Linklaters tops M&A league as deal volume plunges 38 Percent

Linklaters was hired to advise on four of the 10 biggest mergers and acquisitions in 2008, leading the M&A league table published by Bloomberg today. In the smallest deal market in four years, total announced mergers and acquisitions plunged 38 percent to $2.50 trillion from $4.06 trillion in 2007. Bloombergs's list of top-ranked M&A law firms: Firms (Values in billions) 2008 1. Linklaters ($364.5) 2. Sullivan & Cromwell ($308.9) 3. Freshfields Bruckhaus ($304.0) 4. Skadden Arps ($281.8) 5. Blake Cassels ($248.4) 6. Clifford Chance ($202.7) 7. Simpson Thacher ($198.3) 8. Wachtell Lipton ($186.7) 9. Cleary Gottlieb ($185.7) 10. Cravath Swaine ($184.1) 2007 1. Sullivan & Cromwell ($434.3) 2. Allen & Overy ($401.6) 3. Freshfields Bruckhaus ($374.4) 4. Wachtell Lipton ($357.8) 5. Clifford Chance ($349.7) 6. Simpson Thacher ($342.9) 7. Linklaters ($337.4) 8. Uria Menendez ($269.7) 9. Skadden Arps ($255.3) 10. Blake Cassels ($251.2)

Linklaters tops M&A league as deal volume plunges 38 Percent bloomberg.com Fri, Jan 2, 2009