Finance

Americas Law Firm of the Year: Transactions
Private Debt Investor (2025)
15 No. 1 Year-End League Table Rankings
Debtwire, LSEG, Bloomberg (2025)
Band 1: Private Credit: Nationwide
Chambers USA (2026)
Band 1: Banking & Finance: Nationwide
Chambers USA (2026)
Band 1: Banking & Finance: New York
Chambers USA (2026)
Band 1: Banking & Finance: Texas
Chambers USA (2026)
Transaction of the Year: Oil & Gas (2025) (ONEOK’s $6B acquisition of equity interest in Medallion and Enlink)
IJGlobal Investor Awards (2025)

AES: Goldman Sachs and Citi on financing to support a BlackRock Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT-led consortium’s $10.7 billion ($33.4 billion including debt) acquisition.
Air Lease: SMBC, Citi and Goldman Sachs on $12.1 billion of committed financing in connection with the acquisition by Apollo, Brookfield, SMBC Aviation Capital and Sumitomo.
Bass Pro Shop: Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada, Goldman Sachs and other banks on a $1.2 billion asset-based revolving credit facility as part of an overall $6 billion term loan and asset-based revolving facility.
Compass: Morgan Stanley on financing for the $10 billion combination with Anywhere Real Estate.
Cotiviti: Lead arrangers on the financing for KKR’s $5.6 billion investment.
Darktrace: Lead arrangers on the financing for Thoma Bravo’s $5.3 billion acquisition.
Enstar: Barclays on providing $3.15 billion in financing for Sixth Street’s $5.1 billion acquisition.
GFL Environmental: Financing sources for Apollo and BC Partners’ CAD$8 billion (USD$5.6 billion) acquisition of GFL’s Environmental Services business.
ModMed: Lenders on the financing for Clearlake Capital’s $5.3 billion investment.
Sealed Air: Financing sources in CD&R’s $10.3 billion acquisition.
Squarespace: Direct lenders on the financing for Permira’s $7.2 billion acquisition.
Waters & BDC: Financing sources in providing committed financing for a $17.5 billion Reverse Morris Trust combination between Waters Corporation and Becton, Dickinson and Company’s Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business.

Finance

15 No. 1 year-end rankings from the leading league tables (Debtwire, LSEG, Bloomberg)

RECOGNITIONS

Private Debt Investor (2025)

Debtwire, LSEG, Bloomberg (2025)

Chambers USA (2026)

Chambers USA (2026)

Chambers USA (2026)

Chambers USA (2026)

IJGlobal Investor Awards (2025)

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