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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