White & Case Ranks No. 1 on Global Deals Through Q3

White & Case topped Bloomberg’s M&A charts for advising on the largest volume of global announced deals in the first three quarters of 2016.

The firm advised on 196 deals for a total volume of $379.6 billion.

This included a number of international deals, advising the Japanese investment banking and securities firm Mizuho Securities as financial adviser to SoftBank Group Corp. in its July acquisition of ARM Holdings plc., and the Qatar Investment Authority in its purchase of shares in Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.

“Cross border M&A activity represents 30 percent of all activity, and as the market globalizes, ...