Four top league table publications — Bloomberg, Mergermarket, Dealogic and London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) — ranked Paul, Weiss among the leading legal advisors on M&A transactions by total deal value in 2025, with 24 top-five rankings.
The firm’s highest rankings include total completed global M&A deals and completed global M&A deals as principal advisor (LSEG), global M&A as legal advisor to a company (Dealogic) and total U.S. M&A (Mergermarket). Regarding private equity transactions, Mergermarket ranked the firm first in Asia-Pacific buyouts (excluding Japan) and third in both global and Europe buyouts, while Bloomberg ranked the firm third in both global and U.S. private equity M&A.