Monthly M&A Insider - Mergermarket

League tables
Top 15 financial advisers – Greater China
value
YTD
31-Mar-2009
House Value
($m)
Deal
count
1 Morgan Stanley 16,151 7
2 Nomura Holdings 12,866 3
3 China International Capital 12,862 2
4 JPMorgan 12,609 3
5= Blackstone Group Holdings 11,838 1
5= Credit Suisse 11,838 1
5= Macquarie Group 11,838 1
8= Bank of China International Holdings 2,381 1
8= Royal Bank of Scotland Group 2,381 1
10 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1,909 2
11 Somerley 1,822 3
12 CITIC Securities 1,807 1
13 BNP Paribas 1,401 2
14 Optima Capital 1,029 5
15 Guotai Junan Securities 1,026 1
Source: mergermarket
volume
YTD
31-Mar-2009
House Value
($m)
Greater China
The financial adviser league tables by value and volume have been run from 01 January 2009 to 31 March 2009 and exclude lapsed and withdrawn deals. The tables cover all sectors and
are based on the geography of either the target, bidder or seller being Greater China.
Top 15 legal advisers – Greater China
value
YTD
31-Mar-2009
House Value
($m)
Deal
count
1 Linklaters 14,219 2
2 Mallesons Stephen Jaques 12,807 4
3 Clifford Chance 11,841 2
4= Allens Arthur Robinson 11,838 1
4= Chiomenti Studio Legale 11,838 1
4= Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson 11,838 1
4= Johnson Winter & Slattery 11,838 1
4= Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 11,838 1
4= Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 11,838 1
10 Blake Dawson 2,801 2
11 Herbert Smith/Gleiss Lutz/Stibbe 2,603 6
12 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2,494 5
13= Freehills 2,393 1
13= Gilbert + Tobin 2,393 1
15= Davis Polk & Wardwell 2,381 1
15= Slaughter and May 2,381 1
Source: mergermarket
Deal
count
1 Morgan Stanley 16,151 7
2 Optima Capital 1,029 5
3 Taifook Securities 125 4
4 Nomura Holdings 12,866 3
5 JPMorgan 12,609 3
6 Somerley 1,822 3
7 Deutsche Bank 868 3
8 CIMB Group 52 3
9 China International Capital 12,862 2
10 Bank of America Merrill Lynch 1,909 2
11 BNP Paribas 1,401 2
12= Azure Capital 771 2
12= Grant Samuel 771 2
volume
14 Partners Capital International 196 2
15 Platinum Securities 108 2
YTD
31-Mar-2009
House Value
($m)
Source: mergermarket
The legal adviser league tables by value and volume have been run from 01 January 2009 to 31 March 2009 and include lapsed and withdrawn deals. The tables cover all sectors and
are based on the geography of either the target, bidder or seller being Greater China.
Deal
count
1 Herbert Smith/Gleiss Lutz/Stibbe 2,603 6
2 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 2,494 5
3 Mallesons Stephen Jaques 12,807 4
4 Baker & McKenzie 18 3
5 Linklaters 14,219 2
6 Clifford Chance 11,841 2
7 Blake Dawson 2,801 2
8 Clayton Utz 771 2
9 JSM 760 2
10 DLA Piper 733 2
11 Stikeman Elliott 313 2
12 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom 209 2
13 Lee and Li Attorneys at Law 168 2
14 Grandall Legal Group 166 2
15 Stamford Law 129 2
Source: mergermarket
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