| Standout | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | General Electric turned to the firm to design, co-ordinate and implement one of the largest ever corporate transformations, involving more than $100bn in disposals and restructuring $205bn in debt. Nearly 400 lawyers from 17 offices co-ordinated their resources, expertise and a deep knowledge of the client to make the complex reorganisation happen. Lawyers gave GE confidence during the process, helping the business take risks in order to reinvent itself as a digital industrial company. |
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| Highly Commended | Kirkland & Ellis | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Lawyers devised a litigation and bankruptcy strategy for Sabine Oil & Gas to resolve billions of dollars of creditor claims following a merger. The company completed its Chapter 11 restructuring with sufficient cash to expand its business. |
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| Highly Commended | Sullivan & Cromwell | 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | In just seven months, the firm co-ordinated a settlement for Volkswagen when it faced regulatory and class action claims relating to its emissions scandal. The complex process involved reaching agreements with multiple US regulators, 44 US states and a class of nearly 500,000 consumers. |
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| Commended | Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | Managed complex intellectual property and national security concerns to structure the first government-owned, contractor-operated model for Canada’s nuclear research facilities. Commended: Gillian Stacey |
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| Commended | Shearman & Sterling | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | Helped Dow Chemical sell 52 chlor-alkali facilities from different businesses in 35 countries to Olin in a $5bn Reverse Morris Trust transaction, which improved the tax position. |
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| Commended | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | Created new tax and governance solutions to structure DuPont’s planned $130bn merger of equals with Dow Chemical and a follow-on plan to split the merged company into three new businesses. Commended: Peter Atkins and Brandon Van Dyke |
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| Commended | Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | Advising Dow Chemical on its planned merger with DuPont, the firm helped create a unique governance structure that will combine 900 or so product lines. The structure has won approval for the deal from shareholders. |
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| Commended | O'Melveny & Myers | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 | Created a reorganisation plan and dual governance structure that allowed the recently merged Verso to integrate and restructure its debt through a bankruptcy process in just six months. |
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