International Corporate Finance

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL: ATTUNED TO COMMERCIAL SENSITIVITY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL

Track record: Sullivan & Cromwell teams

recently advised Cablevision Systems Corpo-

ration during its acquisition by Altice for $18

billion and they also advised the Kraft Foods

Group when it was acquired by the Heinz

Company in a $55 billion deal. Mr. Cohen

was also crucial in working with ACE limited

in their $28 billion acquisition of the Chubb

Corporation.

Team & differentiation: Mr. Cohen and his team

are leaders in working on critical issues and

developments affecting financial institutions

and involved most of the major bank acquisi-

tions in the United States. The practice also

provides corporate governance and cyber-

security advice to a large number of financial

and non-financial institutions, both regular

clients and as special assignments.

L eaders:

Henry Rodgin Cohen,

Joseph Frumkin, Francis

J. Aquila, Alison S. Ressler

and Stephen M. Kotran

E stablished:

1879

Henry Rodgin Cohen

Mark Greene

L eaders:
Mark Greene, Faiza Saeed,
Robert I. Townsend III,
Philip A. Gelston and
Richard Hall
E stablished:
1819

Track record: Cravath is highly regarded for

M&A practices around the world. Last year

the firm ranked No. 2 globally based on deal

volume. In February 2016, Greene led his

team in representing Mylan for their $5.6 bil-

lion acquisition of Abbott Laboratories. The

H.J. Heinz Company was also represented

by the firm in their $55 billion merger with

Kraft.

Team & differentiation: As Head of Interna-

tional Practice for M&A, Mr. Greene has a

global network of clients with extensive work

done internationally. The practice has 22

partners who work on M&A deals from New

York and London. In July 2016, they elected

the first woman, Faiza Saeed to take on the

role of Presiding Partner in the firm.

CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE:
STATE OF THE ART DEALMAKERS

David Katz

L eaders:

David Katz, Andrew R.

Brownstein, Daniel Neff and

Adam O. Emmerich

E stablished:

1965

Track record: Co-Chairs Andrew Brownstein

and Daniel Neff oversee the corporate-

practice’s 33 partners. They are known for

playing a transformative role in the transac-

tions of the banking and financial industry. In

2015, the firm represented eBay during the

spinoff of PayPal in a deal valued at $50.5

billion. It also acted for Verizon in their $4.83

billion acquisition of Yahoo.

Team & differentiation: From their New York

City headquarters Wachtell’s prestigious

team handles complex and demanding

transactions all over the world by providing

creativity in servicing their clients. The team

originated the shareholder rights plan and

has structured the first cross-border “Morris

Trust” transaction.

WACHTELL, LIPTON ROSEN & KATZ:

RENOWNED FOR QUALITY AND DEMANDING TRANSACTIONS

METHODOLOGY

The criteria are:

• Recognition & reputation of the firm in its market


• Team size, seniority of partners (or executive officers,
  managing directors, etc.), managing director, chief executive,
  etc., education & training level of the associates
  (or consultants, investment managers, etc.)


• Volume, nature and quality of the cases dealt with by the firm


• Prestige, diversity and internationalization of the firm’s
  client base


• Team expansion and revenue generated by the activity
  considered in the ranking

Rankings are established with the following tools:

• Submission form procedure:
  We send questionnaires and submission forms to the structure
  already included in Leaders League rankings and to others
  likely to be included. They are, in particular, invited to provide
  information on their organization, their client bases, their track
  record and their market.


• Qualitative procedure:
  To supplement the questionnaires, Leaders League teams
  conduct a large number of interviews, which enable us not
  only to learn more about the firm included in our listings, but
  also to assess the dynamism of the market. Analysts and
  market researchers also have meetings with a large number of
  companies’ executives (private companies, funds, banks) who
  have the opportunity to comment and provide fresh intelligence
  on the market and on the advisors they are soliciting.

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