We used our database of private equity portfolio company transactions to determine the most active law firms advising private equity deals in 2021 (based on number of deals, platform acquisitions only).

We used our database of private equity portfolio company transactions to determine the most active law firms advising private equity transactions in 2020….

When investment banks work on transactions involving private equity, do they often use the same law firm to close the deal? I probed the data to find out…

I reviewed our database of private equity portfolio company transactions over the past five years to produce a list of the top 10 most active law firms in advising private equity transactions (by number of deals).

In tracking portfolio company acquisitions by private equity firms, we also get a view of which law firms are most active in PE deals. Although not necessarily in order, these are the main law firms we see advising private equity transactions in the second half of 2017: