RankAdviser NameNumber of Deals Q1 2018Deal Value Q1 2018 ($bn)Number of Deals Q1 2019Deal Value Q1 2019 ($bn)YoY Deals Value +/- %
11Kirkland & Ellis11911994.194.1128128215.9215.9 129.36
22Simpson Thacher & Bartlett5151112.3112.34040166.4166.4 48.14
33Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz1717137.9137.91515165.1165.1 19.73
44Davis Polk & Wardwell4444164.4164.41919143.7143.7 (12.61)
55Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson141414.714.71010120.4120.4 717.30
66Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom4848233.8233.84949112.8112.8 (51.75)
77Sullivan & Cromwell3838123.4123.42020111.2111.2 (9.85)
88Jones Day999929.029107107110.2110.2 280.57
99Latham & Watkins 888885.085727298.698.6 16.03
1010Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton2323101.4101.4252597.897.8 (3.54)
1111Mayer Brown 181823.223.2161697.297.2 318.90
1212Cravath Swaine & Moore2323138.1138.1111170.970.9 (48.66)
1313Alston & Bird 5510.110.1151552.452.4 416.52
1414Willkie Farr & Gallagher373731.431.4242446.346.3 47.26
1515Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer4747202.4202.4272737.937.9 (81.27)
1616Weil Gotshal & Manges 4949116.5116.5343437.737.7 (67.65)
1717Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison5757120.4120.4242434.134.1 (71.68)
1818O'Melveny & Myers 151511.111.1151534.134.1 206.21
1919Linklaters 4141141.8141.8333326.926.9 (81.07)
2020Goodwin Procter 616142.542.5393925.825.8 (39.30)