Ticker LaunchUS IPO law firms league table, 2021
The most active US IPO law firms in 2021, ranked by deals as company counsel. Latham & Watkins ranks first with 56 deals.
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| # | Firm | Company counsel | Underwriters' counsel | Proceeds, as company counsel | Median deal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latham & Watkins | 56 | 70 | $26.98B | $205.3M |
| 2 | Cooley | 44 | 32 | $16.36B | $230M |
| 3 | Wilson Sonsini | 20 | 6 | $6.88B | $200.1M |
| 4 | Kirkland & Ellis | 18 | 5 | $7.99B | $368.4M |
| 5 | Goodwin Procter | 18 | 27 | $3.91B | $243.9M |
| 6 | Davis Polk | 16 | 65 | $5.51B | $448.5M |
| 7 | Skadden, Arps | 16 | 13 | $3.87B | $380M |
| 8 | Fenwick & West | 10 | 3 | $3.58B | $327M |
| 9 | Simpson Thacher | 10 | 19 | $3.14B | $303.6M |
| 10 | Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li | 9 | 3 | $206.6M | $25M |
| 11 | Ropes & Gray | 8 | 6 | $3.01B | $312.5M |
| 12 | Sullivan & Worcester | 7 | 2 | $96M | $15M |
| 13 | Han Kun | 6 | 2 | $2.45B | $273M |
| 14 | Gunderson Dettmer | 6 | 0 | $2.19B | $192.2M |
| 15 | Sidley Austin | 6 | 5 | $854.9M | $136.8M |
| 16 | Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel | 6 | 5 | $88.1M | $15M |
| 17 | Paul, Weiss | 5 | 1 | $1.61B | $489.6M |
| 18 | Meitar | 5 | 0 | $1.21B | $327.1M |
| 19 | Gibson Dunn | 5 | 1 | $1.08B | $229.4M |
| 20 | WilmerHale | 5 | 5 | $631.4M | $123.6M |
| 21 | Sheppard Mullin | 5 | 4 | $89.7M | $16.6M |
| 22 | Schiff Hardin | 5 | 6 | $73M | $14.4M |
| 23 | Lucosky Brookman | 5 | 2 | $72.1M | $16.5M |
| 24 | Ellenoff Grossman & Schole | 5 | 18 | $48.2M | $11.6M |
| 25 | White & Case | 4 | 3 | $2.77B | $1.29B |
| 26 | Whalen | 4 | 0 | $2.49B | $448.7M |
| 27 | Cravath | 4 | 3 | $2.48B | $155.8M |
| 28 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 4 | 4 | $995.7M | $405.4M |
| 29 | Dentons | 4 | 2 | $280M | $30M |
| 30 | Loeb & Loeb | 4 | 10 | $109.9M | $35.9M |
| 31 | Pryor Cashman | 4 | 3 | $47.7M | $16M |
| 32 | A&O Shearman | 3 | 5 | $2.75B | $925M |
| 33 | Venable | 3 | 1 | $715.8M | $136.8M |
| 34 | McDermott Will & Emery | 3 | 1 | $601M | $77M |
| 35 | Mintz | 3 | 3 | $110M | $110M |
| 36 | Jingtian & Gongcheng | 3 | 4 | $95M | $47.5M |
| 37 | Ortoli Rosenstadt | 3 | 2 | $81M | $26M |
| 38 | GFE Law Office | 3 | 1 | $76.9M | $26.9M |
| 39 | Baker McKenzie | 3 | 0 | $68.7M | $34.3M |
| 40 | Carmel, Milazzo & Feil | 3 | 2 | $62.8M | $18.8M |
| 41 | Lowenstein Sandler | 3 | 0 | $61M | $18M |
| 42 | Crone Law Group | 3 | 0 | $51.4M | $14.4M |
| 43 | Bevilacqua | 3 | 1 | $33M | $16.5M |
| 44 | Olshan Frome Wolosky | 3 | 0 | $21M | $21M |
| 45 | Tian Yuan | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 46 | Paul Hastings | 2 | 0 | $756M | $378M |
| 47 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | 2 | 0 | $634.1M | $317M |
| 48 | Freshfields | 2 | 2 | $435M | $435M |
| 49 | Reed Smith | 2 | 0 | $324.1M | $162.1M |
| 50 | K&L Gates | 2 | 0 | $70M | $35M |
Counsel as named in each final prospectus's Legal Matters section. Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda counsel are left out. Based on the 413 deals with counsel on record.
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