In 2025, Skadden was the leading legal advisor to merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions worldwide. During the year, the firm advised on deals worth a total of nearly billion U.S. dollars. Second in the ranking came Latham & Watkins with billion U.S. dollars, followed by Kirkland & Ellis with billion U.S. dollars.
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Nishimura & Asahi. (January 5, 2026). Leading legal advisors to merger and acquisition transactions worldwide in 2025, by value of completed deals (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1030801/leading-manda-legal-advisors-by-deal-value/
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