PrivCo's Top 20 Law Firms for Private Tech M&A Transactions: The League Tables

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – May 29, 2014) –  PrivCo has just released its 2014 Private Tech Company M&A Research Report: “The Top 100 Acquirers Of U.S. Private Tech Companies In 2013 Including: The Most Active Acquirers, The Companies They Acquired, What They Paid, Top 10 Target Company Cities, Financial and Law Firm Deal Advisor League Tables, and More.” Included in this comprehensive, 400-plus page report are exclusive rankings of the Top Law Firms For Private Tech M&A, based on the number of private tech companies advised in 2013. PrivCo has provided its Exclusive Top 20 Rankings below, with Kirkland & Ellis repeating its ranking as the #1 law firm in 2013. Ranked just behind it were Goodwin Procter (#2) & Latham & Watkins (#3).

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To access PrivCo’s 2014 Private Tech M&A Report:
http://www.privco.com/the-2014-private-tech-company-manda-report

Top 20 Law Firms For Private Tech M&A in 2013
(Ranked By Number of Private Company Technology M&A Transactions Advised On January 2013-December 2013)
1. Kirkland & Ellis
2. Goodwin Procter
3. Latham & Watkins
4. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
5. Shearman & Sterling
6. Weil Gotshal & Manges
7. O’Melveny & Myers
8. Ropes & Gray
9. DLA Piper
10. Jones Day
11. Edwards Wildman Palmer
12. Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells
13. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
14. Richards Layton & Finger
15. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
16. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
17. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
18. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
19. Morgan Daniels Slager
20. Sidley Austin

Top Buy-Side Tech M&A Law Firms
(Top Choice of Law Firm by ACQUIRERS in Private Deals)
1. Kirkland & Ellis
2. Goodwin Procter
3. Latham & Watkins

Top Sell-Side Tech M&A Law Firms
(Top Choice of Law Firm by TARGETS in Private Deals)
1. Kirkland & Ellis
2. Weil Gotshal & Manges
3. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

The Regional League Tables:
Top Tech M&A Law Firms by City/Region
(By Firm’s HQ)
New York: Skadden
California: Latham & Watkins
Chicago: Kirkland & Ellis
Boston: Goodwin Procter
Delaware¹: Richards Layton & Finger
Canada: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

¹Note: Most Private tech companies are incorporated in Delaware

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