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1Q09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
27,500,000,000
2
31.10%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
15,261,896,555
12
17.30%
3
White & Case LLP
14,175,000,000
3
16.00%
4
Mayer Brown LLP
8,865,000,000
3
10.00%
5
Shearman & Sterling LLP
6,220,000,000
5
7.00%
6
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
5,022,927,231
6
5.70%
7
McGuireWoods LLP
2,477,500,000
5
2.80%
8
Sidley Austin LLP
1,011,012,000
6
1.10%
9
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
849,000,000
6
1.00%
10
Bryan Cave LLP
729,579,819
1
0.80%
11
Vinson & Elkins LLP
640,000,000
3
0.70%
12
Haynes & Boone LLP
559,000,000
3
0.60%
13
Davis Polk & Wardwell
535,000,000
1
0.60%
14
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
515,000,000
2
0.60%
15
Winston & Strawn
405,000,000
4
0.50%
16
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
359,400,000
4
0.40%
17
Bingham McCutchen LLP
300,000,000
2
0.30%
18
Hunton & Williams LLP
229,250,000
1
0.30%
19
Kaye Scholer LLP
225,000,000
1
0.30%
20
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
220,000,000
1
0.20%
1Q09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
30,540,000,000
2
54.40%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
14,000,000,000
3
25.00%
3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
1,850,000,000
4
3.30%
4
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
1,075,000,000
1
1.90%
5
Kutak Rock LLP
1,000,000,000
1
1.80%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
830,000,000
4
1.50%
7
Sidley Austin LLP
779,579,819
2
1.40%
8
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP
700,000,000
1
1.20%
9
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
535,000,000
1
1.00%
10
Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs LLP
525,000,000
1
0.90%
11
Vinson & Elkins LLP
515,000,000
3
0.90%
12
Mayer Brown LLP
510,000,000
2
0.90%
13
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
425,000,000
2
0.80%
14
Bryan Cave LLP
380,000,000
1
0.70%
15
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
270,000,000
2
0.50%
16
Chapman & Cutler LLP
225,000,000
1
0.40%
16
Maples & Calder
225,000,000
1
0.40%
18
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
215,700,000
2
0.40%
19
Winston & Strawn
209,878,944
1
0.40%
20
Bingham McCutchen LLP
165,000,000
1
0.30%
2008 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
54,954,120,000
53
11.30%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
54,295,000,000
41
11.10%
3
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
46,542,141,030
36
9.60%
4
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
37,875,494,667
26
7.80%
5
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
31,366,711,673
30
6.40%
6
Vinson & Elkins LLP
26,753,250,000
59
5.50%
7
Latham & Watkins LLP
17,733,024,757
46
3.60%
8
Haynes & Boone LLP
16,491,900,000
41
3.40%
9
White & Case LLP
15,537,607,644
9
3.20%
10
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
15,535,800,000
71
3.20%
11
Winston & Strawn
15,366,322,078
46
3.20%
12
Sidley Austin LLP
14,411,000,000
50
3.00%
13
King & Spalding LLP
13,988,447,841
37
2.90%
14
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
13,370,400,000
30
2.70%
15
McGuireWoods LLP
12,165,480,320
36
2.50%
16
Thompson & Knight LLP
11,649,700,000
20
2.40%
17
Davis Polk & Wardwell
10,962,000,000
9
2.30%
18
Blake Cassels & Graydon
9,810,000,000
1
2.00%
19
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
8,468,864,000
14
1.70%
20
Mayer Brown LLP
4,607,800,000
22
0.90%
2008 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
33,881,900,000
15
9.30%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
29,909,500,000
23
8.20%
3
Ropes and Gray LLP
23,122,149,443
19
6.40%
4
Vinson & Elkins LLP
17,601,000,000
37
4.80%
5
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
15,908,581,030
32
4.40%
6
Mayer Brown LLP
14,858,000,000
10
4.10%
7
Davis Polk & Wardwell
14,191,500,000
10
3.90%
8
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
14,054,466,667
20
3.90%
9
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
13,500,000,000
5
3.70%
10
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
12,295,000,000
28
3.40%
11
Baker Botts LLP
11,505,000,000
23
3.20%
12
Lang Michener LLP
9,810,000,000
1
2.70%
13
Jones Day
8,384,000,000
20
2.30%
14
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
7,083,724,757
11
2.00%
15
King & Spalding LLP
6,770,000,000
6
1.90%
16
Haynes & Boone LLP
6,375,000,000
8
1.80%
17
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
5,943,000,000
14
1.60%
18
Latham & Watkins LLP
5,941,876,000
19
1.60%
19
Hunton & Williams LLP
5,080,000,000
1
1.40%
20
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
5,000,000,000
1
1.40%
1Q-3Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
47,603,135,000
42
12.20%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
40,777,000,000
25
10.40%
3
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
37,896,141,030
32
9.70%
4
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
35,815,828,000
24
9.10%
5
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
25,336,711,673
27
6.50%
6
Vinson & Elkins LLP
22,680,500,000
47
5.80%
7
Haynes & Boone LLP
14,823,100,000
33
3.80%
8
White & Case LLP
14,095,000,000
5
3.60%
9
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
13,131,300,000
60
3.40%
10
Sidley Austin LLP
11,948,000,000
37
3.10%
11
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
11,945,400,000
23
3.10%
12
McGuireWoods LLP
10,996,102,877
29
2.80%
13
Davis Polk & Wardwell
10,762,000,000
8
2.70%
14
Latham & Watkins LLP
10,519,300,000
38
2.70%
15
Thompson & Knight LLP
9,771,700,000
17
2.50%
16
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
8,468,864,000
14
2.20%
17
Winston & Strawn
8,441,322,078
33
2.20%
18
King & Spalding LLP
8,273,547,841
33
2.10%
19
Hunton & Williams LLP
3,621,570,000
9
0.90%
20
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
3,092,500,000
7
0.80%
1Q-3Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
29,012,500,000
12
10.00%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
21,387,500,000
18
7.40%
3
Ropes and Gray LLP
18,318,452,000
10
6.30%
4
Mayer Brown LLP
13,933,000,000
7
4.80%
5
Davis Polk & Wardwell
13,691,500,000
10
4.70%
6
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
13,100,000,000
4
4.50%
7
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
13,064,481,030
23
4.50%
8
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
12,717,800,000
18
4.40%
9
Vinson & Elkins LLP
12,330,000,000
27
4.20%
10
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
9,650,000,000
22
3.30%
11
Baker Botts LLP
8,357,500,000
15
2.90%
12
Jones Day
7,806,000,000
15
2.70%
13
Latham & Watkins LLP
7,715,876,000
17
2.70%
14
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
6,795,000,000
9
2.30%
15
Haynes & Boone LLP
5,775,000,000
6
2.00%
16
King & Spalding LLP
5,620,000,000
5
1.90%
17
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
5,618,000,000
12
1.90%
18
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
5,000,000,000
1
1.70%
19
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
4,215,000,000
7
1.50%
20
Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC
3,500,000,000
3
1.20%
1H08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
32,220,635,000
34
13.50%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
23,215,000,000
20
9.70%
3
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
22,684,500,000
20
9.50%
4
Vinson & Elkins LLP
17,107,500,000
33
7.20%
5
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
15,285,308,057
17
6.40%
6
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
14,434,000,000
13
6.10%
7
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
11,155,400,000
21
4.70%
8
Haynes & Boone LLP
10,419,300,000
20
4.40%
9
Davis Polk & Wardwell
9,662,000,000
7
4.10%
10
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
8,662,100,000
40
3.60%
11
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
8,343,864,000
13
3.50%
12
Thompson & Knight LLP
8,025,000,000
11
3.40%
13
Winston & Strawn
6,336,450,000
25
2.70%
14
King & Spalding LLP
5,589,237,713
25
2.30%
15
Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez LLP
5,000,000,000
1
2.10%
16
Latham & Watkins LLP
4,869,700,000
19
2.00%
17
McGuireWoods LLP
4,101,232,877
14
1.70%
18
Sidley Austin LLP
3,352,500,000
19
1.40%
19
Bingham McCutchen LLP
2,848,200,000
12
1.20%
20
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
2,745,000,000
6
1.20%
1H08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
13,792,500,000
8
8.40%
2
Mayer Brown LLP
13,610,000,000
5
8.30%
3
Davis Polk & Wardwell
11,910,000,000
7
7.20%
4
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
9,480,000,000
13
5.80%
5
Baker Botts LLP
7,767,500,000
12
4.70%
6
Vinson & Elkins LLP
7,660,000,000
16
4.70%
7
Jones Day
6,496,500,000
12
3.90%
8
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
6,495,000,000
7
3.90%
9
King & Spalding LLP
5,445,000,000
4
3.30%
10
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
5,418,500,000
13
3.30%
11
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
5,000,000,000
1
3.00%
12
Haynes & Boone LLP
4,475,000,000
3
2.70%
13
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
4,365,000,000
9
2.70%
14
Thompson & Knight LLP
3,975,000,000
7
2.40%
15
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
3,725,000,000
8
2.30%
16
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
3,600,000,000
3
2.20%
16
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
3,600,000,000
6
2.20%
18
Latham & Watkins LLP
3,440,000,000
10
2.10%
19
Thompson Hine LLP
3,040,000,000
2
1.80%
20
Allen & Overy
2,550,000,000
4
1.50%
1Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
14,085,000,000
11
12.90%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
11,030,000,000
9
10.10%
3
Shearman & Sterling LLP
10,016,000,000
10
9.20%
4
Vinson & Elkins LLP
9,819,000,000
12
9.00%
5
Davis Polk & Wardwell
8,287,000,000
5
7.60%
6
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
6,750,000,000
8
6.20%
7
Thompson & Knight LLP
5,725,000,000
6
5.30%
8
Haynes & Boone LLP
5,550,000,000
8
5.10%
9
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
5,015,700,000
11
4.60%
10
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
3,801,500,000
19
3.50%
11
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
3,362,000,000
5
3.10%
12
Latham & Watkins LLP
3,234,700,000
12
3.00%
13
King & Spalding LLP
2,410,000,013
10
2.20%
14
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
2,363,700,000
6
2.20%
15
Sidley Austin LLP
2,085,000,000
10
1.90%
16
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
1,900,000,000
2
1.70%
17
Winston & Strawn
1,882,850,000
11
1.70%
18
Bingham McCutchen LLP
1,680,200,000
8
1.50%
19
Hunton & Williams LLP
1,205,000,000
2
1.10%
20
Mayer Brown LLP
1,125,000,000
4
1.00%
1Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Davis Polk & Wardwell
8,860,000,000
4
15.20%
2
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
6,000,000,000
5
10.30%
3
Baker Botts LLP
4,475,000,000
4
7.70%
4
Thompson & Knight LLP
3,075,000,000
4
5.30%
5
Thompson Hine LLP
3,040,000,000
2
5.20%
6
Vinson & Elkins LLP
2,960,000,000
10
5.10%
7
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
2,875,000,000
3
4.90%
8
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
2,425,000,000
4
4.20%
9
Jones Day
2,380,000,000
3
4.10%
10
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
2,000,000,000
1
3.40%
11
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
1,320,000,000
2
2.30%
12
Shearman & Sterling LLP
1,200,000,000
3
2.10%
13
Haynes & Boone LLP
1,175,000,000
1
2.00%
14
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
1,025,000,000
7
1.80%
15
Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC
1,000,000,000
1
1.70%
16
Latham & Watkins LLP
935,000,000
3
1.60%
17
King & Spalding LLP
885,000,000
2
1.50%
18
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
800,000,000
1
1.40%
19
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
750,000,000
1
1.30%
20
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
749,000,000
4
1.30%
2007 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
219,258,444,211
132
11.00%
2
Shearman & Sterling
169,988,702,269
140
8.60%
3
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
149,999,046,600
96
7.50%
4
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
133,065,513,399
102
6.70%
5
Latham & Watkins LLP
99,130,515,618
153
5.00%
6
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
89,523,079,481
94
4.50%
7
Davis Polk & Wardwell
86,922,376,515
64
4.40%
8
Vinson & Elkins LLP
81,402,499,000
122
4.10%
9
White & Case LLP
73,648,504,945
69
3.70%
10
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
62,238,156,386
86
3.10%
11
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
59,497,396,178
71
3.00%
12
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
48,868,832,100
119
2.50%
13
Sidley Austin LLP
46,038,600,000
68
2.30%
14
Baker Botts LLP
44,862,500,000
36
2.30%
15
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
41,963,600,000
39
2.10%
16
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
37,226,500,000
45
1.90%
17
King & Spalding LLP
35,980,770,634
56
1.80%
18
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
31,145,613,967
61
1.60%
19
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
30,172,500,000
34
1.50%
20
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
24,983,900,000
42
1.30%
2007 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
81,427,004,211
44
11.00%
2
Baker Botts LLP
43,097,500,000
31
5.80%
3
Davis Polk & Wardwell
41,179,670,874
26
5.50%
4
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
40,533,600,000
35
5.50%
5
Vinson & Elkins LLP
40,420,499,000
64
5.40%
6
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
36,406,626,178
42
4.90%
7
Shearman & Sterling
28,021,150,241
17
3.80%
8
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
26,165,000,000
28
3.50%
9
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
26,085,000,000
15
3.50%
10
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
23,419,635,902
20
3.20%
11
Latham & Watkins LLP
21,708,500,000
33
2.90%
12
Sidley Austin LLP
18,174,000,000
16
2.40%
13
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
17,901,606,386
20
2.40%
14
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
17,010,000,000
17
2.30%
15
Ropes & Gray LLP
16,347,330,000
39
2.20%
16
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
16,255,047,500
15
2.20%
17
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
15,462,000,000
21
2.10%
18
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
12,920,000,000
4
1.70%
19
King & Spalding LLP
12,470,000,000
12
1.70%
20
Jones Day
10,513,000,000
20
1.40%
1Q-3Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
129,393,940,000
72
13.10%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
116,489,832,168
97
11.80%
3
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
112,132,046,600
65
11.40%
4
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
78,223,719,073
78
7.90%
5
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
70,392,481,624
72
7.10%
6
White & Case LLP
64,415,310,300
52
6.50%
7
Latham & Watkins LLP
64,122,783,413
101
6.50%
8
Davis Polk & Wardwell
43,842,705,641
37
4.40%
9
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
42,653,007,100
100
4.30%
10
Vinson & Elkins LLP
33,715,500,000
47
3.40%
11
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
33,245,800,000
47
3.40%
12
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
28,067,500,000
29
2.80%
13
Sidley Austin LLP
20,889,600,000
35
2.10%
14
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
17,018,900,000
33
1.70%
15
Haynes & Boone LLP
15,096,762,800
23
1.50%
16
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
13,500,000,000
3
1.40%
17
King & Spalding LLP
13,349,300,000
28
1.40%
18
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
13,174,270,000
21
1.30%
19
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
10,411,500,000
14
1.10%
20
Thompson & Knight LLP
8,469,999,000
18
0.90%
1Q-3Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
71,219,847,027
38
13.00%
2
Davis Polk & Wardwell
38,704,670,874
23
7.10%
3
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
30,334,100,000
27
5.50%
4
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
29,544,126,178
32
5.40%
5
Shearman & Sterling LLP
22,916,150,241
13
4.20%
6
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
21,455,000,000
18
3.90%
7
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
20,973,000,000
14
3.80%
8
Baker Botts LLP
20,467,500,000
25
3.70%
9
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
20,140,000,000
21
3.70%
10
Vinson & Elkins LLP
19,385,999,000
43
3.50%
11
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
16,155,047,500
15
3.00%
12
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
16,030,000,000
9
2.90%
13
Sidley Austin LLP
14,654,000,000
10
2.70%
14
Latham & Watkins LLP
13,693,500,000
23
2.50%
15
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
12,885,000,000
3
2.40%
16
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
10,095,006,020
12
1.80%
17
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
8,875,110,000
11
1.60%
18
Ropes and Gray LLP
8,213,000,000
12
1.50%
19
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
7,827,000,000
13
1.40%
20
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
7,725,000,000
6
1.40%
1H07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
87,527,046,600
50
13.3%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
79,175,960,000
57
12.0%
3
Shearman & Sterling LLP
58,734,020,000
62
8.9%
4
White & Case LLP
56,458,310,300
39
8.6%
5
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
53,989,470,000
55
8.2%
6
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
47,422,154,265
56
7.2%
7
Latham & Watkins LLP
41,561,028,413
73
6.3%
8
Davis Polk & Wardwell
31,407,000,000
23
4.8%
9
Vinson & Elkins LLP
25,418,500,000
30
3.8%
10
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
23,780,000,000
26
3.6%
11
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
23,766,813,100
73
3.6%
12
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
15,907,500,000
17
2.4%
13
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
15,007,000,000
19
2.3%
14
Haynes & Boone LLP
13,561,762,800
15
2.1%
15
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
13,500,000,000
3
2.0%
16
Sidley Austin LLP
12,766,000,000
23
1.9%
17
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
8,975,000,000
13
1.4%
18
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
6,241,500,000
11
0.9%
19
Winston & Strawn
5,219,250,000
16
0.8%
20
Alston & Bird LLP
4,170,000,000
10
0.6%
1H07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
46,800,452,428
25
12.0%
2
Davis Polk & Wardwell
30,656,000,000
10
7.8%
3
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
25,565,100,000
23
6.5%
4
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
24,826,726,178
25
6.4%
5
Shearman & Sterling LLP
21,916,150,241
12
5.6%
6
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
16,275,000,000
12
4.2%
7
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
15,990,000,000
14
4.1%
8
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
15,430,000,000
7
3.9%
9
Vinson & Elkins LLP
13,555,000,000
24
3.5%
10
Baker Botts LLP
12,867,500,000
15
3.3%
11
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
12,485,000,000
2
3.2%
12
Sidley Austin LLP
12,287,000,000
6
3.1%
13
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
11,233,000,000
10
2.9%
14
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
10,505,047,500
13
2.7%
15
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
7,725,000,000
6
2.0%
16
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
6,320,110,000
8
1.6%
17
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
6,195,000,000
5
1.6%
18
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
5,080,006,020
7
1.3%
19
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
4,970,000,000
10
1.3%
20
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
4,960,000,000
4
1.3%
1Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
35,132,721,600
21
15.3%
2
White & Case LLP
27,020,310,300
17
11.7%
3
Shearman & Sterling LLP
26,420,000,000
22
11.5%
4
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
19,587,800,000
19
8.5%
5
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
17,114,837,428
23
7.4%
6
Davis Polk & Wardwell
15,437,000,000
8
6.7%
7
Latham & Watkins LLP
14,491,255,913
30
6.3%
8
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
13,991,760,000
17
6.1%
9
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
9,373,618,000
32
4.1%
10
Vinson & Elkins LLP
6,672,000,000
14
2.9%
11
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
6,130,000,000
7
2.7%
12
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
4,450,000,000
5
1.9%
13
Haynes & Boone LLP
3,486,762,800
5
1.5%
14
Sidley Austin LLP
3,384,000,000
11
1.5%
15
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
3,000,000,000
1
1.3%
16
Jones Day
2,599,682,022
5
1.1%
17
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
2,480,000,000
8
1.1%
18
Thompson & Knight LLP
2,330,000,000
6
1.0%
19
King & Spalding LLP
2,058,500,000
7
0.9%
20
McAfee & Taft
2,055,000,000
1
0.9%
1Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Davis Polk & Wardwell
30,606,000,000
10
17.9%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
28,697,012,428
12
16.7%
3
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
10,196,100,000
13
5.9%
4
Shearman & Sterling LLP
8,920,820,241
4
5.2%
5
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
7,861,847,500
7
4.6%
6
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
7,255,000,000
5
4.2%
7
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
7,190,110,000
8
4.2%
8
Baker Botts LLP
7,080,000,000
8
4.1%
9
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
4,280,000,000
3
2.5%
10
Jones Day
4,140,000,000
6
2.4%
11
Vinson & Elkins LLP
3,940,000,000
9
2.3%
12
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
3,350,000,000
3
2.0%
13
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
3,180,000,000
4
1.9%
14
Latham & Watkins LLP
2,863,500,000
6
1.7%
15
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
2,852,262,800
2
1.7%
16
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
2,795,000,000
3
1.6%
17
Bryan Cave LLP
2,600,000,000
3
1.5%
17
Foley & Lardner LLP
2,600,000,000
1
1.5%
17
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
2,600,000,000
1
1.5%
20
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
2,425,000,000
2
1.4%
2006 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
173,027,430,694
105
15.0%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
126,105,951,122
137
10.9%
3
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
92,697,039,603
80
8.0%
4
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
80,353,549,000
91
7.0%
5
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
62,877,000,000
56
5.4%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
61,324,006,049
124
5.3%
7
Davis Polk & Wardwell
53,667,000,000
37
4.6%
8
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
52,312,866,456
81
4.5%
9
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
49,689,128,000
119
4.3%
10
White & Case LLP
47,139,645,329
54
4.1%
11
Vinson & Elkins LLP
46,520,000,000
50
4.0%
12
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
41,127,750,000
34
3.6%
13
Sidley Austin LLP
30,439,033,612
64
2.6%
14
Haynes & Boone LLP
26,119,577,693
48
2.3%
15
King & Spalding LLP
23,087,172,973
53
2.0%
16
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
17,560,000,000
4
1.5%
17
Thompson & Knight LLP
16,191,600,000
22
1.4%
18
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
16,148,000,000
41
1.4%
19
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
15,775,347,737
38
1.4%
20
Winston & Strawn
14,550,932,000
48
1.3%
2006 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
70,075,151,000
37
9.5%
2
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
37,102,323,359
40
5.0%
3
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
32,955,260,000
15
4.5%
4
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
32,314,729,000
38
4.4%
5
Shearman & Sterling LLP
31,660,000,000
17
4.3%
6
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
28,713,044,682
15
3.9%
7
Latham & Watkins LLP
26,485,500,000
46
3.6%
8
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
25,928,600,000
41
3.5%
9
Baker Botts LLP
22,591,300,000
33
3.1%
10
Sidley Austin LLP
22,459,500,000
30
3.1%
11
Davis Polk & Wardwell
21,594,045,900
23
2.9%
12
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
20,955,000,000
18
2.8%
13
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
20,167,500,000
15
2.7%
14
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
17,833,556,690
20
2.4%
15
Jones Day
16,846,974,997
29
2.3%
16
Vinson & Elkins LLP
15,476,150,000
43
2.1%
17
Ropes and Gray LLP
14,883,767,600
28
2.8%
18
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
10,710,828,345
27
1.5%
18
White & Case LLP
9,608,150,000
23
1.3%
20
McGuireWoods LLP
8,950,000,000
5
1.2%
1Q-3Q06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
155,185,755,042
91
18.9%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
101,895,219,877
98
12.4%
3
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
56,443,500,000
50
6.9%
4
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
55,692,279,603
57
6.8%
5
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
48,572,330,000
66
5.9%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
41,691,975,470
83
5.1%
7
Davis Polk & Wardwell
36,752,000,000
27
4.5%
8
Vinson & Elkins LLP
36,385,000,000
30
4.4%
9
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
34,566,122,000
87
4.2%
10
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
26,841,550,000
43
3.3%
11
White & Case LLP
26,515,696,690
37
3.2%
12
Sidley Austin LLP
22,622,833,612
44
2.8%
13
Haynes & Boone LLP
20,401,500,000
41
2.5%
14
King & Spalding LLP
18,820,172,973
35
2.3%
15
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
14,090,000,000
21
1.7%
16
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
13,963,000,000
32
1.7%
17
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
12,507,000,000
18
1.5%
18
Thompson & Knight LLP
11,741,600,000
15
1.4%
19
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
11,143,500,000
25
1.4%
20
Winston & Strawn
10,235,500,000
31
1.2%
1Q-3Q06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
29,464,323,359
31
6.0%
2
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld LLP
28,570,000,000
10
5.8%
3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
28,095,151,000
30
5.7%
4
Shearman & Sterling LLP
26,965,000,000
15
5.5%
5
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
25,367,000,000
28
5.1%
6
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
25,032,000,000
10
5.1%
7
Davis Polk & Wardwell
21,009,045,900
21
4.3%
8
Baker Botts LLP
19,376,300,000
25
3.9%
9
Latham & Watkins LLP
17,351,500,000
30
3.5%
10
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
17,286,600,000
26
3.5%
11
Sidley Austin LLP
16,272,500,000
17
3.3%
12
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
13,530,000,000
9
2.7%
13
Jones Day
10,305,574,997
13
2.1%
14
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
9,175,000,000
7
1.9%
15
McGuireWoods LLP
8,950,000,000
5
1.8%
16
Vinson & Elkins LLP
8,941,150,000
26
1.8%
17
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
8,825,475,000
23
1.8%
18
Ropes and Gray LLP
8,063,767,600
20
1.6%
18
White & Case LLP
7,618,500,000
14
1.5%
20
King & Spalding LLP
6,335,000,000
7
1.3%
1H06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
138,978,335,042
62
23.7%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
74,553,027,377
68
12.7%
3
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
47,612,279,603
45
8.1%
4
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
44,900,500,000
37
7.7%
5
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
31,469,800,000
38
5.4%
6
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
25,476,122,000
62
4.3%
7
Davis Polk & Wardwell
25,363,500,000
19
4.3%
8
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
25,017,250,000
37
4.3%
9
Latham & Watkins LLP
20,697,777,100
51
3.5%
10
White & Case LLP
20,145,900,000
27
3.4%
11
Sidley Austin LLP
12,806,137,712
25
2.2%
12
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
12,750,000,000
15
2.2%
13
King & Spalding LLP
12,613,902,367
23
2.2%
14
Haynes & Boone LLP
12,442,000,000
23
2.1%
15
Winston & Strawn
9,261,000,000
23
1.6%
16
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
8,018,000,000
21
1.4%
17
Thompson & Knight LLP
7,716,600,000
11
1.3%
18
Vinson & Elkins LLP
7,555,000,000
17
1.3%
19
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
5,900,000,000
2
1.0%
20
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
5,438,500,000
13
0.9%
1H06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
25,745,000,000
11
7.6%
2
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
25,562,000,000
9
7.6%
3
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
23,173,400,000
21
6.8%
4
Davis Polk & Wardwell
20,272,450,000
18
6.0%
5
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
19,803,500,000
17
5.9%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
14,095,200,000
20
4.2%
7
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
13,350,000,000
8
3.9%
8
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
13,035,051,000
16
3.9%
9
Sidley Austin LLP
12,447,500,000
11
3.7%
10
Baker Botts LLP
10,126,300,000
15
3.0%
11
White & Case LLP
10,076,500,000
12
3.0%
12
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
10,016,000,000
16
3.0%
13
McGuireWoods LLP
7,650,000,000
3
2.3%
14
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
7,435,000,000
5
2.2%
15
Ropes and Gray LLP
6,508,767,600
16
1.9%
16
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
6,011,000,000
11
1.8%
17
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
5,625,000,000
6
1.7%
18
King & Spalding LLP
5,605,000,000
6
1.7%
19
Vinson & Elkins LLP
5,316,150,000
18
1.6%
20
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
5,305,000,000
5
1.6%
1Q06 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
48,974,400,000
23
19%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
41,773,991,573
26
17%
3
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
23,776,000,000
16
9%
4
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
19,003,829,603
23
8%
5
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
12,612,122,000
26
5%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
10,135,102,000
20
4%
7
Sidley Austin LLP
9,808,737,712
16
4%
8
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
9,115,000,000
9
4%
9
Davis Polk & Wardwell
8,973,500,000
7
4%
10
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
8,801,000,000
17
4%
11
White & Case LLP
8,669,400,000
7
3%
12
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
5,900,000,000
2
2%
13
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
4,644,650,000
15
2%
14
Vinson & Elkins LLP
3,555,000,000
7
1%
15
Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman LLP
3,539,000,000
2
1%
16
Haynes & Boone LLP
3,454,500,000
9
1%
17
Bingham McCutchen LLP
3,361,500,000
10
1%
18
McAfee & Taft
3,000,000,000
1
1%
18
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
3,000,000,000
1
1%
20
Thompson & Knight LLP
2,496,600,000
6
1%
1Q06 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
21,450,000,000
3
13%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
18,340,000,000
4
11%
3
Davis Polk & Wardwell
15,140,000,000
9
9%
4
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
10,185,000,000
5
6%
5
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
7,850,000,000
7
5%
6
McGuireWoods LLP
7,650,000,000
3
5%
7
Sidley Austin LLP
6,510,000,000
7
4%
8
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
6,450,000,000
7
4%
9
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
6,361,000,000
8
4%
10
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
6,014,400,000
7
4%
11
Latham & Watkins LLP
5,945,200,000
11
4%
12
Baker Botts LLP
4,140,000,000
5
3%
13
White & Case LLP
3,880,000,000
7
2%
14
Ropes and Gray LLP
3,633,864,000
7
2%
15
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
3,500,000,000
1
2%
16
Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz PC
3,000,000,000
1
2%
17
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
2,400,000,000
1
1%
18
Commercial Law Group PC
2,000,000,000
1
1%
18
Linklaters
2,000,000,000
1
1%
20
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
1,783,000,000
5
1%
2005
- U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
135,914,790,505
125
13%
2
Shearman & Sterling LLP
123,263,028,258
134
12%
3
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
121,117,100,000
109
11%
4
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
83,571,078,794
85
8%
5
Davis Polk & Wardwell
45,578,580,000
41
4%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
44,649,764,000
113
4%
7
Haynes & Boone LLP
42,536,133,639
73
4%
8
White & Case LLP
40,653,529,012
35
4%
9
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
38,149,954,600
68
4%
10
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
36,672,935,000
127
3%
11
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
35,585,250,000
93
3%
12
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
34,638,214,681
36
3%
13
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
30,206,565,000
78
3%
14
Vinson & Elkins LLP
26,404,500,000
55
2%
15
King & Spalding LLP
25,208,000,000
45
2%
16
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
23,053,329,000
41
2%
17
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
20,029,140,684
46
2%
18
Winston & Strawn
19,797,926,880
58
2%
19
Thompson & Knight LLP
19,613,000,000
32
2%
20
Bingham McCutchen LLP
10,610,027,571
42
1%
2005
- U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Latham & Watkins LLP
44,479,080,000
49
6%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
36,125,859,665
49
5%
3
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
32,375,087,571
54
4%
4
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
29,613,437,239
26
4%
5
Jones Day
29,287,100,000
38
4%
6
Davis Polk & Wardwell
29,095,500,000
39
4%
7
Shearman & Sterling LLP
28,575,000,000
23
4%
8
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
24,924,000,000
41
3%
9
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
24,000,000,000
1
3%
10
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
20,653,925,000
32
3%
11
Vinson & Elkins LLP
18,513,500,000
49
2%
12
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
17,826,022,000
44
2%
13
Baker Botts LLP
16,266,100,000
31
2%
14
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
14,267,000,000
19
2%
15
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
13,651,900,000
26
2%
16
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
13,578,500,000
18
2%
17
Alston & Bird LLP
12,828,508,333
19
2%
18
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
11,699,000,000
14
2%
19
Covington & Burling
10,030,000,000
7
1%
20
Winston & Strawn
8,774,500,000
16
1%
1Q-3Q05 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
108,747,440,505
98
15%
2
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
98,222,000,000
81
13%
3
Shearman & Sterling LLP
87,575,189,898
96
12%
4
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
54,933,178,794
59
8%
5
Haynes & Boone LLP
33,715,800,000
57
5%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
28,873,390,000
72
4%
7
Davis Polk & Wardwell
28,149,480,000
21
4%
8
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
27,344,185,000
90
4%
9
Vinson & Elkins LLP
22,439,500,000
43
3%
10
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
21,452,250,000
62
3%
11
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
19,973,640,000
34
3%
12
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
19,471,125,000
51
3%
13
White & Case LLP
17,886,029,012
23
2%
14
King & Spalding LLP
16,774,500,000
28
2%
15
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
16,224,140,684
34
2%
16
Winston & Strawn
14,344,186,226
36
2%
17
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
12,245,208,332
24
2%
18
Thompson & Knight LLP
11,638,000,000
19
2%
19
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
11,309,979,000
20
2%
20
Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson LLP
7,309,955,000
20
1%
1Q-3Q05 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
27,354,587,571
46
6%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
23,512,445,496
26
5%
3
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
20,831,000,000
23
4%
4
Latham & Watkins LLP
20,665,500,000
38
4%
5
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
19,933,925,000
29
4%
6
Davis Polk & Wardwell
16,890,500,000
28
4%
7
Shearman & Sterling LLP
15,550,000,000
16
3%
8
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
13,747,902,400
31
3%
9
Jones Day
13,666,700,000
20
3%
10
Baker Botts LLP
12,966,100,000
21
3%
11
Vinson & Elkins LLP
12,353,500,000
32
3%
12
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
10,867,000,000
15
2%
13
Covington & Burling
8,830,000,000
4
2%
14
McGuireWoods LLP
8,166,750,000
10
2%
15
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
7,886,000,000
8
2%
16
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
7,840,900,000
16
2%
17
Dickinson Wright PLLC
7,300,000,000
2
2%
18
Alston & Bird LLP
7,182,958,333
13
2%
19
Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada PLLC
7,000,000,000
1
1%
19
Christensen Miller Fink Jacobs Glaser Weil & Shapi
7,000,000,000
1
1%
19
Crowe & Dunlevy
7,000,000,000
1
1%
19
Fox Rothschild LLP
7,000,000,000
1
1%
19
Lionel Sawyer & Collins
7,000,000,000
1
1%
19
Shefsky & Froelich Ltd
7,000,000,000
1
1%
19
Terriberry Carroll & Yancey LLP
7,000,000,000
1
1%
1H05 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
95,879,440,505
77
18.9%
2
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
66,117,225,000
55
13.0%
3
Shearman & Sterling LLP
46,308,800,000
66
9.1%
4
Haynes & Boone LLP
28,956,500,000
33
5.7%
5
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
LLP
23,215,497,794
19
4.6%
6
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
21,387,000,000
61
4.2%
7
Latham & Watkins LLP
19,279,140,000
52
3.8%
8
Vinson & Elkins LLP
15,800,000,000
24
3.1%
9
King & Spalding LLP
15,676,042,000
27
3.1%
10
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
15,443,965,465
49
3.0%
11
Davis Polk & Wardwell
13,969,480,000
11
2.7%
12
White & Case LLP
13,342,029,012
22
2.6%
13
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
12,425,172,134
28
2.4%
14
Winston & Strawn LLP
10,421,743,136
20
2.1%
15
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
10,213,125,000
30
2.0%
16
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
10,163,249,999
19
2.0%
17
Thompson & Knight LLP
9,505,000,000
11
1.9%
18
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman
LLP
8,624,979,000
15
1.7%
19
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
LLP
7,060,000,000
2
1.4%
20
Alston & Bird LLP
5,415,000,000
12
1.1%
1H05 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
22,639,800,567
19
6.7%
2
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
18,847,634,678
33
5.6%
3
Latham & Watkins LLP
18,183,000,000
30
5.4%
4
Shearman & Sterling LLP
15,400,000,000
15
4.6%
5
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
13,075,000,000
14
3.9%
6
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
12,871,000,000
19
3.8%
7
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
11,015,500,000
24
3.3%
8
Lionel Sawyer & Collins
8,620,000,000
2
2.6%
9
Covington & Burling
8,030,000,000
3
2.4%
10
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens &
Cannada
7,000,000,000
1
2.1%
10
Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs,
Glaser, Weil &
7,000,000,000
1
2.1%
10
Crowe & Dunlevy
7,000,000,000
1
2.1%
10
Dickinson Wright PLLC
7,000,000,000
1
2.1%
10
Fox Rothschild LLP
7,000,000,000
1
2.1%
10
Shefsky & Froelich Ltd
7,000,000,000
1
2.1%
10
Terriberry Carroll & Yancey LLP
7,000,000,000
1
2.1%
17
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
5,851,900,000
10
1.7%
18
Vinson & Elkins LLP
5,715,000,000
17
1.7%
19
Baker Botts LLP
5,576,100,000
13
1.7%
20
Hunton & Williams LLP
5,000,000,000
1
1.5%
1Q05 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling
25,407,700,000
31
16.0%
2
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
LLP
19,122,000,000
12
12.1%
3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
16,551,000,000
22
10.5%
4
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
16,205,000,000
17
10.2%
5
Davis Polk & Wardwell
9,731,980,000
4
6.1%
6
Latham & Watkins LLP
8,557,000,000
22
5.4%
7
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
8,329,700,000
26
5.3%
8
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
6,876,000,000
21
4.3%
9
Thompson & Knight LLP
5,775,000,000
5
3.6%
10
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
5,134,000,000
15
3.2%
11
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
4,924,000,000
8
3.1%
12
King & Spalding LLP
4,550,000,000
6
2.9%
13
White & Case LLP
3,390,050,096
3
2.1%
14
Winston & Strawn
2,120,000,000
5
1.3%
15
Jones Day
1,790,000,000
5
1.1%
16
Alston & Bird LLP
1,785,000,000
4
1.1%
17
Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC
1,705,000,000
3
1.1%
18
Bingham McCutchen LLP
1,652,547,500
9
1.0%
19
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
1,540,000,000
3
1.0%
20
Fraser, Milner, Casgrain
1,300,000,000
1
0.8%
1Q05 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
10,250,000,000
7
10.4%
2
Latham & Watkins LLP
8,480,000,000
11
8.6%
3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
7,187,050,096
6
7.3%
4
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
6,115,500,000
13
6.2%
5
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
5,636,500,000
13
5.7%
6
Baker Botts LLP
4,286,100,000
7
4.3%
7
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
4,000,000,000
1
4.1%
8
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
3,100,000,000
1
3.1%
9
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
3,080,000,000
5
3.1%
10
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
3,027,000,000
5
3.1%
11
Davis Polk & Wardwell
3,000,000,000
1
3.0%
12
Bingham McCutchen LLP
2,725,000,000
4
2.8%
13
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
2,607,000,000
4
2.6%
14
Winston & Strawn
2,405,000,000
3
2.4%
15
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
2,070,000,000
3
2.1%
16
Shearman & Sterling
1,875,000,000
5
1.9%
17
Perkins Coie LLP
1,700,000,000
2
1.7%
18
Ropes and Gray LLP
1,677,481,868
5
1.7%
19
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
LLP
1,620,000,000
1
1.6%
20
Vinson & Elkins LLP
1,570,000,000
6
1.6%
2004 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
186,197,069,945
166
17.4%
2
Shearman & Sterling
142,497,481,400
133
13.3%
3
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
101,663,988,042
104
9.5%
4
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
LLP
75,202,212,000
77
7.0%
5
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
50,671,150,000
119
4.7%
6
Davis Polk & Wardwell
49,430,432,477
39
4.6%
7
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
42,502,180,000
156
4.0%
8
Latham & Watkins LLP
35,129,203,431
87
3.3%
9
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
33,810,840,000
78
3.2%
10
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
LLP
27,917,288,667
108
2.6%
11
White & Case LLP
26,860,640,850
50
2.5%
12
Haynes & Boone LLP
26,008,600,000
44
2.4%
13
King & Spalding LLP
23,396,800,000
49
2.2%
14
Winston & Strawn
20,232,958,250
67
1.9%
15
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
17,170,100,000
48
1.6%
16
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
16,195,137,000
45
1.5%
17
Bingham McCutchen LLP
15,975,567,377
52
1.5%
18
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman
LLP
15,692,285,000
38
1.5%
19
Thompson & Knight LLP
12,694,000,000
27
1.2%
20
Vinson & Elkins LLP
12,605,700,000
34
1.2%
2004 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
43,479,200,325
59
7.5%
2
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
41,010,972,630
53
7.1%
3
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
25,950,966,554
50
4.5%
4
Davis Polk & Wardwell
25,449,000,000
17
4.4%
5
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
19,261,766,667
30
3.3%
6
Jones Day
15,578,000,000
27
2.7%
7
Latham & Watkins LLP
14,882,500,000
43
2.6%
8
Shearman & Sterling
14,282,184,188
16
2.5%
9
Vinson & Elkins LLP
12,937,630,000
36
2.2%
10
Hunton & Williams LLP
12,265,000,000
19
2.1%
11
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
12,086,412,000
32
2.1%
12
Bracewell & Patterson LLP
11,595,400,000
16
2.0%
13
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
9,845,000,000
4
1.7%
14
Alston & Bird LLP
9,552,324,019
20
1.6%
15
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
9,524,000,000
20
1.6%
16
Winston & Strawn
9,133,400,000
13
1.6%
17
Baker Botts LLP
8,871,000,000
21
1.5%
18
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
8,680,000,000
14
1.5%
19
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
8,612,008,500
14
1.5%
20
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
7,930,606,000
22
1.4%
1Q-3Q04 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
132,898,714,614
108
20.2%
2
Shearman & Sterling
82,198,081,400
88
12.5%
3
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
LLP
54,980,212,000
61
8.3%
4
Davis Polk & Wardwell
36,015,432,477
29
5.5%
5
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
32,723,800,000
72
5.0%
6
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
30,585,300,000
107
4.6%
7
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
LLP
24,327,620,667
92
3.7%
8
White & Case LLP
22,765,023,254
40
3.5%
9
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
21,251,840,000
49
3.2%
10
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
14,849,137,000
40
2.3%
11
Winston & Strawn
13,470,600,250
54
2.0%
12
Haynes & Boone LLP
12,778,600,000
35
1.9%
13
King & Spalding LLP
11,289,000,000
18
1.7%
14
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
11,010,200,000
28
1.7%
15
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
10,335,600,000
18
1.6%
16
Thompson & Knight LLP
10,046,000,000
19
1.5%
17
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
9,816,762,500
11
1.5%
18
Bingham McCutchen LLP
8,334,821,429
29
1.3%
19
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
7,415,929,396
24
1.1%
20
Morrison & Foerster LLP
7,380,200,000
16
1.1%
1Q-3Q04 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
24,865,904,377
35
7.4%
2
Shearman & Sterling
13,267,184,188
12
4.0%
3
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
12,672,666,667
24
3.8%
4
Davis Polk & Wardwell
11,910,000,000
11
3.6%
5
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
11,488,301,016
23
3.4%
6
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
10,773,312,000
25
3.2%
7
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
9,280,666,554
20
2.8%
8
Jones Day
9,155,000,000
17
2.7%
9
Vinson & Elkins LLP
7,810,321,000
23
2.3%
10
Dewey Ballantine LLP
7,550,000,000
4
2.3%
11
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
6,643,500,000
12
2.0%
12
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
6,542,500,000
19
2.0%
13
Hunton & Williams LLP
6,415,000,000
10
1.9%
14
Ropes and Gray LLP
6,285,000,000
25
1.9%
15
Bracewell & Patterson LLP
6,147,900,000
10
1.8%
16
Latham & Watkins LLP
5,874,000,000
13
1.8%
17
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
5,285,000,000
8
1.6%
18
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
LLP
5,180,900,000
13
1.5%
19
Baker Botts LLP
4,901,000,000
12
1.5%
20
Akin Gump Strauss Houer & Feld
LLP
4,867,722,000
15
1.5%
1H04 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
98,329,977,864
63
22.5%
2
Shearman & Sterling
56,466,389,400
62
12.9%
3
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
LLP
38,223,337,000
45
8.8%
4
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
25,538,800,000
62
5.9%
5
Davis Polk & Wardwell
24,833,658,300
18
5.7%
6
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
20,355,500,000
66
4.7%
7
White & Case LLP
13,731,893,078
25
3.1%
8
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
12,760,228,000
32
2.9%
9
Helms Mulliss & Wicker PLLC
10,475,200,000
23
2.4%
10
Winston & Strawn
9,444,459,250
39
2.2%
11
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
9,193,600,000
14
2.1%
12
King & Spalding LLP
8,874,000,000
13
2.0%
13
Haynes & Boone LLP
8,273,000,000
24
1.9%
14
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman
LLP
7,377,485,000
19
1.7%
15
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
7,167,137,000
22
1.6%
16
Bryan Cave LLP
5,568,200,000
12
1.3%
17
Thompson & Knight LLP
5,326,000,000
13
1.2%
18
Latham & Watkins LLP
5,047,433,431
15
1.2%
19
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
4,719,262,500
6
1.1%
20
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
LLP
4,220,750,000
26
1.0%
1H04 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
18,146,973,950
26
10.8%
2
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
12,448,000,000
22
7.4%
3
Shearman & Sterling
10,650,000,000
5
6.3%
4
Davis Polk & Wardwell
9,855,000,000
8
5.9%
5
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
9,385,801,016
18
5.6%
6
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
8,020,012,000
16
4.8%
7
Dewey Ballantine LLP
5,350,000,000
2
3.2%
8
Vinson & Elkins LLP
4,039,680,000
15
2.4%
9
Debevoise & Plimpton
3,499,008,500
5
2.1%
10
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP
3,364,791,554
12
2.0%
11
Latham & Watkins LLP
3,108,000,000
9
1.8%
12
King & Spalding LLP
3,015,000,000
8
1.8%
13
Haynes & Boone LLP
2,992,000,000
13
1.8%
14
Thompson Hine LLP
2,925,000,000
3
1.7%
15
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
2,533,500,000
8
1.5%
16
Thompson & Knight LLP
2,356,000,000
10
1.4%
17
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
LLP
2,217,900,000
7
1.3%
18
Ropes and Gray LLP
2,142,000,000
11
1.3%
19
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
2,102,500,000
8
1.3%
20
Brown Rowe & Maw
2,000,000,000
1
1.2%
1Q04 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Lenders
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Shearman & Sterling LLP
16,066,841,600
22
17%
2
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
15,070,000,000
14
16%
3
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
14,712,012,360
19
16%
4
Winston & Strawn LLP
5,585,959,250
18
6%
5
White & Case LLP
4,494,881,511
6
5%
6
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
3,583,000,000
10
4%
7
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP
2,887,500,000
9
3%
8
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
2,887,025,000
8
3%
9
Alston & Bird LLP
1,920,000,000
6
2%
10
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
1,815,000,000
4
2%
11
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
1,700,000,000
6
2%
12
Haynes and Boone LLP
1,698,000,000
10
2%
13
Vinson & Elkins LLP
1,495,000,000
6
2%
14
Latham & Watkins LLP
1,280,233,431
7
1%
15
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP
1,225,000,000
2
1%
16
Jones Day
1,123,224,000
6
1%
17
Steefel Levitt & Weiss
1,000,000,000
1
1%
18
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
835,000,000
3
1%
19
Allen & Overy
820,000,000
1
1%
20
Bingham McCutchen LLP
705,000,000
4
1%
1Q04 - U.S. Law Firms
Representing Borrowers
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1
Davis Polk & Wardwell
9,050,000,000
5
14%
2
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
8,247,846,900
15
13%
3
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
5,460,000,000
5
9%
4
Dewey Ballentine LLP
5,350,000,000
2
9%
5
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
3,349,800,000
8
5%
6
Shearman & Sterling LLP
2,550,000,000
2
4%
7
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
1,710,475,000
4
3%
8
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
1,595,000,000
4
3%
9
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1,550,000,000
2
2%
10
Alston & Bird LLP
1,496,000,000
5
2%
11
Jones Day
1,490,000,000
5
2%
12
Vinson & Elkins LLP
1,371,000,000
6
2%
13
Latham & Watkins LLP
1,225,000,000
5
2%
14
King & Spalding LLP
1,125,000,000
4
2%
15
White & Case LLP
986,000,000
4
2%
16
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
905,000,000
2
1%
17
Ropes and Gray LLP
834,000,000
6
1%
18
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
820,000,000
2
1%
18
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
820,000,000
1
1%
20
Cole Raywid & Braverman LLP
750,000,000
1
1%
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