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Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis have emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the consumer sector for the first half (H1) of 2025, in terms of value and volume, respectively, according to the latest legal advisers league table by GlobalData.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Davis Polk & Wardwell ranked first by deal value, overseeing transactions totalling $7.2bn, while Kirkland & Ellis led by deal volume, advising on ten transactions.<\/p>\n

GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: \u201cInterestingly, Davis Polk & Wardwell did not even feature among the top 10 by value in H1 2024 but managed to lead by this metric in H1 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth the deals advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell during H1 2025 were billion-dollar deals and involvement in these big-ticket deals helped it occupy the top position by value.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis was the top adviser by volume in H1 2024 and managed to retain its leadership position by this metric in H1 2025 as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the value-based rankings, Paul Hastings secured second place with $5.3bn in advised deals, followed by Cravath Swaine & Moore at $4.9bn, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer at $4.2bn, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom at $3.5bn.<\/p>\n

For deal volume, Latham & Watkins occupied the second position with nine deals, followed by A&O Shearman with seven deals, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Jones Day with six deals each.<\/p>\n

GlobalData\u2019s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain.<\/p>\n

A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names. To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions<\/a> of deals from leading advisers.<\/p>\n

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