Our Business and Finance Practice is composed of more than 300 lawyers who focus on mergers and acquisitions (including joint ventures, spin-offs, and strategic alliances), private equity, private investment funds, finance, restructuring, capital markets, corporate governance, emerging business matters, outsourcing, and tax.

• We have lawyers in offices across the United States, as well as in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Beijing, and Tokyo.
• We provide counsel to clients representing a diverse range of industry sectors, including life sciences, technology, media and entertainment, financial services, energy, shipping, and retail, to name just a few.

Practice Facts

• More than 200 M&A transactions completed since January 2005
• Nearly 40 Private Equity transactions completed since January 2005 with a combined market value in excess of $50 billion
• Nearly 500 funds closed in 2006
• More than 80 capital markets transactions completed since January 2005
• More than 70 IPOs completed since 1996
• Twenty IPOs completed since January 2005
• More than 100 Venture Capital financing transactions completed since January 2005
• More than 200 active Bankruptcy cases at any one time
• More than 20 significant outsourcing transactions completed since January 2005
• More than 100 bank financing in 2006
• More than 30 of our lawyers are SEC alumni, covering all areas of expertise

Practice Rankings

Morgan Lewis consistently ranks among the top transactional law firms. The following are selected results since January 2005:

• Ranked 2nd – Most Active Law Firms by Number of Funds Closed (Dow Jones)
• Ranked 2nd – Securities and Investment M&A Company Advisory Rankings, Based on Deal Value (SNL Financial)
• Ranked 4th – PIPE Market Issuer Counsel by Number of Deals (Placement Tracker)
• Ranked 5th – Legal Advisers to French M&A, Based on Volume (mergermarket)
• Ranked 6th – Equity Issuer Counsel, Ranked by the Number of Deals (GSI)
• Ranked 7th – Middle Market M&A, Based on Deal Value (Thomson)
• Ranked 7th – M&A Technology Transactions, Based on Market Share (Bloomberg)
• Ranked 12th – Bankruptcy Cases, Based on the Number of Active Bankruptcy Cases (Bankruptcy Insider)
• Ranked Top 20 – M&A Legal Advisory, Cross Border Deals (Bloomberg)
• Ranked Top 20 – M&A U.S. Announced Deals, Target Completed, Based on the Number of Deals (Thomson)
• Ranked Top 25 – Most Active Law Firms by Number of Private Equity and Venture Capital Deals (Dow Jones)
• Ranked as a leading transactional firm in California, New York and Pennsylvania in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• Ranked as a leading transactional firm for media and entertainment matters in New York in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business