M&A Rankings: Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden are Top U.S. Firms Over Time

As reported by Legal Week, Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden, Arps have emerged as the top U.S. law firms in European M&A over the last three years research produced for Legal Week that shows the pair have worked on the highest value of deals over the period. Sullivan ranked first in the value tables for U.K. and Europe, advising on 173 European deals worth a total value of $1.2 trillion since November 2004 and 60 deals worth a total of $357.5 billion in the U.K. The third quarter Mergermarket M&A league tables are available through the Alacra blog and show that Sullivan again led the global league by deal value, but Latham & Watkins led the global league by deal volume.