A trio of elite US firms have taken the lead roles on the transformation of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs into bank holding companies, reports The American Lawyer.
Cravath Swaine & Moore, Sullivan & Cromwell, and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. played key advisory roles on the groundbreaking deals, and the same three firms also advised Morgan Stanley and Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in a deal under which Mitsubishi, known as MUFG, will purchase up to 20% of Morgan Stanley’s common stock.
