Linklaters has stormed to the top of Mergermarket's 2008 deal rankings, heading the value tables globally as well as in Europe, the UK and the Asia-Pacific region. The firm also boosted its position in the volume rankings - leading the tables in Europe and coming within the top three in the UK and globally, where DLA Piper topped the listings. The magic circle firm worked on 267 deals globally worth $728.5bn (£482.3m) to knock Sullivan & Cromwell off the top of the worldwide value rankings, with the Wall Street leader coming second after working on $611.7bn (£404.83bn) worth of M&A activity.Linklaters worked on nine of the year's top 15 global deals including the now collapsed $190.3bn (£125.9bn) mega-bid by mining giant BHP Billiton for Rio Tinto and the $44.3bn ($29.4bn) takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America.
January 08, 2009 at 04:56 AM
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Linklaters has stormed to the top of Mergermarket’s 2008 deal rankings, heading the value tables globally as well as in Europe, the UK and the Asia-Pacific region.
The firm also boosted its position in the volume rankings – leading the tables in Europe and coming within the top three in the UK and globally, where DLA Piper topped the listings.
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