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2009 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 55,652,575,641 58 13.20%
2 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 49,726,751,021 11 11.80%
3 Shearman & Sterling LLP 49,674,485,000 49 11.80%
4 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP 35,798,217,747 40 8.50%
5 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 33,252,000,000 25 7.90%
6 Davis Polk & Wardwell 22,484,500,000 15 5.40%
7 Mayer Brown LLP 19,068,100,000 34 4.50%
8 White & Case LLP 17,702,800,000 11 4.20%
9 Vinson & Elkins LLP 15,769,500,000 44 3.80%
10 Sidley Austin LLP 14,614,966,119 39 3.50%
11 Winston & Strawn 12,183,671,215 29 2.90%
12 Haynes & Boone LLP 12,145,310,614 24 2.90%
13 Moore & Van Allen PLLC 11,310,160,000 45 2.70%
14 Latham & Watkins LLP 9,978,014,054 27 2.40%
15 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP 9,177,130,822 15 2.20%
16 McGuireWoods LLP 8,362,580,000 29 2.00%
17 Alston & Bird LLP 4,411,800,000 14 1.10%
18 Thompson & Knight LLP 4,339,100,000 13 1.00%
19 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 3,987,300,000 4 0.90%
20 Bingham McCutchen LLP 3,221,000,000 10 0.80%

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2009 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft 30,590,000,000 2 11.80%
2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 22,557,784,070 33 8.70%
3 Davis Polk & Wardwell 19,819,850,000 11 7.70%
4 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP 19,050,500,000 12 7.40%
5 Shearman & Sterling LLP 16,628,087,452 12 6.40%
6 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 13,886,360,000 14 5.40%
7 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 9,862,000,000 8 3.80%
8 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 9,032,650,000 21 3.50%
9 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 7,600,000,000 3 2.90%
10 Latham & Watkins LLP 6,870,360,822 21 2.70%
11 Vinson & Elkins LLP 6,593,300,000 17 2.60%
12 Ropes and Gray LLP 6,008,990,000 14 2.30%
13 King & Spalding LLP 4,597,500,000 7 1.80%
14 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 4,415,572,320 17 1.70%
15 Baker Botts LLP 4,348,170,000 10 1.70%
16 Mayer Brown LLP 3,939,592,000 8 1.50%
16 Sidley Austin LLP 3,441,260,000 12 1.30%
18 Jones Day 3,229,429,021 10 1.30%
19 Bingham McCutchen LLP 2,984,300,000 7 1.20%
20 Haynes & Boone LLP 2,872,661,000 10 1.10%
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1Q-3Q09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1 Shearman & Sterling LLP 39,102,365,000 32 14.80%
2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 33,094,375,641 31 12.50%
3 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 30,750,000,000 4 11.70%
4 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP 25,757,350,247 21 9.80%
5 White & Case LLP 16,167,800,000 6 6.10%
6 Mayer Brown LLP 11,330,000,000 13 4.30%
7 Vinson & Elkins LLP 11,244,500,000 30 4.30%
8 Sidley Austin LLP 11,054,966,119 28 4.20%
9 Davis Polk & Wardwell 9,035,000,000 2 3.40%
10 Winston & Strawn 8,648,671,215 18 3.30%
11 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP 8,431,730,822 11 3.20%
12 Moore & Van Allen PLLC 8,404,160,000 33 3.20%
13 McGuireWoods LLP 7,351,880,000 25 2.80%
14 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 6,609,500,000 13 2.50%
15 Latham & Watkins LLP 6,102,103,554 12 2.30%
16 Haynes & Boone LLP 5,073,640,614 13 1.90%
17 Alston & Bird LLP 2,918,800,000 8 1.10%
18 Bingham McCutchen LLP 2,605,000,000 6 1.00%
19 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC 2,153,535,407 13 0.80%
20 Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP 1,617,642,000 12 0.60%

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1Q-3Q09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft 30,590,000,000 2 18.40%
2 Shearman & Sterling LLP 15,083,037,452 9 9.10%
3 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 14,472,284,070 22 8.70%
4 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 8,500,000,000 1 5.10%
5 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 5,768,000,000 2 3.50%
6 Ropes and Gray LLP 5,307,290,000 10 3.20%
7 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 5,290,000,000 7 3.20%
8 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 5,135,000,000 10 3.10%
9 Latham & Watkins LLP 4,430,860,822 11 2.70%
10 Davis Polk & Wardwell 3,910,000,000 3 2.40%
11 Vinson & Elkins LLP 3,618,300,000 11 2.20%
12 King & Spalding LLP 3,460,000,000 3 2.10%
13 Mayer Brown LLP 3,210,000,000 6 1.90%
14 Kirkland & Ellis LLP 3,068,000,000 10 1.90%
15 Clifford Chance LLP 2,695,000,000 2 1.60%
16 Sidley Austin LLP 2,561,160,000 7 1.50%
16 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 2,357,000,000 4 1.40%
18 Baker Botts LLP 2,150,000,000 5 1.30%
19 Bryan Cave LLP 2,130,000,000 5 1.30%
20 Baker & Hostetler LLC 1,900,000,000 2 1.10%
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1H09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 28,500,000,000 3 15.20%
2 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 27,373,592,308 21 14.60%
3 Shearman & Sterling LLP 24,634,200,000 20 13.10%
4 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP 17,318,327,231 15 9.20%
5 White & Case LLP 15,487,800,000 4 8.20%
6 Mayer Brown LLP 10,700,000,000 9 5.70%
7 Vinson & Elkins LLP 10,118,000,000 23 5.40%
8 Davis Polk & Wardwell 9,035,000,000 2 4.80%
9 Winston & Strawn 7,253,940,753 12 3.90%
10 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP 6,755,000,000 5 3.60%
11 Sidley Austin LLP 4,928,162,000 18 2.60%
12 McGuireWoods LLP 3,295,000,000 10 1.80%
13 Moore & Van Allen PLLC 2,997,760,000 17 1.60%
14 Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP 2,173,000,000 8 1.20%
15 Latham & Watkins LLP 2,059,503,051 6 1.10%
16 Bingham McCutchen LLP 1,500,000,000 4 0.80%
17 Haynes & Boone LLP 1,202,500,000 5 0.60%
18 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1,172,000,000 1 0.60%
19 Hunton & Williams LLP 1,029,250,000 2 0.50%
20 Alston & Bird LLP 963,800,000 4 0.50%

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1H09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
Rank Law Firm Syndicated Loans by Volume # of deals Market Share
1 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft 30,540,000,000 2 27.10%
2 Shearman & Sterling LLP 14,557,500,000 6 12.90%
3 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 12,573,666,067 17 11.20%
4 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 5,300,000,000 1 4.70%
5 Davis Polk & Wardwell 3,800,000,000 2 3.40%
6 Latham & Watkins LLP 3,129,630,000 9 2.80%
7 King & Spalding LLP 3,110,000,000 2 2.80%
8 Vinson & Elkins LLP 2,283,300,000 9 2.00%
9 Bryan Cave LLP 2,270,000,000 6 2.00%
10 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 2,150,000,000 4 1.90%
11 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 1,922,000,000 2 1.70%
12 Baker & Hostetler LLC 1,750,000,000 1 1.60%
13 Baker Botts LLP 1,675,000,000 4 1.50%
14 Sidley Austin LLP 1,675,000,000 4 1.50%
15 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP 1,250,000,000 3 1.10%
16 Mayer Brown LLP 1,210,000,000 4 1.10%
16 Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP 1,200,000,000 2 1.10%
18 Haynes & Boone LLP 1,175,000,000 1 1.00%
19 Foley & Lardner LLP 1,100,000,000 1 1.00%
20 Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP 1,063,000,000 4 0.90%
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1Q09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q09 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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2008 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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2008 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1Q-3Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q-3Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1H08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1H08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q08 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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2007 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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2007 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1Q-3Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q-3Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1H07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1H07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q07 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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2006 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%
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2006 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1Q-3Q06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q-3Q06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1H06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1H06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1Q06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%
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1Q06 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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2005 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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2005 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%
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1Q-3Q05 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q-3Q05 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%

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1H05 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1H05 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume
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%

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1Q05 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q05 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume

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%

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2004 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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2004 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume

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%

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1Q-3Q04 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1Q-3Q04 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume

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%

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1H04 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume
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%

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1H04 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume

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%

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1Q04 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Lenders
 by Volume

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%

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1Q04 - U.S. Law Firms Representing Borrowers
 by Volume

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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