Hunton Andrews Kurth Places Among Top Law Firms in Refinitiv’s 2019 M&A League Tables

Firm Among Top 10 in Key U.S. Rankings

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that its mergers and acquisitions practice ranked among the top 10 firms in Refinitiv’s 2019 U.S. legal advisor league tables and in the top 15 of worldwide rankings.

“Our M&A team experienced robust activity in 2019, as reflected in deals of varying sizes and across a number of industry sectors, particularly energy, consumer products and real estate,” said Steven M. Haas, who co-heads the firm’s M&A practice group with J. Steven Patterson. “The rankings reflect Hunton Andrews Kurth’s continued strength in advising on both national and international M&A transactions.”

Patterson added: “The middle market in particular saw heavy deal flow in 2019, and we look forward to our continued role as strategic advisors to our clients as they pursue M&A transactions to foster growth in the upcoming year.”

Ranked by deal count, Hunton Andrews Kurth placed among the top 10 law firms in the Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters) year-end league tables in six U.S. M&A categories and among the top 15 law firms worldwide in seven categories, including:

• #5 U.S. Target Mid-Market
• #5 U.S. Target Announced
• #6 U.S. Target Completed
• #12 Global Mid-Market
• #12 Global Announced
• #13 Global Completed

The firm advised clients in a range of transactions in 2019, including strategic corporate M&A, private equity-backed transactions, a REIT purchase of a $2.4 billion net-lease portfolio, and the $1.25 billion sale of minority interest in a commercial renewable energy portfolio.

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s M&A practice comprises nearly 250 lawyers and has handled more than 1,000 transactions worth approximately $370 billion in the past five years. With longtime experience managing transactions ranging from acquisitions of private equity-backed companies to a $30 billion merger-of-equals to create the nation’s largest regulated utility, the team advises clients on virtually every form of corporate transaction, in nearly every sector of the economy.

About Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

With 1,000 lawyers in the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP serves clients across a broad range of complex transactional, litigation and regulatory matters. The firm is known for its strength in the energy, financial services, real estate, and retail and consumer products industries, as well as considerable experience in more than 100 distinct areas of practice, including privacy and cybersecurity, intellectual property, environment, and mergers and acquisitions. Its full-service litigation practice is one of the largest in the country, with particular depth in key litigation markets such as Texas, California, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic. Visit HuntonAK.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.