The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, with more than 50 Arizona-based attorneys, ranked among the top law firms representing investment banks and financial advisors in mergers and acquisition transactions in 2012, according to Corporate Control Alert.
Greenberg Traurig’s M&A Practice ranked 4th among all law firms representing investment banks and financial advisors in U.S. mergers and acquisitions, with 17 transactions in the 2012 Banker Representation listing, published by Corporate Control Alert, a journal of legal and financial deal-making trends. Firms were ranked by the total number of deals valued at $100 million or more from January 2012 to December 2012. Greenberg Traurig’s M&A Practice was credited with several high-profile banker representations, including Group Modelo, S.A.B. de C.V. in its pending $20.1 billion acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev and ConAgra Foods, Inc. in its $6.8 billion acquisition of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
“Ranking fourth among all U.S. law firms affirms Greenberg Traurig is a leading law firm in M&A transactions for investment banking and financial advisory firms,” said Quinn Williams, a Corporate/ M&A shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Phoenix office.
Greenberg Traurig’s Corporate and Securities/M&A Practice has more than 350 attorneys in more than 30 offices around the world providing counsel and services to companies and entrepreneurs throughout Americas, Europe and Asia. Greenberg Traurig’s practice groups and attorneys have been recognized as No. 1 in their respective geographic regions by The National Law Journal, Chambers & Partners, Corporate Board Member magazine, Latin Lawyer magazine and numerous regional and local professional publications and rankings.
