Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and TriLegal have topped the rankings for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the Asia-Pacific region, in terms of deal value and volume, respectively, in 2024, according to the latest legal advisers league table by GlobalData.

As per GlobalData Deals Database, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett secured the lead position by value by advising on $29.5bn worth of deals.

TriLegal led in terms of volume by advising on a total of 73 deals.

GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose: “Simpson Thacher & Bartlett registered a massive jump in the total value of deals advised by it during 2024 compared to 2023. Resultantly, its ranking by value took a major leap from 50th position in 2023 to the top position in 2024. Around half of the deals advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett during 2024 were billion-dollar deals and the involvement in these high-value transactions helped register jump in the total value of deals advised as well as its ranking by this metric.

“Meanwhile, TriLegal also registered improvement in the total number of deals advised by it during 2024 compared to 2023. It went ahead from occupying the third position by volume in 2023 to top the chart by this metric in 2024.”

Linklaters occupied the second position in terms of value, by advising on $17.9bn worth of deals, followed by Nishimura & Asahi with $13.4bn, King & Wood Mallesons with $12.9bn and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer with $12.8bn.

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Meanwhile, AZB & Partners occupied the second spot in terms of volume with 49 deals, followed by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with 39 deals, Khaitan & Co with 24 deals and Allen & Overy with 23 deals.

GlobalData’s league tables are based on the real-time tracking of thousands of company websites, advisory company websites and other reliable sources available in the secondary domain. A dedicated team of analysts monitors all these sources to gather in-depth details for each deal, including adviser names.   

To ensure further robustness of the data, the company also seeks deal submissions  from leading advisers.