McDermott’s M&A Practice Ranked in the Mid-Year 2009 League Tables

NEW YORK (July 30, 2009) — McDermott Will & Emery’s M&A practice continues its recognition as a global player as the practice group secured rankings in the major M&A league tables for the first half of 2009.  League tables have consistently ranked McDermott’s M&A practice among the top 20 for more than three years.  McDermott’s mid-year 2009 M&A league table rankings are as follows:

Mergerstat
Ranked among the top 25 for number and value of U.S. announced deals by any U.S. participant
Ranked in the top 20 for number of U.S. announced deals
Ranked in the top 20 for value of U.S. announced deals for U.S. targets only
Ranked twelfth for number of Europe announced deals by any Europe Participant

Mergermarket
Ranked among the top 20 legal advisors to Canadian M&A for value
Ranked seventh among legal advisers for value of U.S. Midwest region deals
Ranked among the top 20 legal advisors for volume of U.S. Midwest region deals

Corporate Control Alert
Ranked among the top 20 deals

Bloomberg
Ranked twelfth for number of Canada Announced Deals

Thomson Reuters
Ranked in the top 20 for Canadian Involvement

McDermott's M&A Practice Group represents a wide spectrum of publicly and privately held businesses from Global 50 companies to venture backed start ups, as well as private equity funds and investment banks.  As a globally integrated team, the Firm's lawyers manage complex transactions with components in multiple jurisdictions throughout the world.

McDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,100 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Rome, San Diego, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Extending our reach to Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.

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