Morgan Lewis Ranks with Top Firms in 2009 Year-End M&A League Tables

NEW YORK, January 27, 2010: On the 2009 year-end league tables, Morgan Lewis again ranked among the top mergers and acquisitions law firms. Some of the firm’s accomplishments for 2009 include:

• Ranked sixth, U.S. announced deals up to $50 million (based on deal count with 50) and ranked seventh, U.S. announced deals up to $250 million (based on deal count with 61), Bloomberg, 2009
• Ranked 10th, deals with undisclosed and disclosed values up to and including $100 million (based on number of transactions with 41), Buyouts, 2009
• Ranked 14th, U.S. target mid-market deals for values up to $500 million (based on number of deals with 53) and ranked 12th, French involvement mid-market deals for values up to $500 million (based on rank value at $695M), Thomson Reuters, 2009 
• Ranked 14th, legal advisors to U.S. (Northeast), mergers & acquisitions based on number of transactions (with 30 deals), Mergermarket, 2009