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Top 25 Mergers and acquisitions law firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 18,879 mergers and acquisitions law firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 375,423 professional contacts across them, including 173,045 with verified work emails and 82,919 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers mergers and acquisitions law firms worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026. Country and city lists for mergers and acquisitions law firms follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest mergers and acquisitions law firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,449 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As one of the world’s leading law firms, we serve a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 7,485 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “White & Case is a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 6,487 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Freshfields is a global firm with over 280 years’ experience of anticipating change, setting new standards and shaping the future of law.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 4,540 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates delivers the highest quality advice and novel solutions to legal challenges, enabling clients to achieve their business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 4,177 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mayer Brown is a leading international law firm, positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds and financial institutions in their most important and complex…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,735 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 3,341 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals, complex IP and regulatory matters, and high-stakes litigation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 3,045 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With widely recognized elite teams in finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and special situations, litigation, employment and real estate, Paul Hastings…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 2,738 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “On May 1, 2024, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling merged to become A&O Shearman.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,667 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MinterEllison is one of Australia’s largest independent law and consulting firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,667 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Morrison Foerster transforms complexity into advantage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2,577 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a global law firm of more than 1,500 lawyers focused on helping clients navigate their most complex legal and business challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 2,454 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Akin is a global law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers and advisors who pride themselves on dedication to their clients and their communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 2,333 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Arnold & Porter combines sophisticated regulatory, litigation, and transactional capabilities to resolve clients’ most complex issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 2,267 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Desde a NWADV transforma desafios jurídicos complexos em decisões mais seguras para empresas nacionais e internacionais.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2,167 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “High stakes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2,092 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2,041 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dechert is the law firm that helps business leaders lead.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,951 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Slaughter and May is regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,949 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pillsbury is one of the world’s foremost law firms, operating at the intersection of technology innovation, capital and government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,926 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trilegal is a leading full-service law firm in India with over 25 years of experience, known for its depth of expertise and client-focused approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,895 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Troutman Pepper Locke LLP helps clients solve complex legal challenges and achieve their business goals in an ever-changing global economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1,848 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Faegre Drinker is a firm designed for clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1,797 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re your business advisers as well as your lawyers, working in step with you to protect your interests today and progress your ambitions for tomorrow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1,790 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Committed to Your Success – As a law firm of more than 900 professionals, Venable delivers legal services globally in every area of regulatory compliance, government affairs…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: mergers and acquisitions law firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names mergers and acquisitions law firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of mergers and acquisitions law firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name mergers and acquisitions law firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Mergers and acquisitions law firms worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 5, 2026Companies by employee count
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among mergers and acquisitions law firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- 65 countries, largest first: the United States, Brazil, India, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia and 55 more. Country and city lists for mergers and acquisitions law firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “mergers and acquisitions law firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names mergers and acquisitions law firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among mergers and acquisitions law firms, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 173,045 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph between September 5, 2026 and September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Mergers and acquisitions law firms by location
151 lists · largest firstEvery Mergers and acquisitions law firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in the United States3,641
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Brazil2,794
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in India1,292
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in France1,184
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Spain808
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Germany800
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Italy773
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in the United Kingdom567
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Mexico457
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Australia432
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Poland408
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in the Netherlands393
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Canada379
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Türkiye360
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Indonesia268
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Argentina248
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Belgium205
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Nigeria204
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Switzerland201
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Colombia192
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in South Africa185
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Chile157
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Saudi Arabia148
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in the United Arab Emirates139
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Sweden138
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Peru132
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Pakistan129
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Egypt124
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Austria123
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Romania117
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Denmark113
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Israel108
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Portugal101
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Malaysia91
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Kenya78
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Greece76
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Finland70
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Ecuador67
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Russia66
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Hungary63
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Vietnam62
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Norway60
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Cyprus58
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Serbia55
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in New Zealand52
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in the Philippines52
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Luxembourg51
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Bulgaria50
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in the Dominican Republic50
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Japan49
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Ireland48
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Ukraine46
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Panama42
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Ghana37
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Venezuela36
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Slovenia34
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Jordan33
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Lebanon32
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Tanzania32
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Costa Rica30
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Croatia29
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Hong Kong29
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Uganda29
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Slovakia26
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Thailand26
Cities
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil742
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Paris, France635
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in New Delhi, India316
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in London, United Kingdom312
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in New York, United States244
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Madrid, Spain192
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Mumbai, India173
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil156
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Sydney, Australia151
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Curitiba, Brazil148
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil132
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Warszawa, Poland117
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Porto Alegre, Brazil114
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Chicago, United States111
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Milano, Italy108
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Delhi, India107
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Los Angeles, United States101
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Barcelona, Spain97
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Houston, United States90
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Toronto, Canada80
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Stockholm, Sweden79
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Dallas, United States74
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Zurich, Switzerland73
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Melbourne, Australia71
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Atlanta, United States68
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Washington, United States65
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Campinas, Brazil64
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Bogota, Colombia62
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Milan, Italy61
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Amsterdam, Netherlands60
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Bucharest, Romania60
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Lyon, France58
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Roma, Italy57
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Miami, United States54
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Warsaw, Poland54
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Bengaluru, India53
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa53
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in San Francisco, United States53
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Helsinki, Finland51
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Wien, Austria49
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Denver, United States48
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Bangalore, India47
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Noida, India47
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Pune, India47
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in San Diego, United States47
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Brasilia, Brazil46
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Austin, United States45
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Jakarta, Indonesia45
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Boston, United States44
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Chennai, India43
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg43
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Montreal, Canada43
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Athens, Greece42
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Belgrade, Serbia42
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Salvador, Brazil42
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Hamburg, Germany41
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Buenos Aires, Argentina40
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Tel Aviv, Israel40
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Recife, Brazil39
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Fortaleza, Brazil37
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Frankfurt, Germany37
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Irvine, United States36
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Seattle, United States36
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Berlin, Germany35
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Philadelphia, United States35
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Vancouver, Canada34
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Hyderabad, India33
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Tampa, United States33
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Budapest, Hungary32
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Oslo, Norway31
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Stuttgart, Germany31
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Sofia, Bulgaria30
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Calgary, Canada29
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico29
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Minneapolis, United States28
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Munich, Germany28
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Brisbane, Australia27
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany27
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Auckland, New Zealand26
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Bordeaux, France26
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Charlotte, United States26
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Ljubljana, Slovenia26
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Mexico City, Mexico26
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Rome, Italy26
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Katowice, Poland25
- Mergers and acquisitions law firms based in Toulouse, France25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names mergers and acquisitions law firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many mergers and acquisitions law firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 18,879 mergers and acquisitions law firms worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Kirkland & Ellis, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most mergers and acquisitions law firms?
The United States leads with 3,641 companies, followed by Brazil (2,794) and India (1,292). Every mergers and acquisitions law firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most mergers and acquisitions law firms?
Sao Paulo leads with 883 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (635) and New York (325).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 173,045 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 18,879 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled from the company graph between September 5, 2026 and September 14, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.