Press Release
| January 14, 2010
Dewey & LeBoeuf Ranks Highly in 2009 Year-End League Tables
(New York, January 14, 2010) - Last year presented numerous challenges for the global business community. In 2009, the value of worldwide M&A deals decreased by 28.2 percent according to Thomson Reuters Mergers & Acquisitions Review. Despite this downturn in activity, the firm was among the top 10 in virtually every major M&A category and experienced significant increases in many of the rankings.
Below are the firm's rankings in several year-end industry league tables.
| mergermarket |
2009 RANK |
2008 RANK |
YEAR CHANGE |
| Central & Eastern Europe region (by volume) |
6 |
15 |
+9 |
| Central & Eastern Europe region (by value) |
7 |
13 |
+6 |
| US (Northeast) (by volume) |
7 |
6 |
-1 |
| US (by volume) |
7 |
10 |
+3 |
| Italy (by value) |
8 |
12 |
+4 |
| US (by value) |
9 |
10 |
+1 |
| US (North East) (by value) |
10 |
11 |
+1 |
| United Kingdom (by value) |
11 |
59 |
+48 |
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| Thomson Reuters |
2009 RANK |
2008 RANK |
YEAR CHANGE |
| US Industrial announced (by value) |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Canadian involvement completed (by value) |
3 |
44 |
+41 |
Eastern European Emerging Markets involvement
completed (by value) |
4 |
8 |
+4 |
Russian Emerging Markets involvement
completed (by value) |
4 |
7 |
+3 |
| US involvement announced (by value) |
7 |
18 |
+11 |
| US public involvement completed (by volume) |
7 |
7 |
0 |
| Canadian involvement announced (by value) |
7 |
26 |
+19 |
| US involvement completed (by value) |
9 |
10 |
+1 |
| Global announced (by value) |
9 |
23 |
+14 |
| US target announced (by value) |
9 |
16 |
+7 |
| US target completed (by value) |
9 |
10 |
+1 |
| US public involvement completed (by value) |
9 |
10 |
+1 |
| Global completed (by value) |
10 |
21 |
+11 |
| United Kingdom involvement announced (by value) |
11 |
35 |
+24 |
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| Bloomberg |
2009 RANK |
2008 RANK |
YEAR CHANGE |
| US announced (by value) |
8 |
14 |
+6 |
| United Kingdom announced (by value) |
10 |
39 |
+29 |
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| SNL |
2009 RANK |
2008 RANK |
YEAR CHANGE |
| Insurance broker (by value) |
1 |
10 |
+9 |
This memorandum is intended only as a general discussion of these issues. It is not considered to be legal advice. We would be pleased to provide additional details or advice about specific situations. For additional information on this important topic, please feel free to call upon your Dewey & LeBoeuf relationship partner. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form, without our prior written consent.
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