Top Law Firms for SPACs issued in US, 2020 to Date

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FY 2022 YTD:

Law FirmValue $(M)% Mkt ShareAvg Size $(M)Deal Count (Total)Buy Side CountBuy Side Value $(M)Sell Side CountSell Side Value $(M)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP10,310.710.03,436.931646.029,664.7
Loeb & Loeb LLP9,934.09.6764.213129,782.71151.3
Clifford Chance LLP9,312.09.09,312.0100.019,312.0
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP9,312.09.09,312.0119,312.000.0
Latham & Watkins LLP6,285.06.11,047.5622,207.044,078.0
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP3,932.03.8983.0421,465.022,467.0
White & Case LLP3,834.03.71,278.0322,511.011,323.0
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz3,437.03.31,145.7322,351.011,086.0
Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP2,500.02.42,500.0100.012,500.0
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C1,835.01.81,835.0100.011,835.0
Covington & Burling LLP1,815.01.81,815.0100.011,815.0
Arent Fox LLP1,706.01.61,706.0111,706.000.0
DLA Piper LLP1,705.01.6852.521205.011,500.0
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati1,705.01.6852.5200.021,705.0
Paul Hastings LLP1,640.01.6820.0210.011,640.0
Harney Westwood & Riegels1,500.01.41,500.0100.011,500.0
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP1,500.01.4750.0211,500.010.0
Greenberg Traurig, LLP1,498.31.4749.2221,498.300.0
Schiff Hardin LLP1,420.01.4710.0211,280.01140.0
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP1,347.01.31,347.0100.011,347.0
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP1,347.01.31,347.0100.011,347.0
Stikeman Elliott LLP1,347.01.31,347.0111,347.000.0
Reed Smith LLP1,323.01.31,323.0100.011,323.0
K&L Gates LLP1,280.01.21,280.0100.011,280.0
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz1,280.01.21,280.0100.011,280.0
Sullivan & Worcester LLP1,280.01.21,280.0111,280.000.0
Woolery & Co.1,280.01.21,280.0111,280.000.0
King & Spalding LLP1,086.01.01,086.0111,086.000.0
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP1,020.01.0510.021672.01348.0
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP1,019.01.01,019.0100.011,019.0
Maples Group894.00.9447.022894.000.0
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP884.00.9884.0100.01884.0
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP818.00.8272.733818.000.0
Harris Beach PLLC696.00.7696.0100.01696.0
Arthur Cox672.00.6672.011672.000.0
Fondia672.00.6672.0100.01672.0
Hannes Snellman672.00.6672.011672.000.0
Matheson and Conyers672.00.6672.0100.01672.0
Perkins Coie LLP672.00.6672.0100.01672.0
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP667.10.6222.433667.100.0
Gross & Co632.00.6632.0100.01632.0
Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal632.00.6632.011632.000.0
Morrison & Foerster LLP632.00.6632.011632.000.0
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.580.00.6580.0100.01580.0
Mayer Brown530.00.5530.0100.01530.0
Jun He Law Offices LLC527.00.5527.0100.01527.0
Goodwin Procter LLP516.00.5516.0100.01516.0
Cooley LLP511.00.5511.0100.01511.0
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP449.00.4449.0100.01449.0
O’Melveny & Myers LLP440.00.4440.0100.01440.0
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp369.00.4369.0100.01369.0
Stinson LLP369.00.4369.0100.01369.0
McDermott Will & Emery LLP348.00.3348.011348.000.0
David Waller, Esq.227.10.2227.1100.01227.1
Donald T. Emmi, Esq.227.10.2227.1100.01227.1
Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS222.00.2222.0100.01222.0
Milbank LLP222.00.2222.0100.01222.0
Allen & Overy LLP0.00.00.0110.000.0
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune0.00.00.0100.010.0
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.0.00.00.0100.010.0
Dorsey & Whitney LLP0.00.00.0100.010.0
Littler Mendelson P.C.0.00.00.0110.000.0
Meister Seelig & Fein LLP0.00.00.0100.010.0
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto0.00.00.0110.000.0
Squire Patton Boggs0.00.00.0110.000.0

FY 2021:

Law FirmValue $(M)% Mkt ShareAvg Size $(M)Deal Count (Total)Buy Side CountBuy Side Value $(M)Sell Side CountSell Side Value $(M)
Kirkland & Ellis132,862.99.32,888.3463079,345.21653,517.7
Latham & Watkins128,409.29.02,293.0561014,534.646113,874.6
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 124,524.08.74,016.9312156,123.01068,401.0
Weil, Gotshal & Manges 105,875.37.46,228.0171162,159.0643,716.3
White & Case65,869.34.62,271.4292050,540.5915,328.8
Ropes & Gray65,431.04.65,948.311859,920.035,511.0
DLA Piper49,295.43.53,286.415639,287.0910,008.4
Goodwin Procter46,814.03.31,872.62577,470.51839,343.5
Davis Polk & Wardwell45,185.33.22,378.219912,796.31032,389.0
Cooley43,545.33.12,073.621311,427.01832,118.3
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr31,555.02.215,777.52231,555.000.0
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati30,415.42.12,172.51400.01430,415.4
Goldfarb Seligman & Co.25,928.01.84,321.36414,328.0211,600.0
Sullivan & Cromwell23,933.01.73,419.0737,250.0416,683.0
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, 23,395.61.62,924.58417,700.045,695.6
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 20,614.01.42,290.49514,851.045,763.0
Hannes Snellman20,000.01.420,000.01120,000.000.0
Greenberg Traurig, 18,680.01.32,075.69716,730.021,950.0
Vinson & Elkins17,854.01.31,623.1111015,798.012,056.0
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett17,352.01.22,892.06414,299.023,053.0
Winston & Strawn16,688.01.21,192.014912,683.054,005.0
Meitar | Law Offices14,155.01.02,831.0500.0514,155.0
Loeb & Loeb14,061.81.0878.9161513,761.81300.0
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole13,757.71.0982.7141311,657.712,100.0
Shearman & Sterling13,017.00.94,339.0300.0313,017.0
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft 12,628.00.94,209.33312,628.000.0
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 12,349.10.91,372.1967,852.134,497.0
Sidley Austin10,489.00.72,097.8523,228.037,261.0
Fenwick & West10,353.00.72,070.6500.0510,353.0
Loyens & Loeff N.V.9,999.00.74,999.5218,522.011,477.0
Baker & McKenzie9,332.00.74,666.0216,732.012,600.0
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe9,264.00.71,852.851757.048,507.0
Hughes Hubbard & Reed9,140.00.61,828.0559,140.000.0
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer8,099.00.64,049.5200.028,099.0
King & Spalding7,092.00.52,364.0323,192.013,900.0
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz6,600.00.56,600.0100.016,600.0
Herzog, Fox & Neeman6,454.00.53,227.0211,811.014,643.0
Paul Hastings6,165.00.4880.7743,912.032,253.0
O'Melveny & Myers6,125.00.41,531.3400.046,125.0
Willkie Farr & Gallagher5,924.10.41,481.041615.035,309.1
Reed Smith5,812.00.4968.7621,198.044,614.0
Blank Rome5,776.80.42,888.4225,776.800.0
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, 5,443.80.41,088.851419.045,024.8
Walkers5,116.00.41,705.3321,493.013,623.0
Milbank5,014.00.41,671.3322,414.012,600.0
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld5,000.00.42,500.0213,425.011,575.0
CMS4,999.00.42,499.5214,643.01356.0
Steptoe & Johnson4,984.00.34,984.0100.014,984.0
Saiber4,643.00.34,643.0100.014,643.0
Wiggin4,643.00.34,643.0100.014,643.0
Husch Blackwell4,545.00.34,545.0114,545.000.0
Ogier4,481.00.32,240.5224,481.000.0
Covington & Burling4,400.00.32,200.0213,300.011,100.0
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 4,350.00.32,175.0200.024,350.0
Travers Thorp Alberga4,081.00.34,081.0100.014,081.0
Troutman Pepper3,652.10.31,217.4300.033,652.1
Allen & Overy3,623.00.33,623.0100.013,623.0
Stikeman Elliott3,499.00.21,749.5223,499.000.0
Chiomenti3,171.00.23,171.0113,171.000.0
Zemah Schneider & Partners3,100.00.23,100.0100.013,100.0
Mattos Filho3,065.00.21,532.5223,065.000.0
Graubard Miller2,982.30.2994.1332,982.300.0
Cozen O’Connor C.P.2,934.00.22,934.0100.012,934.0
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer2,891.00.21,445.521800.012,091.0
Duff & Phelps, 2,700.00.22,700.0100.012,700.0
NautaDutilh2,650.00.22,650.0100.012,650.0
Okada Manila Schulte Roth & Zabel2,600.00.22,600.0112,600.000.0
Venable, 2,538.00.21,269.0211,230.011,308.0
Foley Hoag2,427.00.21,213.5200.022,427.0
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin2,400.00.22,400.0100.012,400.0
Linklaters2,400.00.21,200.0222,400.000.0
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton2,376.00.21,188.0222,376.000.0
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 2,365.00.21,182.521615.011,750.0
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman2,363.00.21,181.5200.022,363.0
Bennett Jones2,231.00.22,231.0112,231.000.0
Mayer Brown2,056.00.12,056.0112,056.000.0
Schiff Hardin2,000.00.12,000.0112,000.000.0
Stoel Rives1,900.00.11,900.0100.011,900.0
Taylor Wessing & Wilson Sonsini1,851.00.11,851.0100.011,851.0
Clifford Chance1,757.00.1878.5211,404.01353.0
Potter Anderson & Corroon1,623.00.11,623.0111,623.000.0
K&L Gates1,605.00.1802.521897.01708.0
McDermott Will & Emery1,600.00.1800.021300.011,300.0
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian1,543.80.1771.9200.021,543.8
BraunHagey & Borden1,530.00.11,530.0111,530.000.0
Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira.1,477.00.11,477.0111,477.000.0
Houthoff1,477.00.11,477.0111,477.000.0
Dentons US1,441.80.1480.6331,441.800.0
Corrs Chambers Westgarth1,404.00.11,404.0100.011,404.0
Ernst & Young1,404.00.11,404.0100.011,404.0
Rajah & Tann Singapore1,350.00.11,350.0111,350.000.0
Hunton Andrews Kurth1,274.00.11,274.0100.011,274.0
Becker & Poliakoff, 1,170.50.1390.2331,170.500.0
Cravath, Swaine & Moore 1,133.00.11,133.0100.011,133.0
Slaughter and May and Maples1,133.00.11,133.0100.011,133.0
Gornitzky & Co1,100.50.11,100.5111,100.500.0
FWMK Law Offices1,100.00.11,100.0100.011,100.0
McCarthy Tétrault1,099.00.11,099.0100.011,099.0
Seward & Kissel1,087.00.11,087.0100.011,087.0
McCarter & English, 1,054.00.11,054.0100.011,054.0
Buchalter, 1,001.00.11,001.0100.011,001.0
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel964.00.1964.011964.000.0
Hogan Lovells US897.00.1897.0100.01897.0
Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman850.00.1850.0100.01850.0
Katten Muchin Rosenman842.00.1842.011842.000.0
Polsinelli PC842.00.1842.011842.000.0
Dorsey & Whitney822.00.1822.0100.01822.0
Woolery & Co.816.80.1816.811816.800.0
Gennari Aronson, 777.00.1777.011777.000.0
Morrison & Foerster777.00.1777.0100.01777.0
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough775.00.1775.011775.000.0
Maples Group716.00.1358.021356.01360.0
Pinheiro Neto Advogados693.00.0693.0100.01693.0
FBC & Co650.00.0650.011650.000.0
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC639.20.0639.2100.01639.2
Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li578.00.0578.0100.01578.0
Dechert555.00.0555.0100.01555.0
Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS529.00.0529.0100.01529.0
Wiersholm AS529.00.0529.011529.000.0
Jones Day507.10.0507.1100.01507.1
KPPB Law507.10.0507.1100.01507.1
Maples and Calder400.00.0400.0100.01400.0
Kellerhals Carrard Basel KIG360.00.0360.011360.000.0
Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law360.00.0360.0100.01360.0
Alston & Bird356.00.0356.0100.01356.0
Arthur Cox356.00.0356.011356.000.0
Pérez-Llorca353.00.0353.011353.000.0
Stribbe353.00.0353.011353.000.0
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth325.00.0325.0100.01325.0
Ortoli Rosenstadt320.50.0320.5100.01320.5
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff 300.00.0300.0100.01300.0
Cohen Tauber Spievack & Wagner300.00.0300.0100.01300.0
Proskauer Rose267.50.0267.511267.500.0
Norton Rose Fulbright220.00.0220.0100.01220.0
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin210.00.0210.011210.000.0
Foley & Lardner170.00.0170.0100.01170.0
Fox Rothschild127.70.0127.7100.01127.7
J.P. Galda & Co127.70.0127.7100.01127.7

FY 2020:

Law FirmValue $(M)% Mkt ShareAvg Size $(M)Deal Count (Total)Buy Side CountBuy Side Value ($M)Sell Side CountSell Side Value $(M)
Gornitzky & Co2,000.00.52,000.0112,000.000.0
S. Friedman & Co.2,000.00.52,000.0100.012,000.0
Ropes & Gray LLP1,815.30.5907.7211,457.31358.0
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP1,800.00.51,800.0111,800.000.0
Stikeman Elliott LLP1,710.90.4855.521205.911,505.0
Cozen O'Connor1,561.00.41,561.0111,561.000.0
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP1,505.00.41,505.0111,505.000.0
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP1,500.00.41,500.0100.011,500.0
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP1,459.50.4729.821829.01630.5
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP1,398.00.41,398.0111,398.000.0
Jones Day1,239.30.3619.7200.021,239.3
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz1,140.00.31,140.0111,140.000.0
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP1,122.00.3561.021982.01140.0
Morrison & Foerster LLP1,087.00.31,087.0111,087.000.0
Goldfarb Seligman & Co.1,033.00.31,033.0111,033.000.0
Meitar | Law Offices1,033.00.31,033.0100.011,033.0
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP1,032.90.3516.5200.021,032.9
Paul Hastings LLP993.00.3993.0100.01993.0
Littler Mendelson982.00.3982.011982.000.0
Rodriguez Wright982.00.3982.0100.01982.0
BakerHostetler965.00.3965.011965.000.0
Ledgewood, PC956.00.2956.011956.000.0
Haynes and Boone LLP745.00.2745.0100.01745.0
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP692.00.2692.011692.000.0
McDermott Will & Emery LLP692.00.2692.0100.01692.0
Polsinelli PC692.00.2692.011692.000.0
King & Spalding LLP650.60.2650.6100.01650.6
Dechert LLP630.50.2630.511630.500.0
Blank Rome LLP549.70.1549.711549.700.0
Morrison Cohen LLP548.00.1548.0100.01548.0
Stoel Rives LLP542.50.1542.5100.01542.5
Kane Kessler PC525.00.1525.0100.01525.0
Mayer Brown LLP525.00.1525.011525.000.0
Proskauer Rose LLP450.00.1450.0100.01450.0
Ogier414.10.1138.033414.100.0
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP331.10.1331.1100.01331.1
Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP331.10.1331.111331.100.0
Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC328.30.1164.222328.300.0
CMS314.80.1314.8100.01314.8
Posse Herrera Ruiz205.90.1205.911205.900.0
Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP143.00.0143.0100.01143.0
Duane Morris LLP140.00.0140.0100.01140.0
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP140.00.0140.0100.01140.0
Feinberg Hanson96.70.096.7100.0196.7
Lowenstein Sandler LLP85.80.085.8100.0185.8
Addleshaw Goddard LLP28.30.028.31128.300.0
Pinsent Masons LLP28.30.028.3100.0128.3
Kirkland & Ellis LLP52,165.313.62,745.5191129,590.8822,574.5
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP44,035.011.56,290.77428,996.0315,039.0
Greenberg Traurig, LLP33,434.98.73,715.0958,794.9424,640.0
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP26,721.07.03,817.37312,415.0414,306.0
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP26,668.07.03,809.7739,789.0416,879.0
Latham & Watkins LLP22,516.05.92,251.61022,731.0819,785.0
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP17,863.14.73,572.65417,338.01525.1
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP12,702.03.312,702.0100.0112,702.0
White & Case LLP10,873.62.81,208.29910,873.600.0
Cooley LLP9,101.72.41,300.2700.079,101.7
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP7,640.82.0955.1877,340.81300.0
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP7,168.61.92,389.5300.037,168.6
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP7,159.01.91,789.8400.047,159.0
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP7,075.01.82,358.3337,075.000.0
DLA Piper LLP6,024.61.61,004.1644,332.621,692.0
Goodwin Procter LLP5,866.81.51,466.7400.045,866.8
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP5,392.01.45,392.0115,392.000.0
Graubard Miller4,473.81.2745.6654,341.81132.0
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati4,157.31.11,385.831829.023,328.3
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.3,906.01.01,953.0212,401.011,505.0
Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP3,577.00.91,788.5223,577.000.0
Sidley Austin LLP3,408.00.91,136.0311,841.021,567.0
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP3,324.00.91,662.0200.023,324.0
Loeb & Loeb LLP3,038.80.8434.1762,056.81982.0
Husch Blackwell LLP2,855.90.71,428.0211,505.011,350.9
Winston & Strawn LLP2,657.00.72,657.0100.012,657.0
Niederer Kraft Frey2,600.00.72,600.0100.012,600.0
Foley & Lardner LLP2,596.00.71,298.0200.022,596.0
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP2,570.00.72,570.0100.012,570.0
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.2,544.30.71,272.2200.022,544.3
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