Herbert Smith Freehills is the most prolific M&A firm in Australia, according to the latest league tables from Thomson Reuters. Having advised on over A$7 billion of announced deals and A$4 billion of completed deals, HSF is topping the table for both categories at this point in time. Full details below.
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LEADING M&A FIRMS - ANNOUNCED DEALS, YEAR TO DATE |
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| Rank | Legal Advisor | Value ($Mil) | Market Share | Number of Deals |
| 1 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 7,077.64 | 32.1 | 26 |
| 2 | Minter Ellison | 5,449.78 | 24.7 | 14 |
| 3 | King & Wood Mallesons | 2,208.96 | 10.0 | 22 |
| 4 | Thomsons Lawyers | 907.17 | 4.1 | 2 |
| 5 | Allen & Overy | 810.00 | 3.7 | 5 |
| 5* | Simpson Grierson | 810.00 | 3.7 | 1 |
| 7 | Allen & Gledhill | 801.18 | 3.6 | 2 |
| 8 | Allens | 687.87 | 3.1 | 11 |
| 9 | Torys | 644.90 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 10 | Linklaters | 529.60 | 2.4 | 4 |
| 11 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | 471.72 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 12 | Johnson Winter & Slattery | 462.43 | 2.1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gilbert + Tobin | 372.06 | 1.7 | 7 |
| 14 | Stikeman Elliott | 365.27 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 15 | Steinepreis Paganin | 291.84 | 1.3 | 3 |
| 16 | Clayton Utz | 288.00 | 1.3 | 8 |
| 17 | Baker & McKenzie | 254.91 | 1.2 | 5 |
| 18 | Mayer Brown LLP | 215.00 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 19 | Norton Rose | 198.17 | 0.9 | 9 |
| 20 | Blake Cassels & Graydon | 187.58 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 20* | Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | 187.58 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 22 | Skadden | 157.35 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 23 | Kim & Chang | 114.80 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 23* | Houthoff Buruma | 114.80 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 23* | Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP | 114.80 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Subtotal with Legal Advisor | 13,038.83 | 59.2 | 122 | |
| Subtotal without Legal Advisor | 8,987.18 | 40.8 | 429 | |
| Industry Total | 22,026.00 | 100.0 | 551 | |
| Source: | Thomson Financial | Date: | 2013-05-21 08:27:24 EDT | |
| LEADING M&A FIRMS - COMPLETED DEALS, YEAR TO DATE | |||||
| Rank | Legal Advisor | Value ($Mil) | Market Share | Number of Deals | |
| 1 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 4,245.55 | 25.3 | 22 | |
| 2 | King & Wood Mallesons | 3,780.83 | 22.5 | 21 | |
| 3 | Gilbert + Tobin | 3,109.03 | 18.5 | 7 | |
| 4 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | 2,682.64 | 16.0 | 10 | |
| 5 | Paul, Weiss | 2,280.19 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| 6 | Skadden | 1,831.47 | 10.9 | 4 | |
| 7 | Blake Cassels & Graydon | 1,771.52 | 10.5 | 3 | |
| 8 | Allens | 1,734.44 | 10.3 | 14 | |
| 9 | Middletons Lawyers | 1,150.02 | 6.8 | 2 | |
| 10 | Clayton Utz | 1,109.28 | 6.6 | 7 | |
| 11 | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | 1,078.75 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| 11* | Lawson Lundell Lawson & McIntosh | 1,078.75 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| 11* | Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP | 1,078.75 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| 11* | Squire Sanders LLP | 1,078.75 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| 11* | K&L Gates | 1,078.75 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| 16 | Linklaters | 1,056.45 | 6.3 | 6 | |
| 17 | Stikeman Elliott | 983.13 | 5.9 | 4 | |
| 18 | Minter Ellison | 946.90 | 5.6 | 15 | |
| 19 | Thomsons Lawyers | 904.11 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| 20 | Allen & Overy | 810.00 | 4.8 | 5 | |
| 20* | Simpson Grierson | 810.00 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| 22 | Ashurst | 641.16 | 3.8 | 8 | |
| 23 | Johnson Winter & Slattery | 556.37 | 3.3 | 7 | |
| 24 | Norton Rose | 427.02 | 2.5 | 11 | |
| 25 | Hardy Bowen Lawyers | 235.48 | 1.4 | 2 | |
| Subtotal with Legal Advisor | 13,363.40 | 79.6 | 118 | ||
| Subtotal without Legal Advisor | 3,429.29 | 20.4 | 282 | ||
| Industry Total | 16,792.69 | 100.0 | 400 | ||
| Source: | Thomson Financial | Date: | 2013-05-21 08:15:56 EDT | ||
