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Adviser league table

Law firms ranked by the number of fund closes and deals our reporting names them on. Each row opens the stories it counts.

A count of fund closes and deals named in FundOpsHQ reporting, not a measure of quality. A firm appears from 2 deals.

Private equity · Law firms · Q3 2026

6 firms · 23 deals with counsel named
  1. 1Kirkland & Ellis3 fund closes · 7 deals10
    1. Greenbriar Agreed to Acquire Spectrum Control from AEA InvestorsCounsel to Greenbriar$1.8B
    2. Kirkland, Cooley Steer Transom's SoundThinking Take-PrivateLegal counsel$159M
    3. Amulet Closes Continuation Vehicle for US Fertility With StepStone LeadingCounsel to StepStone
    4. Blackstone Agreed to Acquire Flow Control Holdings From AudaxLegal counsel
    5. Peterson Partners Closed a $510 Million Kelso Continuation VehicleCounsel to NorthSands
    6. Optics Co.'s £346M Sale Not Stopped By Antitrust AuthoritiesLegal counsel$470M
    7. Kirkland Guides Cloverleaf In Nvidia Stake For AI BuildoutLegal counsel
    8. Orrick, Kirkland Steer Weave's $650M Take-PrivateLegal counsel$650M
    9. GTCR Closes $1.25 Billion Capital Solutions FundLegal counsel$1.3B
    10. Blackstone Buys Dresser Utility Solutions From First ReserveCounsel to Blackstone

    Kirkland & Ellis’s fund lawyers in the directory

  2. 2Latham & Watkins1 fund close · 3 deals4
    1. Tallvine Marine Platform Buys Crosby Assets Out of Chapter 11Legal counsel
    2. Carrick Closes $600 Million Continuation Vehicle for SaviyntLegal counsel
    3. WindRose Recapitalizes Verified Clinical TrialsLegal counsel
    4. Latham-Led Veritas Capital Selling Epiq Solutions For $1.1BLegal counsel$1.1B

    Latham & Watkins’s fund lawyers in the directory

  3. 3Sidley Austin3 deals3
    1. Saothair Acquired FIFCO USA and Restored the North American Breweries NameCounsel to Heineken
    2. Stone Point Capital Acquires Ever.Ag Risk Management BusinessCounsel to Stone Point
    3. Paul Hastings, Goodwin, Sidley and Skadden among firms advising on Thoma Bravo’s $4bn Accelerant take privateLegal counsel$4B

    Sidley Austin’s fund lawyers in the directory

  4. 4McDermott Will & Schulte1 fund close · 1 deal2
    1. WindRose Recapitalizes Verified Clinical TrialsLegal counsel
    2. McDermott Will & Schulte advises Boyne Capital in close of single asset continuation fund for Pilot EnergyLegal counsel

    McDermott Will & Schulte’s fund lawyers in the directory

  5. =4Paul Hastings2 deals2
    1. BPOC Invests in Master Medical Equipment and ReNew BiomedicalCounsel to the company
    2. Paul Hastings, Goodwin, Sidley and Skadden among firms advising on Thoma Bravo’s $4bn Accelerant take privateLegal counsel$4B

    Paul Hastings’s fund lawyers in the directory

  6. =4Proskauer Rose2 fund closes2
    1. Proskauer-Led Princeton Equity Clinches $1.3B FundLegal counsel$1.3B
    2. Carrick Closes $600 Million Continuation Vehicle for SaviyntLegal counsel

    Proskauer Rose’s fund lawyers in the directory

= shares the rank above. Firms with the same count are listed A to Z. Sizes are as the league table and the reports give them.