During the week of July 2, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, Dealogic and mergermarket, drawing on their own M&A data, each released law firm rankings for the first half of 2012. S&C achieved top rankings (by aggregate transaction value for representations of principals and financial advisers combined) in the following categories:

Thomson Reuters

#1 firm in deals completed worldwide
#1 firm in deals completed with any U.S. involvement
#1 firm in deals completed with U.S. targets
#1 U.S. firm (#3 overall) in deals completed with any Latin American involvement
#1 U.S. firm (#3 overall) in deals completed with any Brazilian involvement
#2 U.S. firm (#4 overall) in deals completed with any European involvement
#2 U.S. firm (#7 overall) in deals completed with any Asian (ex-Japan) involvement
#2 firm in deals announced with any Latin American involvement

Bloomberg
#2 U.S. firm (#5 overall) in global deals announced
#2 U.S. firm (#6 overall) in cross-border deals announced

Dealogic
#2 U.S. firm (#4 overall) in global deals announced
#2 U.S. firm (#6 overall) in European deals announced

mergermarket
#1 firm in mid-market ($250 million to $2 billion) deals announced
#2 U.S. firm (#5 overall) in global deals announced
#2 firm in Americas deals announced
#2 U.S. firm (#3 overall) in Central and South American deals announced