Credit: pookpiik/Adobe Stock Deal Watch: Davis Polk, Simpson, Jones Day and Latham Lead Debt Offering Charge
In the last week, Big Law handled a rash of debt offerings and SPAC combinations, as dealmakers focus on the work that is available.
February 21, 2023 at 02:36 PM
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M&A deal announcements are still arriving at a slow pace, with only four deals over the $1 billion mark reported in the last week and none over $2 billion.
But other areas of deal work showed signs of life. There were five SPAC combinations (a weekly high for 2023) and eight debt offerings over $500 million, led by mainstays Davis Polk & Wardwell, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Latham & Watkins and Jones Day, each of which was involved in at least two of the debt offerings listed below.
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Arthur Cox
- Baker McKenzie
- Bracewell
- Conyers Dill Pearman
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Dykema Gossett
- Ellenoff Grossman And Schole Llp
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP
- Jones Day
- Kindel & Anderson
- King & Spalding
- King & Wood Mallesons
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- McCarter & English
- Milbank LLP
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Ropes & Gray
- Sidley Austin
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Thompson Coburn
- Venable
- Vinson & Elkins
- White & Case
- Winston & Strawn LLP
- Womble Bond Dickinson
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Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
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Who Got The Work
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