Cleary Gottlieb Ranks #1 in Global M&A for First Half of 2010

July 9, 2010

Cleary Gottlieb ranked #1 in Global M&A, in terms of the total value of completed deals, by Thomson Reuters for the first half of 2010.

The firm also fared well in region-specific league tables for activity within North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. A summary of the firm’s top rankings for the first half of 2010 by Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, Dealogic and mergermarket follows.

Global Rankings
#1 in Global M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#2 in Global M&A (announced, value) Thomson Reuters
#2 in Global Private Equity M&A (announced, value) Bloomberg
#3 in Global M&A – Counsel to Principals (announced, value) Bloomberg
#4 in Global M&A (announced, value) mergermarket
#4 in Global M&A – Corporate Advisory Only (announced, value) Dealogic
#5 in Global M&A (announced, value) Bloomberg
#5 in Global M&A – Including Counsel to Corporates and Financial Advisors (announced, value) Dealogic

North American Rankings
#1 in U.S. High Technology M&A (announced, value) Thomson Reuters
#2 in U.S. and U.S. Public M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#3 in U.S. M&A (announced, value) mergermarket
#3 in U.S. Public M&A (completed, deal count) Thomson Reuters
#4 in Americas M&A (announced, value) mergermarket
#4 in U.S. M&A (announced, value) Thomson Reuters
#4 in U.S. M&A – Corporate Advisory Only (announced, value) Dealogic
#4 in U.S. (North East) M&A (announced, value) mergermarket
#5 in U.S. M&A – Including Counsel to Corporates and Financial Advisors (announced, value) Dealogic
#6 in U.S. Target M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#7 in U.S. Target M&A (announced, value) Thomson Reuters
#7 in U.S. (South) M&A (announced, value) mergermarket
#7 in Canadian M&A (announced, value) Thomson Reuters
#8 in U.S. M&A (announced, value) Bloomberg
#9 in U.S. M&A (completed, deal count) Thomson Reuters

European Rankings
#1 in Nordic M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#2 in U.K. M&A (announced, value) Thomson Reuters
#2 in Benelux M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#3 in European M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#3 in French M&A (announced, value) mergermarket
#4 in Benelux M&A (announced, value) Thomson Reuters and mergermarket
#5 in U.K. M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#5 in European M&A (announced, value) mergermarket

Emerging Markets Rankings
#1 in Emerging Market M&A (announced and completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#1 in Latin American M&A (announced and completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#1 in Eastern European M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#2 in Central & South American (announced, value) mergermarket
#2 in BRIC M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#3 in Emerging Market M&A (completed, deal count) Thomson Reuters
#4 in Chinese M&A (completed, value) Thomson Reuters
#5 in Greater China M&A (announced, value) mergermarket

Bloomberg, based in New York, provides news, data and analysis to the business community and media outlets. Thomson Reuters is one of the world’s leading information and publishing companies, with rankings frequently cited in The American Lawyer, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. Dealogic provides a platform for investment banking and capital markets professionals globally to help improve strategy, competitiveness, and execution. mergermarket, part of The Mergermarket Group, is an independent M&A intelligence tool used by the world’s foremost financial institutions to originate deals.