Paul Hastings Receives Top Rankings in Global M&A League Tables for 2012

January 23, 2013

New York, NY - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm received top rankings for its merger and acquisition activity for 2012 and was recognized for working on one of 2012s largest deals in league tables conducted by mergermarket, Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters for M&A during 2012.

The firm was recognized for advising on one of the Top 10 deals of 2012 in mergermarkets Global M&A League Tables in connection with its representation of MetroPCS as antitrust counsel in a definitive agreement with Deutsche Telekom to combine T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS.

Within all of the league tables Paul Hastings was acknowledged for M&A globally, as well as within the U.S., Europe and in Asia.

Additionally, the firm received the following rankings:

Mergermarkets Global M&A League Tables

Top 10 for Legal Advisors to U.S. Buyouts by Deal Count
Top 10 for Legal Advisors to U.S. (Mid-West) M&A by Deal Count
Top 15 for Legal Advisors to U.S. West M&A by Deal Count
Top 15 for Legal Advisors to South Korean M&A by Deal Count & Value
Top 15 for Legal Advisors to Global Buyouts by Deal Count
Top 15 for Legal Advisors to German M&A by Value
Top 15 for Legal Advisors to French M&A by Deal Count
Top 15 for Legal Advisors to U.S. M&A by Deal Count
Top 15 for Legal Advisors to Americas M&A by Deal Count

Bloombergs M&A League Tables

Top 15 for Legal Advisors to French M&A by Deal Count
Top 20 for Legal Advisors to Italian M&A by Deal Count
Top 20 for Legal Advisors to US M&A by Deal Count

Thomson Reuters Global M&A Review, Midmarket and Small Cap League Tables

Top 10 for Small Cap US Target by Deal Count
Top 10 for Small Cap US Target by Deal Value
Top 10 for Small Cap by French Involvement by Deal Count
Top 15 for Global M&A Review US Target Announced by Deal Count
Top 15 for Midmarket US Target by Deal Count
Top 15 for Midmarket French Involvement by Deal Count
Top 15 for Small-Cap Worldwide by Deal Count
Top 20 for Global M&A Review German Involvement by Deal Count
Top 20 for Global M&A Review Worldwide Completed by Deal Count
Top 20 for Global M&A Review Worldwide Announced by Deal Count
Top 20 for Midmarket Italian Involvement by Deal Count
Top 20 for Midmarket Chinese Involvement by Deal Count
Top 20 for Midmarket Worldwide by Deal Count

The M&A league tables represent publicly disclosed transactions announced between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

Paul Hastings LLP is a leading global law firm with offices in Asia, Europe, and the United States. We provide innovative legal solutions to financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies. Please visit www.paulhastings.com for more information.