After a one-year dip in deal value in 2009, project finance bounced back to hit a new record of $354.6 billion in 2010, up 22 percent from the prior year. That figure topped the previous high of $320.5 billion in 2008, according to Dealogic. Total 2010 deals jumped to 852–a 20 percent year-over-year rise.
Among Am Law 100 firms, White & Case placed highest in the league tables at sixth, with deal value of $11 billion via 35 deals. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy placed one spot lower at seventh, with $10.3 billion on 38 deals. Latham & Watkins, the top firm in 2009, ranked ninth, with $9.9 billion in deal value on 40 deals.
