Hogan Lovells
- Jones Day
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Locke Lord LLP
- Ogier
Trending Stories
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
