The M&A Partners Who Drove the Most Business as Deal Leads Last Year

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz each landed two attorneys in a ranking of the top 10 deal leads based on their total deal value in 2024. Overall, the top 10 dealmaker rankings, published annually by data provider Mergerlinks, saw a significant shakeup between 2023 and 2024, with only one attorney making both years’ lists.

Brandon Van Dyke of Skadden was ranked No. 1 in the Mergerlinks rankings for 2024, leading six deals valued at just under $74 billion. Included in that were two massive institutional investor buys (DuPont selling off its electronics business and Holcim selling off its North American business) that put him over the top.

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