Top 10 Legal Advisors in Financial Services Industry in the World in 2022 by Deal Volume

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, White & Case LLP, Alston & Bird LLP, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP are among the top 5 legal advisors in the financial services industry in 2022 by deal volume. The EQT-BPEA was a major deal in the Financial Services sector in 2022. AZB & Partners, Sidley Austin LLP, Maples and Calder, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, and Vinge served as legal advisors to EQT, while Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra AB, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as legal advisors to BEPA. EQT AB, a Sweden-based private equity company, has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Baring Private Equity Asia Ltd, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, for a purchase consideration of $7,500 million. The transaction will enable to expand EQT’s active ownership strategies across its core markets. The ASR Nederland-Aegon Nederland was another major deal in the Financial Services sector in 2022. White & Case LLP served as legal advisor to Aegon NV. ASR Nederland N.V. announces that it has reached a conditional agreement on a business combination with Aegon N.V., to create a leading insurer in the Netherlands. The Transaction covers all insurance activities, including the mortgage-origination and servicing operations, the distribution and services entities, and the banking business of Aegon Nederland N.V., for a consideration of $4,911 million. Seacoast Banking-Professional Holding was one of the major deals in the Financial Services sector in 2022. Alston & Bird LLP served as legal advisor to Seacoast Banking, while Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart PA acted as legal advisor to Professional Holding. Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, the holding company for Seacoast National Bank (“Seacoast Bank”), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Professional Holding Corp., the parent company of Professional Bank, for a purchase consideration of $488.6 million. The proposed transaction will expand Seacoast’s footprint in the dynamic tri-county South Florida market, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, the largest MSA in Florida and the eighth largest in the nation.