Source: GlobalData
White & Case and Kirkland & Ellis top M&A legal advisers in power sector during Q1 2025, reveals GlobalData
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White & Case and Kirkland & Ellis were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the power sector during the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 by value and volume, respectively, according to the latest legal advisers league table by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
An analysis of GlobalData’s Deals Database reveals that White & Case achieved the leading position in terms of value by advising on $23.8 billion worth of deals. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis led in terms of volume by advising on eight deals.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “There is an year-on-year (YoY) improvement in the total number of deals advised by Kirkland & Ellis during Q1 2025. Resultantly, its ranking by volume improved from the fourth position to the top position. Apart from leading by volume, Kirkland & Ellis also held the second position by value in Q1 2025.
“Meanwhile, White & Case, which led by value in Q1 2025, was not even among the top 10 by this metric in Q1 2024. Due to the involvement in some big-ticket deals, it registered multifold jump in the total value of deals advised by it during Q1 2025. Resultantly, it went ahead from occupying the 24th position by value in Q1 2024 to top the chart in Q1 2025. It advised on billion-dollar deals* during Q1 2025 that also included a mega deal valued more than $10 billion. Apart from leading by value, the company also held the fifth position by volume in Q1 2025.”
Kirkland & Ellis occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $20.9 billion worth of deals, followed by Latham & Watkins with $19 billion and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher with $16.4 billion.
Meanwhile, Latham & Watkins occupied the second position in terms of volume with eight deals, followed by Cuatrecasas with seven deals, CMS with seven deals and White & Case with six deals.
*Deal valued more than or equal to $1 billion