Law firms Skadden and Freshfields top global deal tables as M&A figures reach record heights Legal Business · 6 January 2016 · 2 min read Corporate and M&A Magic Circle US firms Freshfields Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom In a record year for global M&A, US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer were the top performers in the US and Europe respectively, according to Dealogic’s 2015 league tables.This article is for Legal Business subscribers. Please log in or subscribe to read on. Related ContentMore in this categoryCity reacts to a ‘pedestrian’ BudgetLaw firmsWill Lewallen29 Oct 2026Weil in numbers: the remaining partner benchLaw firmsAlex Ryan28 Oct 2026Freshfields lands Anthropic IPO role alongside raft of US firmsLaw firmsEliza Winter26 Oct 2026Slaughters leads for Anthropic on UK share offer in IPOLaw firmsKate Peacock4 Nov 2026‘These are significant items on clients’ balance sheets’ – inside Latham’s five-partner Houston projects playLaw firmsWill Lewallen4 Nov 2026Goodwin hires Weil real estate co-head as wind-down disperses lawyers across marketLaw firmsWill Lewallen3 Nov 2026‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestLaw firmsAlex Ryan13 Jan 2025Legal 500 US: Latham tops the charts in new US rankingsLegal 500 dataBarnaby Merrill28 Jun 2024‘After Lehman collapsed, salaries still went up’: Magic Circle NQ pay rises as market coolsLaw firmsHolly McKechnie17 May 2023