Deal Activity

We rank the firms and the lawyers by the total value of deals they have advised on over the selected period. The ranking reflects publicly available transaction data verified by our editorial team.

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1

Atif Azher

Partner for 12 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

106

Deal Value

$1.73T

2

David Higgins

Partner for 24 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

83

Deal Value

$1.56T

3

Scott A. Barshay

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

81

Deal Value

$1.50T

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4

Elizabeth A. Cooper

Partner for 23 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

136

Deal Value

$1.47T

5

S · J · W

Steven J. Williams

Partner

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

49

Deal Value

$1.27T

6

Eric M. Swedenburg

Partner for 18 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

67

Deal Value

$1.19T

7

C · C

Chris Connolly

Partner

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

24

Deal Value

$968.34B

8

Anthony F. Vernace

Partner for 9 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

95

Deal Value

$895.63B

9

J · R · P

Jeffrey R. Poss

Partner

Firm

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Deal Count

95

Deal Value

$864.61B

10

Dr. Stephan Waldhausen

Partner for 18 years

Firm

Freshfields

Deal Count

7

Deal Value

$804.71B

11

Daniel E. Wolf, P.C.

Partner for 23 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

112

Deal Value

$745.28B

12

Neel Sachdev

Partner for 20 years

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

135

Deal Value

$707.39B

13

Marni J. Lerner

Partner for 7 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

94

Deal Value

$685.30B

14

Jacob Traff

Partner for 6 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

56

Deal Value

$643.67B

15

Melissa J. Hutson, P.C.

Partner for 22 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

78

Deal Value

$543.28B

16

Rhett A. Van Syoc, P.C.

Partner for 9 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

67

Deal Value

$505.49B

17

A · B

Angelo Bonvino

Partner

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

96

Deal Value

$477.85B

18

Steven A. Seidman

Partner

Firm

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Deal Count

66

Deal Value

$462.89B

19

John D. Pitts, P.C.

Partner for 9 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

85

Deal Value

$460.46B

20

William Allen

Partner for 2 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

54

Deal Value

$460.13B

21

Jonathan L. Davis, P.C.

Partner

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

45

Deal Value

$459.84B

22

Dean W. Sattler

Partner for 6 years

Firm

Milbank LLP

Deal Count

26

Deal Value

$456.84B

23

Matthew W. Abbott

Partner

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

121

Deal Value

$447.78B

24

Eric J. Wedel

Partner for 11 years

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

112

Deal Value

$446.04B

25

Gregory B. Astrachan

Partner for 6 years

Firm

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Deal Count

64

Deal Value

$419.03B

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26

L · T

Laura Turano

Partner for 6 years

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

43

Deal Value

$396.55B

27

Michael E. Weisser, P.C.

Partner for 19 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

75

Deal Value

$387.77B

28

Roger Johnson

Partner

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

30

Deal Value

$378.37B

29

Adam M. Turteltaub

Partner

Firm

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Deal Count

86

Deal Value

$378.01B

30

Dr. Philip Goj

Partner for 4 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

19

Deal Value

$377.82B

31

M · D · K

Melissa D. Kalka, P.C.

Partner for 4 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

23

Deal Value

$369.53B

32

Ravi Agarwal, P.C.

Partner for 8 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

80

Deal Value

$356.31B

33

Peter Martelli, P.C.

Partner for 6 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

46

Deal Value

$351.67B

34

Dr. Benjamin Leyendecker

Partner for 10 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

29

Deal Value

$335.45B

35

Matthew Elliott

Partner for 15 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

44

Deal Value

$330.39B

36

Maggie D. Flores, P.C.

Partner for 6 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

57

Deal Value

$328.44B

37

Kyle T. Seifried

Partner for 3 years

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

35

Deal Value

$316.42B

38

J · D · F

John D. Franchini

Partner for 28 years

Firm

Milbank LLP

Deal Count

82

Deal Value

$308.40B

39

Morgan D. Elwyn

Partner for 20 years

Firm

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Deal Count

98

Deal Value

$304.54B

40

J · S · P

Jennifer S. Perkins, P.C.

Partner for 28 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

43

Deal Value

$296.04B

41

S · B

Stuart Boyd

Partner for 7 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

62

Deal Value

$294.51B

42

Shamus M. Crosby

Partner for 5 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

26

Deal Value

$285.92B

43

Alvaro Membrillera

Partner for 8 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

15

Deal Value

$279.00B

44

D · S · H

Dr. Sebastian Heim

Partner for 7 years

Firm

Milbank LLP

Deal Count

71

Deal Value

$271.61B

45

A · M · G

Adam M. Givertz

Partner

Firm

Paul, Weiss

Deal Count

70

Deal Value

$259.13B

46

Dr. Norbert Rieger LL.M.

Partner for 25 years

Firm

Milbank LLP

Deal Count

66

Deal Value

$255.16B

47

M. Breen Haire

Partner for 19 years

Firm

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Deal Count

31

Deal Value

$253.61B

48

Celyn Evans

Partner for 7 years

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

22

Deal Value

$236.74B

49

S · B

Spencer Baylin

Firm

Clifford Chance

Deal Count

22

Deal Value

$236.19B

50

S · T · W

Sean T. Wheeler, P.C.

Partner

Firm

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Deal Count

47

Deal Value