Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP issued the following announcement on July 21.
Troutman Pepper advised in more than 35 mergers and acquisitions in Q2 2021, with an overall deal value totaling more than $6.8 billion. Transactions spanned across the United States with a handful of cross-border deals, including in Canada and the U.K. Completed private equity-related transactions had an overall deal value totaling nearly $1 billion.
“Q2’s overall M&A activity built on the momentum from Q1, leading to the highest-ever deal value and volume for a first half of the year,” said Partner Matt Greenberg, who leads the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. “We expect this trend to continue as rates remain low for attractive borrowing and market confidence stays high.”
Troutman Pepper’s Q2 performance resulted in higher rankings in the M&A league table rankings published by Refinitiv, a data analytics provider, improving its position in multiple categories. Q2 rankings:
Refinitiv Global M&A Legal Advisory Review (Deal Count)
Any U.S. Involvement Completed
#21 ranked firm (up from #61 last year)
Any U.S. Involvement Announced
#25 ranked firm (up from #75 last year)
U.S. Target Completed
#19 ranked firm (up from #51 last year)
U.S. Target Announced
#24 ranked firm (up from #60 last year)
Any Canadian Involvement Completed
#19 ranked firm (up from #82 last year) (#8 U.S.-based law firm)
Any Canadian Involvement Announced
#21 ranked firm (up from #90 last year) (#9 U.S.-based law firm)
Refinitiv Global M&A Mid-Market Legal Advisory (Deal Count)
United States Target Mid-Market
#16 ranked firm (up from #54 last year)
Canadian Involvement Mid-Market
#20 ranked firm (up from #84 last year) (#8 U.S.-based law firm)
Refinitiv Global M&A Small-Cap Legal Advisory (Deal Count)
United States Target Small-Cap
#17 ranked firm (up from #54 last year)
Canadian Involvement Small-Cap
#19 ranked firm (up from #64 last year) (#8 U.S.-based law firm)
Bloomberg Global M&A Mid-Market Legal Advisory (Deal Count)
Canada Mid-Market (Up to $500 million)
#7 ranked firm (unranked in 2020)
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