Ticker LaunchUS IPO law firms league table, 2024
The most active US IPO law firms in 2024, ranked by deals as company counsel. Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li ranks first with 15 deals.
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| # | Firm | Company counsel | Underwriters' counsel | Proceeds, as company counsel | Median deal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li | 15 | 8 | $53.8M | $6.8M |
| 2 | Ortoli Rosenstadt | 14 | 3 | $34.3M | $6.1M |
| 3 | Latham & Watkins | 12 | 16 | $9.6B | $450M |
| 4 | Loeb & Loeb | 7 | 7 | $25.6M | $7.5M |
| 5 | Han Kun | 7 | 0 | $21M | $7M |
| 6 | Davis Polk | 6 | 6 | $360M | $360M |
| 7 | Ellenoff Grossman & Schole | 6 | 4 | $40.1M | $8.1M |
| 8 | Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel | 6 | 9 | $26M | $6M |
| 9 | Cooley | 5 | 8 | $1.46B | $288.9M |
| 10 | Goodwin Procter | 5 | 4 | $832.8M | $212M |
| 11 | Jingtian & Gongcheng | 5 | 3 | $24M | $8M |
| 12 | Greenberg Traurig | 4 | 3 | $109.2M | $30M |
| 13 | K&L Gates | 4 | 1 | $18.1M | $5.7M |
| 14 | Robinson & Cole | 4 | 0 | $14M | $7M |
| 15 | China Commercial Law Firm | 4 | 0 | $12.7M | $6.4M |
| 16 | Venable | 3 | 0 | $5.36B | $672M |
| 17 | Skadden, Arps | 3 | 1 | $2.61B | $946.4M |
| 18 | Ropes & Gray | 3 | 2 | $2.11B | $1.06B |
| 19 | Sidley Austin | 3 | 2 | $693M | $12M |
| 20 | DLA Piper | 3 | 1 | $120.8M | $60.4M |
| 21 | Rajah & Tann | 3 | 3 | $21M | $10.5M |
| 22 | Pryor Cashman | 3 | 5 | $13.8M | $6.9M |
| 23 | Jincheng Tongda & Neal | 3 | 3 | $13.5M | $6.8M |
| 24 | Sheppard Mullin | 3 | 5 | $10M | $10M |
| 25 | Whalen | 2 | 0 | $748M | $748M |
| 26 | Simpson Thacher | 2 | 3 | $693.3M | $693.3M |
| 27 | Paul Hastings | 2 | 2 | $319M | $319M |
| 28 | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | 2 | $315M | $315M |
| 29 | Jones Day | 2 | 0 | $112M | $112M |
| 30 | Sullivan & Worcester | 2 | 1 | $11.6M | $5.8M |
| 31 | Yuan Tai Law Offices | 2 | 0 | $11M | $5.5M |
| 32 | Dorsey & Whitney | 2 | 0 | $6.2M | $6.2M |
| 33 | AllBright | 2 | 3 | $6M | $6M |
| 34 | JunHe | 2 | 0 | $5M | $5M |
| 35 | Watson Farley & Williams | 2 | 0 | $5M | $5M |
| 36 | Dacheng | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 37 | Global Law Office | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 38 | Shook Lin & Bok | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 39 | Debevoise & Plimpton | 1 | 0 | $1.04B | $1.04B |
| 40 | Kinstellar | 1 | 0 | $1.04B | $1.04B |
| 41 | Wilson Sonsini | 1 | 1 | $577.3M | $577.3M |
| 42 | Dechert | 1 | 0 | $528.8M | $528.8M |
| 43 | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 1 | 1 | $409.2M | $409.2M |
| 44 | Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff | 1 | 0 | $308M | $308M |
| 45 | Herbert Smith Freehills | 1 | 0 | $292.3M | $292.3M |
| 46 | Baker Botts | 1 | 0 | $270M | $270M |
| 47 | Morrison & Foerster | 1 | 0 | $260.4M | $260.4M |
| 48 | Fried Frank | 1 | 0 | $250.8M | $250.8M |
| 49 | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 0 | $246.5M | $246.5M |
| 50 | Mayer Brown | 1 | 1 | $215M | $215M |
Counsel as named in each final prospectus's Legal Matters section. Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda counsel are left out. Based on the 156 deals with counsel on record.
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