Rankings and Awards — Practices

Corporate Scorecard

Orrick is ranked in several categories in The American Lawyer's 2009 Corporate Scorecard.

• No. 1 – Municipal Bonds, Bond Counsel (based on proceeds)
• No. 2 – Asset-Backed Securities, Issuer's Counsel
• No. 2 – Asset-Backed Securities, Underwriter's Counsel
• No. 2 – Municipal Bonds, Bond Counsel

Published annually, the Corporate Scorecard charts the law firms with the most active corporate finance and capital markets practices.

Dealogic

Orrick ranked in the top 10 on Dealogic's "Global Project Finance Review" list of PFI/PPP legal advisers for the first half of 2008. Cited for its legal advisement of public private partnership deals, Orrick is the only U.S. law firm that was included on this renowned international list.

Mergermarket

Orrick ranked among the top 10 legal advisers to South Korea by deal volume and value for the first half of 2009, according to Mergermarket's "M&A League Tables of Legal Advisers H1 2009."

Private Equity Analyst

Orrick ranked eighth among the most active U.S. law firms in the private equity area by number of funds in 2007, according to Private Equity Analyst.

Thomson Reuters

Orrick's notable European rankings by Thomson Reuters for 2007 include the following.

Europe

By deal size, Orrick ranked:

• No. 3 – all international CDOs, issuer legal advisors
• No. 5 – all international CDOs, manager legal advisors
• No. 12 – all international securitizations except CDOs, manager legal advisors

By number of issues, Orrick ranked:

• No. 6 – all international CDOs, issuer legal advisors
• No. 8 – all international CDOs, manager legal advisorss
• No. 10 – all international securitizations except CDOs, manager legal advisors

M&A Legal Advisory Review – 1Q 2008

• No. 21 – any French involvement announced
• No. 25 – any Eastern European involvement completed

U.S. Capital Markets Review – 1Q 2008

As issuer's counsel in U.S. transactions by deal size, Orrick ranked:

• No. 1 – asset-backed securities (ABS)
• No. 8 – Capital markets – mortgage-backed securities (MBS)

As manager's counsel in U.S. transactions by deal size, Orrick ranked:

• No. 2 – ABS

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