Public Mergers & Acquisitions (US & Non-US Targets) Deal Point Data rankings include mergers & acquisitions with a US or non-us public target and at least one SEC filer participant. Top Target and Acquirer M&A Law Firm Advisers Created: 10/Aug/2016 www.dealpointdata.com/ranking Search Criteria Target industry: Financial Services Rank 2015 Rank Equity Value $m Equity Value $m Equity Value % Change Deal Count Deal Count 2014 Law Firm 2015 2014 2014 to 2015 2015 2014 1 7 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 62,783 5,166 1115 9 5 2 - Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 61,165 - - 4 0 3 27 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 48,512 462 10400 4 2 4 22 White & Case LLP 47,192 1,071 4306 1 2 5 2 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 41,346 13,117 215 11 10 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & 6 - Jacobson LLP 34,466 - - 1 0 6 - Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP 34,466 - - 1 0 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & 8 3 Flom LLP 29,334 6,045 385 9 3 9 - Lenz & Staehelin 28,519 - - 1 0 10 17 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP 26,141 2,045 1178 8 1 11 9 Latham & Watkins LLP 21,203 3,374 528 4 1 12 13 Sidley Austin 19,472 2,485 684 4 2 13 5 Baker & McKenzie LLP 17,615 5,519 219 2 1 14 8 Venable LLP 16,070 4,493 258 4 3 15 - Kirkland & Ellis LLP 14,770 - - 2 0 16 66 Goodwin Procter LLP 14,559 111 13016 1 1 17 - Appleby 13,643 - - 2 0 18 - Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP 12,761 - - 1 0 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & 19 9 Garrison LLP 8,334 3,374 147 2 1 20 20 Hogan Lovells 7,970 1,239 543 5 1 21 - Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7,514 - - 2 0 22 1 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 7,465 14,105-47 1 8 23 - Pedersoli e Associati 6,881 - - 1 0 23 - Cox Hallett Wilkinson Limited 6,881 - - 1 0 25 - Conyers Dill & Pearman 6,762 - - 1 0 26 - Hunton & Williams LLP 5,991 - - 3 0
27 23 Morrison & Foerster, LLP 5,255 956 450 4 2 28 - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP 5,170 - - 1 0 29 4 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 5,072 5,719-11 2 2 30 - Stoel Rives LLP 4,854 - - 1 0 31 30 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 4,357 366 1090 1 1 32 - Slaughter and May 3,912 - - 1 0 33 - Walkers 2,785 - - 2 0 33 - Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 2,785 - - 2 0 33 - Maples and Calder 2,785 - - 2 0 36 - Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 2,109 - - 2 0 37 - O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1,816 - - 1 0 38 - Jones Day 1,659 - - 1 0 39 - Clifford Chance LLP 1,453 - - 1 0 40 18 Proskauer Rose LLP 1,066 1,918-44 1 1 40 - Blank Rome LLP 1,066 - - 1 0 Nelson Mullins Riley & 42 43 Scarborough LLP 1,040 249 318 2 1 43 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 25 LLP 810 525 54 4 3 44 - Sive, Paget & Riesel P.C. 803 - - 1 0 44 72 Holland & Hart LLP 803 70 1047 1 1 Baker, Donelson, Bearman, 44 - Caldwell & Berkowitz 803 - - 1 0 44 - Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC 803 - - 1 0 48 - Troutman Sanders LLP 521 - - 4 0 Luse, Gorman, Pomerenk & 49 24 Schick, P.C. 482 650-26 3 5 50 47 Kutak Rock LLP 468 228 105 2 1 51 - Mette, Evans & Woodside 463 - - 1 0 51 46 Reed Smith LLP 463 231 100 1 2 53 28 DLA Piper LLP (US) 455 433 5 1 1 Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, 54 - Humphrey and Leonard LLP 445 - - 1 0 55 - Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 415 - - 1 0 56 - Shutts & Bowen LLP 403 - - 1 0 57 60 Arnold & Porter LLP 350 126 178 1 1 58 14 Bryan Cave LLP 301 2,052-85 2 1 LeClairRyan, A Professional 58 41 Corporation 301 272 11 2 1
60 65 Smith Mackinnon 287 119 141 2 1 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum 61 - & Nagelberg LLP 282 - - 2 0 62 30 Pepper Hamilton LLP 269 366-27 1 1 63 - Stevens & Lee, P.C. 236 - - 1 0 64 71 Williams Mullen 219 99 121 1 1 65 - Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 211 - - 1 0 66 21 Day Pitney LLP 191 1,103-83 1 4 67 - Dechert LLP 176 - - 1 0 Silver, Freedman, Taff & Tiernan, 68 29 L.L.P. 161 394-59 2 2 69 - Barnes & Thornburg LLP 160 - - 2 0 Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and 70 34 Rice, LLP 157 348-55 1 2 71 - Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP 156 - - 2 0 Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren 72 - s.c. 144 - - 1 0 73 - Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. 141 - - 1 0 74 - Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC 140 - - 1 0 75 - Briggs and Morgan P.A. 139 - - 1 0 75 - Nyemaster Goode, P.C. 139 - - 1 0 77 52 Krieg DeVault LLP 106 168-37 1 1 78 - Rogers & Hardin LLP 96 - - 1 0 79 - Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. 95 - - 1 0 79 - Dorsey & Whitney LLP 95 - - 1 0 Sheppard Mullin Richter & 79 - Hampton LLP 95 - - 1 0 82 - Covington & Burling LLP 91 - - 1 0 83 - Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP 90 - - 2 0 84 9 McGuireWoods LLP 82 3,374-98 1 1 85 - Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney 77 - - 1 0 86 42 Phelps Dunbar LLP 70 253-72 1 1 Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton 87 - LLP 65 - - 1 0 88 - Buchalter Nemer 49 - - 1 0 89 - Ward and Smith, PA 48 - - 1 0 Horgan, Rosen, Beckham & 90 - Coren LLP 41 - - 1 0 91 - Graubard Miller 40 - - 1 0 91 19 Alston & Bird, LLP 40 1,798-98 1 3 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Astoria Financial Corporation/New York Community Bancorp, Inc. $1,982m BBCN Bancorp, Inc./Hanmi Financial Corporation $1,589m Catamaran Corporation/UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $12,761m City National Corporation/Royal Bank of Canada $5,170m First Niagara Financial Group, Inc./KeyCorp $4,045m HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc./Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. $7,465m Metro Bancorp, Inc./F.N.B. Corporation $463m Square 1 Financial, Inc./PacWest Bancorp $789m The Chubb Corporation/ACE Limited $28,519m Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Cigna Corporation/Anthem, Inc. $47,192m Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd./Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. $1,755m Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc./Weyerhaeuser Company $8,444m Symetra Financial Corporation/Sumitomo Life Insurance Company $3,774m Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP C1 Financial, Inc./Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. $403m Humana Inc./Aetna Inc. $34,466m PartnerRe Ltd./AXIS Capital Holdings Limited $6,762m PartnerRe Ltd./Exor SpA $6,881m White & Case LLP Cigna Corporation/Anthem, Inc. $47,192m Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Astoria Financial Corporation/New York Community Bancorp, Inc. $1,982m City National Corporation/Royal Bank of Canada $5,170m CommunityOne Bancorp/Capital Bank Financial Corp. $350m Gramercy Property Trust Inc./Chambers Street Properties $1,453m MCG Capital Corporation/HC2 Holdings, Inc. $196m MCG Capital Corporation/PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. $176m National Penn Bancshares, Inc./BB&T Corporation $1,816m NewBridge Bancorp/Yadkin Financial Corporation $445m Square 1 Financial, Inc./PacWest Bancorp $789m The Chubb Corporation/ACE Limited $28,519m TICC Capital Corp./TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. $450m Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Humana Inc./Aetna Inc. $34,466m Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Humana Inc./Aetna Inc. $34,466m
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Catlin Group Limited/XL Group Public Limited Company $3,912m Fidelity & Guaranty Life/Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd. $1,575m Health Net, Inc./Centene Corporation $6,061m Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,296m Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,489m Home Properties, Inc./Lone Star Funds $4,357m Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd./Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. $1,755m NewBridge Bancorp/Yadkin Financial Corporation $445m Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc./Weyerhaeuser Company $8,444m Lenz & Staehelin The Chubb Corporation/ACE Limited $28,519m Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP BioMed Realty Trust, Inc./The Blackstone Group L.P. $4,835m Excel Trust, Inc./The Blackstone Group L.P. $1,006m Fidelity & Guaranty Life/Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd. $1,575m First Niagara Financial Group, Inc./KeyCorp $4,045m PartnerRe Ltd./AXIS Capital Holdings Limited $6,762m Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc./The Blackstone Group L.P. $3,926m Symetra Financial Corporation/Sumitomo Life Insurance Company $3,774m The Phoenix Companies, Inc./Nassau Reinsurance Group Holdings L.P. $218m Latham & Watkins LLP BioMed Realty Trust, Inc./The Blackstone Group L.P. $4,835m Excel Trust, Inc./The Blackstone Group L.P. $1,006m SmartStop Self Storage, Inc./Extra Space Storage Inc. $803m The Macerich Company/Simon Property Group, Inc. $14,559m Sidley Austin Catamaran Corporation/UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $12,761m Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,296m Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,489m Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc./The Blackstone Group L.P. $3,926m Baker & McKenzie LLP Catamaran Corporation/UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $12,761m StanCorp Financial Group, Inc./Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company $4,854m Venable LLP Inland Real Estate Corporation/DRA Advisors LLC $1,066m
MCG Capital Corporation/PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. $176m The Macerich Company/Simon Property Group, Inc. $14,559m Trade Street Residential, Inc./Independence Realty Trust, Inc. $269m Kirkland & Ellis LLP Landmark Apartment Trust, Inc./Investment Group $211m The Macerich Company/Simon Property Group, Inc. $14,559m Goodwin Procter LLP The Macerich Company/Simon Property Group, Inc. $14,559m Appleby PartnerRe Ltd./AXIS Capital Holdings Limited $6,762m PartnerRe Ltd./Exor SpA $6,881m Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Catamaran Corporation/UnitedHealth Group Incorporated $12,761m Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Gramercy Property Trust Inc./Chambers Street Properties $1,453m PartnerRe Ltd./Exor SpA $6,881m Hogan Lovells American Residential Properties, Inc./American Homes 4 Rent $612m Bridge Capital Holdings/Western Alliance Bancorporation $415m Home Properties, Inc./Lone Star Funds $4,357m Industrial Income Trust Inc./Global Logistic Properties Limited $2,375m Landmark Apartment Trust, Inc./Investment Group $211m Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Gramercy Property Trust Inc./Chambers Street Properties $1,453m Health Net, Inc./Centene Corporation $6,061m Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc./Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. $7,465m Pedersoli e Associati PartnerRe Ltd./Exor SpA $6,881m Cox Hallett Wilkinson Limited PartnerRe Ltd./Exor SpA $6,881m Conyers Dill & Pearman
PartnerRe Ltd./AXIS Capital Holdings Limited $6,762m Hunton & Williams LLP American Residential Properties, Inc./American Homes 4 Rent $612m Home Properties, Inc./Lone Star Funds $4,357m Wilshire Bancorp, Inc./BBCN Bancorp, Inc. $1,022m Morrison & Foerster, LLP BBCN Bancorp, Inc./Hanmi Financial Corporation $1,589m Industrial Income Trust Inc./Global Logistic Properties Limited $2,375m Trade Street Residential, Inc./Independence Realty Trust, Inc. $269m Wilshire Bancorp, Inc./BBCN Bancorp, Inc. $1,022m Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP City National Corporation/Royal Bank of Canada $5,170m Debevoise & Plimpton LLP StanCorp Financial Group, Inc./Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company $4,854m The Phoenix Companies, Inc./Nassau Reinsurance Group Holdings L.P. $218m Stoel Rives LLP StanCorp Financial Group, Inc./Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company $4,854m Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Home Properties, Inc./Lone Star Funds $4,357m Slaughter and May Catlin Group Limited/XL Group Public Limited Company $3,912m Walkers Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,296m Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,489m Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,296m Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,489m Maples and Calder Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,296m Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd./New Residential Investment Corp. $1,489m Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Associated Estates Realty Corporation/Brookfield Asset Management Inc. $1,659m
TICC Capital Corp./TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. $450m O'Melveny & Myers LLP National Penn Bancshares, Inc./BB&T Corporation $1,816m Jones Day Associated Estates Realty Corporation/Brookfield Asset Management Inc. $1,659m Clifford Chance LLP Gramercy Property Trust Inc./Chambers Street Properties $1,453m Proskauer Rose LLP Inland Real Estate Corporation/DRA Advisors LLC $1,066m Blank Rome LLP Inland Real Estate Corporation/DRA Advisors LLC $1,066m Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Palmetto Bancshares, Inc./United Community Banks, Inc. $237m SmartStop Self Storage, Inc./Extra Space Storage Inc. $803m Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Ameriana Bancorp/First Merchants Corporation $69m Campus Crest Communities, Inc./Harrison Street Real Estate Capital $455m Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation/Liberty Bank $77m Pulaski Financial Corp./First Busey Corporation $209m Sive, Paget & Riesel P.C. SmartStop Self Storage, Inc./Extra Space Storage Inc. $803m Holland & Hart LLP SmartStop Self Storage, Inc./Extra Space Storage Inc. $803m Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz SmartStop Self Storage, Inc./Extra Space Storage Inc. $803m Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC SmartStop Self Storage, Inc./Extra Space Storage Inc. $803m Troutman Sanders LLP Heritage Bankshares, Inc./Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc. $48m High Point Bank Corporation/BNC Bancorp $141m Palmetto Bancshares, Inc./United Community Banks, Inc. $237m
Southcoast Financial Corporation/BNC Bancorp $95m Luse, Gorman, Pomerenk & Schick, P.C. Cheviot Financial Corp./MainSource Financial Group, Inc. $106m Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc./Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania $236m Oneida Financial Corp./Community Bank System, Inc. $140m Kutak Rock LLP Bank of the Carolinas Corporation/Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. $65m C1 Financial, Inc./Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. $403m Mette, Evans & Woodside Metro Bancorp, Inc./F.N.B. Corporation $463m Reed Smith LLP Metro Bancorp, Inc./F.N.B. Corporation $463m DLA Piper LLP (US) Campus Crest Communities, Inc./Harrison Street Real Estate Capital $455m Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey and Leonard LLP NewBridge Bancorp/Yadkin Financial Corporation $445m Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Bridge Capital Holdings/Western Alliance Bancorporation $415m Shutts & Bowen LLP C1 Financial, Inc./Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. $403m Arnold & Porter LLP CommunityOne Bancorp/Capital Bank Financial Corp. $350m Bryan Cave LLP Baylake Corp./Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. $144m First Security Group, Inc./Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. $157m LeClairRyan, A Professional Corporation First Capital Bancorp, Inc./Park Sterling Corporation $82m Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc./TowneBank $219m Smith Mackinnon CNLBancshares, Inc./Valley National Bancorp $191m Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc./Ameris Bancorp $96m
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP Peoples Bancorp/Horizon Bancorp $73m Pulaski Financial Corp./First Busey Corporation $209m Pepper Hamilton LLP Trade Street Residential, Inc./Independence Realty Trust, Inc. $269m Stevens & Lee, P.C. Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc./Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania $236m Williams Mullen Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc./TowneBank $219m Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. Landmark Apartment Trust, Inc./Investment Group $211m Day Pitney LLP CNLBancshares, Inc./Valley National Bancorp $191m Dechert LLP MCG Capital Corporation/PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. $176m Silver, Freedman, Taff & Tiernan, L.L.P. Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania/WSFS Financial Corporation $91m Louisiana Bancorp, Inc./Home Bancorp, Inc. $70m Barnes & Thornburg LLP Peoples Bancorp/Horizon Bancorp $73m River Valley Bancorp/German American Bancorp, Inc. $87m Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice, LLP First Security Group, Inc./Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. $157m Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP Ameriana Bancorp/First Merchants Corporation $69m River Valley Bancorp/German American Bancorp, Inc. $87m Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Baylake Corp./Nicolet Bankshares, Inc. $144m Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. High Point Bank Corporation/BNC Bancorp $141m
Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC Oneida Financial Corp./Community Bank System, Inc. $140m Briggs and Morgan P.A. HF Financial Corp./Great Western Bancorp, Inc. $139m Nyemaster Goode, P.C. HF Financial Corp./Great Western Bancorp, Inc. $139m Krieg DeVault LLP Cheviot Financial Corp./MainSource Financial Group, Inc. $106m Rogers & Hardin LLP Jacksonville Bancorp, Inc./Ameris Bancorp $96m Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Southcoast Financial Corporation/BNC Bancorp $95m Dorsey & Whitney LLP Premier Valley Bank/Heartland Financial USA, Inc. $95m Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP Premier Valley Bank/Heartland Financial USA, Inc. $95m Covington & Burling LLP Alliance Bancorp, Inc. of Pennsylvania/WSFS Financial Corporation $91m Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP County Commerce Bank/CVB Financial Corp. $41m Focus Business Bank/Heritage Commerce Corp $49m McGuireWoods LLP First Capital Bancorp, Inc./Park Sterling Corporation $82m Cranmore, FitzGerald & Meaney Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation/Liberty Bank $77m Phelps Dunbar LLP Louisiana Bancorp, Inc./Home Bancorp, Inc. $70m Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP Bank of the Carolinas Corporation/Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. $65m
Buchalter Nemer Focus Business Bank/Heritage Commerce Corp $49m Ward and Smith, PA Heritage Bankshares, Inc./Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc. $48m Horgan, Rosen, Beckham & Coren LLP County Commerce Bank/CVB Financial Corp. $41m Graubard Miller National Holdings Corporation/CB Pharma Acquisition Corp. $40m Alston & Bird, LLP National Holdings Corporation/CB Pharma Acquisition Corp. $40m