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Meet Europe’s top 10 M&A and finance lawyers

Partners from US, Magic Circle, and European law firms make the rankings in a tough year for deals

Clockwise from top left: Carlo Pavesi - Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici; Veronica Stiller - Roschier; Edward Fife - Slaughter and May; Jessamy Gallagher - Paul Hastings
Clockwise from top left: Carlo Pavesi - Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici; Veronica Stiller - Roschier; Edward Fife - Slaughter and May; Jessamy Gallagher - Paul Hastings

Leading lawyers from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Slaughter and May, and Latham & Watkins have topped the rankings for M&A and financing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2022.

In a year where major deals were scarce, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett London partner Sinead O’Shea led the financing rankings by deal value.

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