Mergers and Acquisitions

Cravath is a leader in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, proxy contests and joint ventures. Our mergers and acquisitions practice has ranked at or near the top in numerous third-party publications. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business says of the Firm’s mergers and acquisitions practice that Cravath’s “terrific lawyers have continued to attract the key market deals”, and that the Firm “offers clients an incredibly high level of consistency in terms of talent and has cultivated a host of no-nonsense, to-the-point deal doers”. While the past year in the corporate deal environment was one of the most challenging in a generation, there were many bright spots for Cravath’s practice. A continued flight to quality led to an increase in the Firm’s overall market share, particularly in transactions with a value of over US$1 billion.