Morgan Lewis Continues to Rank among Top M&A Firms

NEW YORK, April 25, 2012: For the first quarter of 2012, Morgan Lewis ranked among the top mergers and acquisitions law firms according to industry league tables, with several top 10 placements. Some of the firm's accomplishments for the first quarter include:

• Ranked first, U.S. announced adviser ranking based on value (with $1,017M) in the retail industry, Buyouts, Q1 2012
• Ranked seventh, U.S. announced adviser rankings based on number of transactions with values up to and including $100M with 11 deals, Buyouts, Q1, 2012
• Ranked fifth, legal advisers to U.S. Northeast M&A based on volume with 15 deals, Mergermarket, Q1 2012
• Ranked ninth, legal advisers to U.S. M&A based on volume with 20 deals, Mergermarket, Q1 2012
• Ranked eighth, U.S. small-cap rankings for deals with values up to $50M with 12 deals, Thomson Reuters, Q1 2012
• Ranked 12, U.S. announced deals, counsel to principals by deal count with 21 deals, Bloomberg, Q1 2012