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The latest Thomson Reuters M&A league tables show that Herbert Smith Freehills has overtaken Minter Ellison as the most prolific M&A firm for Australian announced deals. The most prolific firm for completed deals was King & Wood Mallesons.

Full table 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).

 

 

TOP M&A FIRMS - ANNOUNCED DEALS

     

Rank

Legal Advisor

 Value ($Mil)

Mkt. Share

Number of Deals

1

Herbert Smith Freehills

10,695.99

35.4

30

2

Minter Ellison

10,263.62

33.9

25

3

Gilbert + Tobin

5,999.63

19.8

14

4

Allens

5,823.74

19.3

19

5

Allen & Gledhill

4,035.86

13.3

4

6

King & Wood Mallesons

3,681.05

12.2

29

7

Clayton Utz

1,868.57

6.2

21

8

Simpson Grierson

1,454.90

4.8

2

9

Thomsons Lawyers

907.17

3.0

2

10

Chapman Tripp

906.62

3.0

2

11

Allen & Overy

819.57

2.7

7

12

Torys

644.90

2.1

1

13

Linklaters

529.60

1.8

5

14

Johnson Winter & Slattery

487.82

1.6

6

15

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

471.72

1.6

3

16

Baker & McKenzie

440.35

1.5

7

17

Clifford Chance

394.02

1.3

3

18

Stikeman Elliott

365.27

1.2

2

19

Steinepreis Paganin

291.84

1.0

3

20

Mayer Brown LLP

215.00

0.7

1

21

Norton Rose

208.29

0.7

12

22

Blake Cassels & Graydon

187.58

0.6

2

22*

Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

187.58

0.6

1

24

Ashurst

174.61

0.6

13

25

Skadden

157.35

0.5

1

 

Subtotal with Legal Advisor

21,629.70

71.5

179

 

Subtotal without Legal Advisor

8,620.99

28.5

498

 

Industry Total

30,250.69

100.0

677

Source:

Thomson Financial

Date:

2013-06-18 08:28:07 EDT

 

 

 

 

TOP M&A FIRMS - COMPLETED DEALS

Rank

Legal Advisor

Value ($Mil)

Mkt. Share

Number of Deals

1

King & Wood Mallesons

6,575.80

29.9

27

2

Herbert Smith Freehills

4,635.93

21.1

25

3

Gilbert + Tobin

3,473.94

15.8

11

4

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

2,682.64

12.2

10

5

Allens

2,611.66

11.9

20

6

Ashurst

2,317.28

10.5

12

7

Paul, Weiss

2,280.19

10.4

1

8

Clayton Utz

2,036.39

9.3

19

9

Skadden

1,831.47

8.3

4

10

Blake Cassels & Graydon

1,771.52

8.1

3

11

Minter Ellison

1,422.38

6.5

24

12

K&L Gates

1,166.36

5.3

4

13

Stikeman Elliott

1,099.80

5.0

5

14

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

1,078.75

4.9

1

14*

Lawson Lundell Lawson & McIntosh

1,078.75

4.9

1

14*

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

1,078.75

4.9

1

14*

Squire Sanders LLP

1,078.75

4.9

1

18

Linklaters

1,056.66

4.8

6

19

Thomsons Lawyers

904.11

4.1

1

20

Allen & Overy

865.14

3.9

8

21

Simpson Grierson

810.00

3.7

2

22

Johnson Winter & Slattery

556.37

2.5

7

23

Norton Rose

437.14

2.0

14

24

Baker & McKenzie

384.64

1.7

8

25

Hardy Bowen Lawyers

235.48

1.1

2

 

Subtotal with Legal Advisor

17,159.34

78.0

161

 

Subtotal without Legal Advisor

4,826.03

22.0

339

 

Industry Total

21,985.37

100.0

500

Source:

Thomson Financial

Date:

2013-06-18 08:17:53 EDT

 

 

 

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