Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Kirkland & Ellis have respectively secured top spots by value and volume in technology, media & telecom sector in Q1 2022, according to the latest Legal Advisers League Table by GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom achieved top ranking by value by advising on $91.4bn worth of M&A deals. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis led by volume, having advised on a total of 67 deals.

According to GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Technology, Media & Telecom M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables Q1 2022’, a total of 3,006 M&A deals worth $341 billion were announced in the sector during Q1 2022.

Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Kirkland & Ellis was the only advisor to advise on more than 60 deals during Q1 2022. It was also involved in seven billion-dollar deals* that also included two deals valued more than $10bn. Resultantly, Kirkland & Ellis, apart from leading by volume, also managed to occupy the fourth position by value.

“Meanwhile, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, though did not feature among the top 10 by volume, managed to top by value. It was involved in five billion-dollar deals* that also included two deals valued more than $10bn of which one deal was worth more than $50bn.”

Analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals other high rankers by value included Weil Gotshal & Manges, with deals worth $76.4bn; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, with $69.4rbn; Kirkland & Ellis, with $40.3bn; and Wilson Sonsini, with $29.2pbn. By volume, Willkie Farr & Gallagher occupied the second position, with 53 deals; followed by CMS, with 46 deals; Latham & Watkins, with 39 deals and Goodwin Procter with 37 deals.