Europe: top M&A legal advisors, by volume 2021

CMS was the leading legal advisor to M&A deals in Europe in terms of volume during the first half of 2021. The Frankfurt-headquartered law firm assisted companies in a total of 48 M&A deals worth approximately 11 billion U.S. dollars combined. Second in the ranking was Slaughter & May, based in the United Kingdom, legal advisor to 32 M&A transactions worth a total of 27 billion U.S. dollars. The ranking is based on the dominant geography and sector focus of the M&A target entity.

League table for legal advisers to M&A transactions in Europe in H1 2021, by number of deals

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July 2021

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Europe

Survey time period

H1 2021

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The source adds the following information:"Deal types include Mergers, Acquisitions, Asset transactions, Private Equity, Venture Financing which are announced between January 1, 2016 and June 30, 2021. The M&A trend data is based on the dominant geography and sector focus of the target entity. Data presented in this report is derived from a number of reliable sources and is believed to be accurate. Key sources include company press releases, stock exchanges, trade journals, and business press."

The source continues: "GlobalData’s sector coverage includes technology, construction, banking & payments, consumer, power, mining, packaging, oil and gas, retail, insurance, foodservice, healthcare, pharma, automotive, travel & tourism, medical, aerospace, defense & security, apparel, and others."

Finally: "As part of our league tables we consider deals announced during the stated time period and include ongoing deals as well as completed deals. Any deals announced prior to the stated time period will not be included in the league tables. The deal values are represented in USD Billions or Millions and the conversion is based as on the deal announcement date. Non-US dollar denominated transactions are converted to the US dollar equivalent at the time of announcement of terms."

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