Law360 Ranks Largest M&A Practices

NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new ranking of the law firms with the biggest mergers and acquisitions practices by Law360, the newswire for business lawyers, shows that traditional M&A powerhouses are not the only firms with robust deal-making teams.

Many of the firms at the top of the Law360 M&A 100 are devout deal-makers, but the rankings highlight the extent to which industry leaders have amassed sizable M&A groups as part of a balanced full-service platform.

"It's surprising to see how diversified many of these firms we think of as M&A powerhouses really are," Law360 managing editor Cat Fredenburgh said. "Among the firms in our top 10, only four have M&A groups that comprise more than 30 percent of the firm's total attorney count. Meanwhile, four of the firms in the top 10 have less than 20 percent of their attorneys devoted to M&A."

The M&A 100 is part of Law360's practice area survey covering bankruptcy, competition, employment, energy, environmental, government contracts, insurance, intellectual property, international trade, media and entertainment, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and consumer protection, product liability, project finance, real estate, securities, and white collar.

The rankings are accompanied by an article on the three biggest powerhouses of each sector.

The Law360 M&A 100 includes Akerman Senterfitt, Akin Gump, Allen & Overy, Andrews Kurth, Baker & McKenzie, Baker Hostetler, Bennett Jones, Bingham, Bracewell & Giuliani, Bryan Cave, Chadbourne & Parke, Cooley, Covington & Burling, Dechert, DLA Piper, Dorsey & Whitney, Duane Morris, Edwards Wildman, Faegre Baker Daniels, Fasken Martineau, Fried Frank, Fulbright, Gibson Dunn, Goodwin Procter, Greenberg Traurig, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Holland & Knight, Honigman Miller, Jones Day, K&L Gates, King & Spalding, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown, McDermott, Milbank, Moore & Van Allen, Morgan Lewis, Morrison & Foerster, Nixon Peabody, O'Melveny & Myers, Orrick, Patton Boggs, Paul Hastings, Pillsbury, Polsinelli Shughart, Quarles & Brady, Reed Smith, Ropes & Gray, Schiff Hardin, Shearman & Sterling, Sidley Austin, Skadden, SNR Denton, Stikeman Elliott, Sullivan & Cromwell, Thompson & Knight, Venable, Vinson & Elkins, Wachtell Lipton, Weil Gotshal, White & Case, Willkie Farr, WilmerHale, Wilson Sonsini, Winston & Strawn, Womble Carlyle.

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