Morgan Lewis Continues To Rank Among Top M&A Firms

NEW YORK, October 22, 2013: Morgan Lewis continued to place in the top 10 in a number of merger and acquisition categories, according to an array of industry league tables published at the end of the third quarter of 2013. Some of the firm’s notable accomplishments for 2013 through the end of the third quarter include:

• Ranked seventh, U.S. target mid-market rankings for deals with undisclosed values and values up to $500M based on the number of transactions with 53 deals, Thomson Reuters

• Ranked eighth, U.S. target small-cap rankings for deals with undisclosed values and values up to $50M  based on the number of transactions with 37 deals, Thomson Reuters

• Ranked ninth, legal advisers to U.S. South M&A based on transaction volume with 28 deals, Mergermarket

• Ranked ninth, U.S. announced deals counsel to principals based on number of transactions with 70 deals, Bloomberg

• Ranked tenth, U.S. announced deals based on number of transactions with 70 deals, Bloomberg,

• Ranked seventh, U.S. announced adviser rankings for transactions with undisclosed values and values up to and including $500M (excluding equity carveouts, withdrawn deals and open market repurchases) based on deal volume with 50 deals, Buyouts

• Ranked eighth, U.S. announced adviser rankings for transactions with undisclosed and disclosed values up to and including $2B (excluding equity carveouts, withdrawn deals and open market repurchases) based on number of transactions with 52 deals

• Ranked fourth, U.S. announced adviser rankings for the retail industry (excluding equity carveouts, withdrawn deals and open market repurchases) based on cumulative transaction value with deals totaling $6.05B.