The American Lawyer's 2023 Dealmakers of the Year
ALM Staff
The partners leading on 2022's most complex deals relied on ingenuity, deep client relationships and novel arrangements to get their clients' deals done.
ALM Staff
The partners leading on 2022's most complex deals relied on ingenuity, deep client relationships and novel arrangements to get their clients' deals done.
It seems no one is willing to put up with a slump in deals for too long.
Falling demand in corporate practices has meant a return to more modest transactions for Am Law Second 50 firms that seized big-ticket deals in the deal boom of 2021, and increasingly, large firms are looking to capture work where it is available—and much of it is in the middle market.
An unpredictable economy and tough deal market is requiring some alternative structures to make both client and firm whole.
From Asia Pacific to the U.K. and Europe the trend is the same: local firms are rising up the M&A rankings at the expense of larger international firms.
A look into the theory on the financial benefit of common law legal systems.
“When the times are good, you need lawyers to do the work, not just bring in the client or be the face of the deal.”