Alston & Bird ranked first among legal advisers for the number of financial services M&A transactions in 2025, according to new data from GlobalData. The firm advised on 58 transactions totaling $11.366 billion.
Covering announced transactions throughout the year, the report showcases Alston & Bird’s role advising banks, investment managers, fintech companies, and specialty finance institutions on complex, cross market, and cross jurisdictional matters.
Lawyers in Alston & Bird’s Financial Services Group have guided clients through many of the sector’s most significant deals, leveraging extensive experience across a broad range of deal types, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, management buyouts, auctions, tender offers, going-private transactions, and spinoffs.