Health, Energy Deals Push Kirkland to Top of M&A Legal Advisers

July 6, 2023, 9:30 AM UTC

Kirkland & Ellis was Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in the first half of the year, expanding its share of the market as global deals continued to slow.

Kirkland advised on 282 global deals worth $149 billion in the first half, while Latham advised on 184 deals worth $134 billion. Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton rounded out the top five legal advisers in volume by principal. Simpson Thacher, last year’s leading M&A adviser, fell out of the top 10 in the first half of this year. ...

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