
Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have secured the top spot in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal adviser for 2024 in the automotive sector, according to the latest league table from GlobalData, the parent company of Just Auto.
An analysis of GlobalData’s Deals Database has revealed that Slaughter and May advised on automotive deals worth a total of $2.3bn, securing its position at the forefront in terms of value.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison secured the second spot in deal value, advising on deals also valued at approximately $2.3bn.
It was closely followed by Kirkland & Ellis at $2.2bn, Latham & Watkins at $1.3bn, and NautaDutilh also at $1.3bn.
Kirkland & Ellis led by volume with a total of eight deals.
In terms of deal volume, CMS took the second position with involvement in six deals. It was trailed by AZB & Partners and Baker McKenzie, each with five deals, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison with four.
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By GlobalDataGlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Kirkland & Ellis registered improvement in the number of deals advised by it during 2024 compared to the previous year. Resultantly, its ranking by volume improved from the third position in 2023 to the top position in 2024.
“Meanwhile, Slaughter and May, which led by value in 2024, was not even among the top 10 during the previous year.”
GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory firm websites and other reliable sources available on the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.
To ensure further robustness to the data, the company also seeks submissions of deals from leading advisers.