There has been a break in Herbert Smith Freehills’ dominance of the Thomson Reuters M&A league tables with Minter Ellison and King & Wood Mallesons knocking HSF off the top spot. Minters is Australia’s most prolific firm for announced deals this month, while King & Wood Mallesons is the top dealmaker in terms of number of completed deals. Full tables below.
Data is based on Thomson Reuters’ Australian Target or Aquiror Announced League Table (AE10) and Thomson Reuters’ Australian Target or Aquiror Completed League Table (AG6).
| Announced deals - year to date | ||||
| Rank | Legal Advisor | Value ($Mil) | Mkt. Share | Number of Deals |
| 1 | Minter Ellison | 10,250.66 | 38.1 | 24 |
| 2 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 9,933.72 | 36.9 | 26 |
| 3 | Gilbert + Tobin | 5,936.44 | 22.0 | 12 |
| 4 | Allen & Gledhill | 3,657.26 | 13.6 | 2 |
| 5 | King & Wood Mallesons | 3,447.95 | 12.8 | 28 |
| 6 | Clayton Utz | 1,854.12 | 6.9 | 18 |
| 7 | Thomsons Lawyers | 907.17 | 3.4 | 2 |
| 8 | Chapman Tripp | 886.62 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 9 | Allen & Overy | 819.55 | 3.0 | 7 |
| 10 | Simpson Grierson | 810.00 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 11 | Allens | 687.87 | 2.6 | 11 |
| 12 | Torys | 644.90 | 2.4 | 1 |
| 13 | Linklaters | 529.60 | 2.0 | 4 |
| 14 | Johnson Winter & Slattery | 487.82 | 1.8 | 6 |
| 15 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | 471.72 | 1.8 | 3 |
| 16 | Baker & McKenzie | 426.55 | 1.6 | 7 |
| 17 | Stikeman Elliott | 365.27 | 1.4 | 2 |
| 18 | Steinepreis Paganin | 291.84 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 19 | Mayer Brown LLP | 215.00 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 20 | Norton Rose | 208.29 | 0.8 | 10 |
| 21 | Blake Cassels & Graydon | 187.58 | 0.7 | 2 |
| 21* | Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | 187.58 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 23 | Skadden | 157.35 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 24 | Kim & Chang | 114.80 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 24* | Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP | 114.80 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 24* | Houthoff Buruma | 114.80 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Subtotal with Legal Advisor | 20,089.41 | 74.6 | 151 | |
| Subtotal without Legal Advisor | 6,847.97 | 25.4 | 460 | |
| Industry Total | 26,937.38 | 100.0 | 611 | |
| Source: | Thomson Financial | Date: | 2013-06-04 08:29:50 EDT | |
| Completed deals: year to date | ||||
| Rank | Legal Advisor | Value ($Mil) | Mkt. Share | Number of Deals |
| 1 | King & Wood Mallesons | 4,943.89 | 26.7 | 26 |
| 2 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 4,530.56 | 24.5 | 23 |
| 3 | Gilbert + Tobin | 3,410.75 | 18.4 | 10 |
| 4 | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | 2,682.64 | 14.5 | 10 |
| 5 | Paul, Weiss | 2,280.19 | 12.3 | 1 |
| 6 | Clayton Utz | 2,036.39 | 11.0 | 17 |
| 7 | Allens | 2,019.45 | 10.9 | 15 |
| 8 | Skadden | 1,831.47 | 9.9 | 4 |
| 9 | Blake Cassels & Graydon | 1,771.52 | 9.6 | 3 |
| 10 | Minter Ellison | 1,422.38 | 7.7 | 24 |
| 11 | K&L Gates | 1,150.02 | 6.2 | 2 |
| 12 | Stikeman Elliott | 1,099.58 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 13 | Dorsey & Whitney LLP | 1,078.75 | 5.8 | 1 |
| 13* | Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP | 1,078.75 | 5.8 | 1 |
| 13* | Squire Sanders LLP | 1,078.75 | 5.8 | 1 |
| 13* | Lawson Lundell Lawson & McIntosh | 1,078.75 | 5.8 | 1 |
| 17 | Linklaters | 1,056.45 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 18 | Thomsons Lawyers | 904.11 | 4.9 | 1 |
| 19 | Allen & Overy | 819.55 | 4.4 | 7 |
| 20 | Simpson Grierson | 810.00 | 4.4 | 1 |
| 21 | Ashurst | 641.16 | 3.5 | 8 |
| 22 | Johnson Winter & Slattery | 556.37 | 3.0 | 7 |
| 23 | Norton Rose | 437.14 | 2.4 | 12 |
| 24 | Baker & McKenzie | 265.84 | 1.4 | 7 |
| 25 | Hardy Bowen Lawyers | 235.48 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Subtotal with Legal Advisor | 15,191.25 | 82.1 | 143 | |
| Subtotal without Legal Advisor | 3,319.64 | 17.9 | 311 | |
| Industry Total | 18,510.89 | 100.0 | 454 | |
| Source: | Thomson Financial | Date: | 2013-06-04 08:16:19 EDT | |