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Who's Who Legal hosts a discussion between four leading merger and acquisition lawyers that appears in The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers.
After an M&A boom which took global deal volumes to record highs in 2006 and 2007, the financial crisis has hit M&A markets extremely hard. While 2009 was a good year for investors in the stock markets and many other markets, M&A activity was very negatively affected by the credit crunch its various consequences.
Activity levels at the time of writing in the UK M&A market are substantially down, both in volume and value terms, over the equivalent time last year.
In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.
With the benefit of over 15 years of research and thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the M&A legal marketplace worldwide.
With the benefit of over 14 years of research and thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the M&A legal marketplace worldwide.
In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.
This edition features 585 lawyers across 77 jurisdictions recognised for their outstanding expertise in M&A. Several of the firms we feature boast a wealth of international talent practising in the world’s largest markets, who have been tasked with navigating clients through the treacherous economic conditions.
With the first quarter of 2010 complete, the economy is still puzzling lawyers in the aftermath of the financial crisis. And though pricing and the market sentiment are now somewhat lifted, any optimism is tinged with caution.
Our research identifies 95 outstanding lawyers in this practice area.
In these increasingly difficult economic times, the number and size of corporate deals in California may not match those of recent years, but there remains a steady flow of work and a residual - and extremely elevated - level of corporate legal expertise in the state's leading firms. Twenty-six practitioners emerge from the research as leaders in the field.
While the credit crunch takes its toll on M&A work around the world, the energy industry remains in rude health and this continues to drive impressive levels of business in the Texas market.
Despite the recent difficult times for the economy in Argentina - as well as the ongoing effects of the global credit crunch - the country is home to high levels of transactional legal expertise and several outstanding practitioners in this area. Our research picks out 26 lawyers who should be considered leaders in the field, and they are drawn from 13 firms.
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Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
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