Below are the recently released Q1 2019 SPAC Legal League Tables
Methodology:
Each law firm is given full credit for the IPO size to calculate Deal Volume. Additionally, Deal Count is further broken out into Issuer’s Counsel and Underwriter’s Counsel to give greater visibility into into legal assignments. All data is initially sorted and ranked by Deal Volume, but each column is further sort-able by clicking on the arrow keys in the header cell of each column.
Q1 2019 SPAC LEGAL LEAGUE
Ranked by Volume
(All data is sort-able using the arrow keys located in the header cells)
Q1 2019
| Rank | Law Firm | Volume ($mm) | Deal Count (Total) | Deal Count (Issuer's Counsel) | Deal Count (UW's Counsel) | Avg Size ($mm) | % Mkt Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP | 2,078.3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 230.9 | 31.5% |
| 2 | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | 1,083.2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 270.8 | 16.4% |
| 3 | Ropes & Gray LLP | 680.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 340.0 | 10.3% |
| 4 | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | 630.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 315.0 | 9.6% |
| 5 | Graubard Miller | 614.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 204.7 | 9.3% |
| 6 | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | 261.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 261.0 | 4.0% |
| 7 | Shearman & Sterling LLP | 250.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 250.0 | 3.8% |
| 8 | Vinson & Elkins LLP | 233.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 233.0 | 3.5% |
| 9 | Latham & Watkins LLP | 230.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 230.0 | 3.5% |
| 10 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | 172.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 172.5 | 2.6% |
| 11 | Ledgewood PC | 150.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150.7 | 2.3% |
| 12 | Loeb & Loeb LLP | 107.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 53.8 | 1.6% |
| 13 | Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC | 107.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53.8 | 1.6% |
Source: SPACInsider, Ranked by volume
You can find all of the published League Tables by clicking here.
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