March 5, 2012
Latham & Watkins’ Global Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice Group advised on more than 320 announced deals totaling more than US $265 billion in deal value finishing 2011 with a number of Top 5 rankings according to Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and mergermarket. The strength of our mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice across our client’s industries in 2011 is reflected in our Top 5 rankings both globally and in the US by deal value and number of deals in:
- Aerospace
- Cleantech
- Financial
- IT
- Life Sciences
- Metals and Mining
- Oil and Gas
- Retail and Telecommunications.
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Global – #5 by deal value and #2 by number of deals
- Global Mid-Market – #1 by deal value
- US – #5 by deal value and #2 by number of deals
- Europe – #4 by deal value
- BRIC – #3 by deal value
- Middle East & North Africa – #5 by deal value
Private Equity
- Global – #4 by deal value and #3 by number of deals
- Global Mid-Market – #1 by deal value
- US – #3 by deal value and #3 by number of deals
- European PE Buyouts – #5 by deal value