Venture Intelligence 2015: AZB tops both M&A and PE League Tables

Venture Intelligence recently released its legal advisors league tables for Private Equity and M&A transactions in 2015, with AZB & Partners taking the top spot.. M&A Deals.AZB & Partners tops the 2015 Legal Advisor league table for M&A transactions both by value and volume. According to the Venture Intelligence League Tables, AZB advised on 64 M&A deals worth $9.2 billion, followed by Luthra & Luthra ($6.1 billion across 10 deals) and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ($5.4 billion across 31 deals)..AZB’s top M&A deals included the $1,170 million acquisition of telecom tower firm VIOM Networks by American Tower Corporation and the $800 million acquisition of Famy Care’s women’s health business by Mylan Laboratories..Right behind Cyril Amarchand is Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas at fourth spot, advising on 27 deals worth $4.7 billion..AZB also topped the table in terms of deal volume, followed by Khaitan & Co and J. Sagar Associates. Khaitan & Co advised on 36 deals worth $3.9 billion and J. Sagar Associates advised on 32 deals worth $2.04 billion..The new entrants in this year League table included Veritas Legal, PDS Legal, Legalogic Consulting and Patanjali Associates..RankFirmNo. of dealsAmount (in $m)1.AZB & Partners649223.752.Luthra & Luthra1061233.Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas3154584.Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas274785.225.Khaitan & Co363976.516.J Sagar Associates322040.857.S&R Associates71924.458.Amarchand Mangaldas121391.559.Talwar Thakore & Associates41360.1510.Agram Legal51297.311.Clifford Chance1117012.Linklaters1115013.Nishith Desai Associates598514.Covington Burling292515.Trilegal13807.5516.Crawford Bayley180017.Veritas Legal7716.518.BMR Legal14601.319.PDS Legal11405.1620.Economic Laws Practice5369.521.Finsec Law Advisors130022.DSK Legal6298.723.Shearman & Sterling329724.ALMT Legal423825.IndusLaw821326.Tatva Legal5198.427.HSA Advocates15166.728.Platinum Partners3146.329.Kochhar & Co.2106.330.Legalogic Consulting125.631.LexCounsel29.0532.Patanjali Associates17.433.Rajani Singhania & Partners24.8634.Rajani Associates14.PE Deals.AZB & Partners tops the Private Equity league table with 68 deals worth $8.9 billion, followed by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas with 37 deals valued at $3.9 billion. Khaitan & Co took the third spot with 31 deals worth $2.8 billion..Trilegal advised on 30 deals valued at $2.22 billion and IndusLaw advised on 53 deals worth $2.20 billion, taking the fourth and fifth spot respectively on the league table..AZB & Partners also topped the table in terms of deal volume, while IndusLaw ranked second with 53 deals and Impact Law Ventures came in next with 42 deals. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (37 deals) and BMR Legal (36 deals) finished the year at fourth and fifth spot in terms of quantum of deals advised..Some of the new entrants into the Venture Intelligence league table in the category during 2015 included Veritas Legal, Verist Law, LegaLogic Consulting, Themis Law Associates and Patanjali Associates..RankFirmNo. of dealsAmount (in $m)1.AZB & Partners688968.582.Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas373943.483.Khaitan & Co312872.194.Trilegal302223.025.IndusLaw532202.256.Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas272019.57.Linklaters21196.48.J Sagar Associates221098.859.Luthra & Luthra1298710.Nishith Desai Associates7869.211.Amarchand Mangaldas10755.812.BMR Legal36745.7213.Economic Laws Practice12522.2514.Shearman & Sterling246615.Tatva Legal18440.3216.Agram Legal740617.S&R Associates7365.3418.Desai & Diwanji626219.Samvad Partners17252.920.Clifford Chance125021.Veritas Legal12221.7522.PDS Legal115023.Themis Associates414024.ARA Law10125.425.Link Legal412426.Lexygen2115.1327.HSA Advocates410028.Platinum Partners28029.Impact Law Ventures4259.4530.NovoJuris2629.3531.Rajani Singhania & Partners327.4532.ALMT Legal1017.6833.Verist Law3634.Crawford Bayley1535.Patanjali Associates14.136.DSK Legal1437.Legalogic Consulting1238.LexCounsel20.98