Mergermarket League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A for Full Year
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January 10, 2008 mergermarket league tables of legal advisers to global M&A for Full Year 2007 Contacts: Table of Contents: Europe Global League Tables and Data 2-4 Nancy Costantinopoli (deal queries, submissions, etc.) European League Tables 5-13 [email protected] North American Tables 14-17 Asia-Pacifi c League Tables 18-22 Hannah Bagshawe (PR) Global M&A Breakdown 23 [email protected] Criteria 24 Tel: +44 20 7059 6118 About mergermarket 25 North America Jennifer Ruiz (deal queries, submissions, etc.) [email protected] Tel: +1 212-686-3016 Hannah Bagshawe (PR) [email protected] Tel: +44 20 7059 6118 Asia-Pacifi c Carrie Ho (deal queries, submissions etc) [email protected] Tel: + 852 2158 9725 Seye Im (PR) [email protected] Tel: +852 2158 9706 mergermarket M&A league tables of legal advisers 2007 - January 10, 2008 Page 1 Global League Tables of Legal Advisers League Table of Legal Advisers to Global M&A: Value League Table of Legal Advisers to Global M&A: Volume Y/E Y/E Value No of Y/E Y/E Value No of 2006 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 2006 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 2 1 Sullivan & Cromwell 833,016 162 4 1 Latham & Watkins 409,513 374 1 2 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom 726,876 271 2 2 Clifford Chance 687,515 360 5 3 Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer 721,579 326 1 3 DLA Piper 74,148 351 10 4 Clifford Chance 687,515 360 3 4 Linklaters 610,947 333 13 5 Allen & Overy 625,862 310 6 5 Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer 721,579 326 4 6 Linklaters 610,947 333 7 6 Allen & Overy 625,862 310 6 7 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 481,114 184 9 7 Baker & McKenzie 166,524 305 9 8 Latham & Watkins 409,513 374 5 8 Jones Day 148,848 300 3 9 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 404,108 134 8 9 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom 726,876 271 8 10 Davis Polk & Wardwell 387,991 111 10 10 Kirkland & Ellis 213,826 209 18 11 Weil Gotshal & Manges 369,794 182 11 11 White & Case 126,032 204 36 12 Blake, Cassels & Graydon 360,437 162 15 12 CMS 67,849 185 7 13 Shearman & Sterling 327,242 135 13 13 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 481,114 184 12 14 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 321,055 77 16 14 Dewey & LeBoeuf 299,205 184 17 15 Debevoise & Plimpton 318,924 97 12 15 Weil Gotshal & Manges 369,794 182 20 16 Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz, Stibbe 307,471 146 14 16 Sullivan & Cromwell 833,016 162 14 17 Dewey & LeBoeuf 299,205 184 41 17 Blake, Cassels & Graydon 360,437 162 25 18 Osler Hoskin & Harcourt 274,537 109 17 18 Eversheds 16,138 150 11 19 Cravath Swaine & Moore 266,004 75 19 19 Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz, Stibbe 307,471 146 41 20 McCarthy Tetrault 260,583 78 71 20 Stikeman Elliott 237,588 146 mergermarket M&A league tables of legal advisers 2007 - January 10, 2008 Page 2 Global League Tables of Legal Advisers League Table of Legal Advisers to Global Buyouts: Value League Table of Legal Advisers to Global Buyouts: Volume Y/E Y/E Value No of Y/E Y/E Value No of 2006 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 2006 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 1 1 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 181,496 41 1 1 Kirkland & Ellis 119,913 99 14 2 Weil Gotshal & Manges 144,810 61 3 2 Clifford Chance 86,949 74 4 3 Kirkland & Ellis 119,913 99 4 3 Latham & Watkins 68,193 69 2 4 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton 111,141 23 6 4 Weil Gotshal & Manges 144,810 61 3 5 Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer 91,649 46 5 5 DLA Piper 25,914 57 12 6 Clifford Chance 86,949 74 2 6 Linklaters 44,470 50 20 7 Osler Hoskin & Harcourt 85,997 18 9 7 Allen & Overy 67,137 47 11 8 Latham & Watkins 68,193 69 7 8 Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer 91,649 46 17 9 Allen & Overy 67,137 47 10 9 SJ Berwin 8,571 45 87 10 Goodmans 64,952 12 11 10 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 181,496 41 15 11 Debevoise & Plimpton 64,872 24 8 11 Jones Day 8,951 40 10 12 Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson 64,064 14 39 12 Mayer Brown 26,882 34 52 13 Davis Polk & Wardwell 63,878 18 18 13 Baker & McKenzie 15,516 33 5 14 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz 58,794 9 12 14 White & Case 17,217 28 9 15 Sullivan & Cromwell 52,642 13 17 15 CMS 5,520 28 57 16 Dechert 51,808 16 14 16 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom 36,986 27 40 17 Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz, Stibbe 51,637 26 19 17 Travers Smith 13,876 27 - 18 Gowling Lafl eur Henderson 48,283 2 41 18 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison 12,395 27 139 19 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan 47,301 4 38 19 Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz, Stibbe 51,637 26 36 20 Mallesons Stephen Jaques 47,096 15 15 20 O'Melveny & Myers 30,757 26 Note: based on law fi rms advising the bidder on buyout deals mergermarket M&A league tables of legal advisers 2007 - January 10, 2008 Page 3 Global M&A Trend Data and Top Deals Global M&A Activity - Yearly Global Buyout M&A Activity - Yearly 4,000 16,000 1,000 3,000 Value Value Volume Volume 900 3,500 14,000 2,500 800 3,000 12,000 700 2,000 2,500 10,000 600 2,000 8,000 500 1,500 400 Volume of Deals Volume of Deals 1,500 6,000 Value of Deals ($bn) Value of Deals ($bn) 1,000 300 1,000 4,000 200 500 500 2,000 100 0 0 0 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Top Announced Deals 2007 - All Regions (*lapsed deal) Announced Target Seller Deal Value Date Bidder Company Bidder Legal Adviser Company Target/Seller legal Adviser Company (USDm) Allen & Overy (Advising Merrill Lynch); Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Dr Ing hcF Porsche Volkswagen AG Clifford Chance; Linklaters; Skadden Arps Slate 28-Mar-07* (Advising Merrill Lynch); Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer; McCarthy Tetrault; 100,739 AG (69.06% stake) Meagher & Flom (Advising Citigroup) Sullivan & Cromwell Royal Bank of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo; Cravath Swaine & Moore; De Brauw Blackstone Scotland Group Allen & Overy; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Westbroek; Fasken Martineau; Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer (Advising 29-May-07 plc; Fortis; and ABN AMRO Debevoise & Plimpton; Herbert Smith, Gleiss 95,637 Merrill Lynch); Linklaters; Minter Ellison; Shearman & Sterling; Slaughter and Santander Central Lutz, Stibbe; NautaDutilh May; Uria Menendez; Willkie Farr & Gallagher Hispano SA Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (Advising Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley; Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Clifford Chance; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher UBS); Davis Polk & Wardwell; Debevoise & 23-Apr-07* Barclays plc & Flom (Advising Citigroup; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan ABN AMRO 91,654 Plimpton; Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz, Stibbe; Cazenove; Lazard); Sullivan & Cromwell Loyens & Loeff (Advising Morgan Stanley; UBS); NautaDutilh Altria Group Inc Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; Hunton & Williams; McCarthy Tetrault; Sutherland Altria Group 31-Jan-07 Kraft Foods Inc Adviser to seller: Sidley Austin 60,930 (Shareholders) Asbill & Brennan Inc Araoz & Rueda (Advising Goldman Sachs); Bonelli Erede Pappalardo; Clifford Chance; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt; Cuatrecasas - Goncalves Pereira, Castelo Branco; Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Enel SpA; and Endesa SA Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Advising 11-Apr-07 Partners; Hengeler Mueller; Latham & Watkins (Advising Morgan Stanley); 54,656 Acciona SA (46.05% stake) Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Linklaters (Advising UBS); PEREZ-LLORCA; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Brothers; Merrill Lynch); Sullivan & Cromwell * lapsed deal Uria Menendez; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz mergermarket M&A league tables of legal advisers 2007 - January 10, 2008 Page 4 Pan-European League Tables European M&A Activity - Quarterly 500 1,800 Value Volume 450 1,600 400 1,400 350 1,200 300 1,000 250 800 200 Volume of Deals Value of Deals (€bn) 600 150 400 100 50 200 0 0 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 04 05 05 05 05 06 06 06 06 07 07 07 07 Top Announced Deals 2007 - Europe (*lapsed deal) Target Deal Value Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Legal Adviser Company Target legal Adviser (EURm) Allen & Overy (Advising Merrill Lynch); Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Volkswagen AG Clifford Chance; Linklaters; Skadden Arps 28-Mar-07* Dr Ing hcF Porsche AG (Advising Merrill Lynch); Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer; McCarthy 75,686 (69.06% stake) Slate Meagher & Flom (Advising Citigroup) Tetrault; Sullivan & Cromwell Bonelli Erede Pappalardo; Cravath Swaine & Moore; De Brauw Blackstone Royal Bank of Scotland Group Allen & Overy; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Westbroek; Fasken Martineau; Freshfi elds Bruckhaus Deringer (Advising 29-May-07 plc; Fortis; and Santander Central ABN AMRO Debevoise & Plimpton; Herbert Smith, Gleiss 71,121 Merrill Lynch); Linklaters; Minter Ellison; Shearman & Sterling; Slaughter Hispano SA Lutz, Stibbe; NautaDutilh and May; Uria Menendez; Willkie Farr & Gallagher Allen & Overy; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (Advising Goldman Sachs; Morgan Blake, Cassels & Graydon; Clifford Chance; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Stanley; UBS); Davis Polk & Wardwell; 23-Apr-07* Barclays plc & Flom (Advising Citigroup; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan ABN AMRO 67,522 Debevoise & Plimpton; Herbert Smith, Gleiss Cazenove; Lazard); Sullivan & Cromwell Lutz, Stibbe; Loyens & Loeff (Advising Morgan Stanley; UBS); NautaDutilh Araoz & Rueda (Advising Goldman Sachs); Bonelli Erede Pappalardo; Clifford Chance; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt; Cuatrecasas - Goncalves Pereira, Castelo Branco; Gianni, Origoni, Grippo Endesa SA (46.05% Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Advising 11-Apr-07 Enel SpA; and Acciona SA & Partners; Hengeler Mueller; Latham & Watkins (Advising Morgan 40,694 stake) Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Stanley); Linklaters (Advising UBS); PEREZ-LLORCA; Simpson Thacher & Brothers; Merrill Lynch);