Photo: Kanisorn/Adobe Stock Deal Watch: As Deal Value Climbed in First Half, Skadden, Latham and Kirkland Top M&A Deal Value Rankings
The top-ranked law firms in M&A have handled bigger deals in the first half of 2024, with Skadden, Kirkland, Latham and Paul Weiss all crossing the $200 billion mark in total deal value.
July 02, 2024 at 11:32 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Skadden leads league tables in deal value for first half of 2024.
- There were 10 new IPOs this week, a new high for year, as M&A deal value is up 34% YoY in the first half.
As M&A deal value rose in the first half of 2024, Skadden, Arps, Meagher, Slate & Flom took the top spot for the total value of all deals handled, according to preliminary league tables released Monday by financial data company Dealogic.
Skadden was No. 4 in M&A deal value at this point in 2023, behind Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Sullivan & Cromwell, according to Dealogic's ranking of firms based on the total value of deals handled. However, the firm vaulted to the top spot in the first half of 2024, with $270.5 billion in deal value spread over 90 deals so far in 2024.
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Sidley Austin
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Venable
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Baker Botts
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Cooley
- Ellenoff Grossman And Schole Llp
- Walkers
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Goodwin Procter
- Latham & Watkins
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Pepper Hamilton
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