Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz led in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisory for the oil and gas sector in terms of value during the first half (H1) of 2024, while Kirkland & Ellis topped the list in terms of volume, based on the latest legal advisers league table by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. 

GlobalData’s Deals Database analysis shows that Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz secured the top spot in terms of value by advising on deals totalling $71.6bn.  

In contrast, Kirkland & Ellis led in volume, advising on a total of 17 deals. 

GlobalData lead analyst Aurojyoti Bose said: “Kirkland & Ellis was the top adviser by volume in H1 2023 and also managed to retain its leadership position by the metric in H1 2024 as well, despite registering a year-on-year decline in the number of deals advised by it. Apart from leading by volume, it also occupied the second position by value in H1 2024. 

“Meanwhile, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz managed to lead by value, aided by a nearly tenfold jump in the total value of deals advised by it during H1 2024 compared with H1 2024. It went ahead from occupying the 11th position by value in H1 2023 to top the chart by this metric in H1 2024.” 

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In terms of value, Kirkland & Ellis held the second position by advising on deals amounting to $51.7bn, followed by Vinson & Elkins at $49.6bn, Latham & Watkins at $35.6bn, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison at $34.8bn. 

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Vinson & Elkins held second position in terms of volume with 15 deals, followed by White & Case (also with 15 deals), Latham & Watkins with 13 deals, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher with 11 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.​