RankingLegal adviserDeals value (bns) 2018Number of deals 2018Deals value (bns) 2017Number of deals 2017
11Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP547546.9189189428427.5212212
22Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz474473.68585348347.68686
33Davis Polk & Wardwell468467.9123123236236.4106106
44Sullivan & Cromwell467467.3137137226225.6118118
55Simpson Thacher & Bartlett434433.5185185352352.4185185
66Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton425424.61081082342348686
77Latham & Watkins LLP424424297297279279.1362362
88White & Case LLP401400.7186186110110.4150150
99Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer395394.8158158166165.8149149
1010Linklaters LLP388387.7171171268267.7122122
1111Allen & Overy LLP359358.5297297241241.4184184
1212Kirkland & Ellis330329.6473473231231.2443443
1313Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP317317.2193193112111.7170170
1414Cravath Swaine & Moore307306.66666422421.95252
1515Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison256255.8153153331330.7142142
1616Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson251250.589894746.88585
1717Gibson Dunn & Crutcher233233.31471474141.29696
1818Slaughter and May225224.76161168167.95757
1919Clifford Chance LLP224223.7188188194194.4184184
2020Herbert Smith Freehills212212.31261268382.9140140