Freshfields’ $108 Billion in M&A Deals Leads Slow First Half (1)

London-founded Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised companies on $108 billion worth of deals in the first half of the year, as global mergers and acquisitions activity fell dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Freshfields worked on the highest dollar amount of global deals as principal advisors, according to newly released M&A advisory legal tables from Bloomberg. The firm also topped the rankings for global announced deals by volume, a metric that includes specialized deal-related work like antitrust and executive compensation.

As principal, Freshfields advised on 69 deals, including two of the year’s largest transactions. The firm’s M&A team advised Aon in ...