Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Kirkland & Ellis have emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&As) legal advisers in the construction sector for the first quarter (Q1) of 2024, by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest league table released by leading data and analytics company GlobalData.
The company ranked advisers by the value and volume of M&A deals on which they advised.
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According to GlobalData’s deals database, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison secured the top spot in terms of deal value, advising on transactions amounting to $9.8bn.
Kirkland & Ellis, on the other hand, led by deal volume, having advised on eight deals.
GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Kirkland & Ellis witnessed improvement in the number of deals advised by it as well as its ranking by deals volume in Q1 2024 compared to Q1 2023. Its ranking in terms of deals volume improved from second position in Q1 2023 to the top position in Q1 2024.
“Meanwhile, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, which led by value in Q1 2024, was just shy of hitting the $10bn mark. Apart from leading by value, it also occupied the sixth position by volume during the quarter.”
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By GlobalDataIn the value category, Davis Polk & Wardwell claimed the second position with advisories on deals worth a total of $7.4bn.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett followed at $6.6bn, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz at $6bn, and Cravath Swaine & Moore rounded out the top five with $5.2bn in advised deal value.
As for deal volume, Latham & Watkins took the second spot with involvement in six deals.
Davis Polk & Wardwell followed with five deals while White & Case and CMS each advised on four deals.
GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.
To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions of deals from leading advisers.
