Morgan Lewis Continues to Rank Among Top M&A Firms

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

• Ranked seventh, U.S. small-cap rankings for deals with values up to $50M based on number of transactions with 30 deals, Thomson Reuters, 1H 2012
• Ranked eighth, U.S. mid-market rankings for deals with values up to $500M by deal count with 39 transactions, Thomson Reuters, 1H 2012
• Ranked sixth, U.S. announced adviser rankings based on deal volume with values up to and including $100M with 31 deals, Buyouts, 1H 2012
• Ranked eighth, U.S. announced adviser rankings based on number of transactions with values up to and including $500M with 35 deals, Buyouts, 1H 2012
• Ranked ninth, legal advisers to U.S. M&A based on deal volume with 46 deals, Mergermarket, 1H 2012
• Ranked seventh, legal advisers to U.S. Northeast M&A based on deal volume with 28 deals, Mergermarket, 1H 2012
• Ranked ninth, U.S. announced deals, any involvement for deals with values up to $500M based on deal volume with 41 deals, Bloomberg, 1H 2012
• Ranked 11, U.S. announced deals, counsel to principals by number of transactions with 42 deals, Bloomberg, 1H 2012