Two top league table publications—Bloomberg and Debtwire—ranked Paul, Weiss among the leading legal advisors on finance syndicated loan transactions by total deal value in 2025, with 17 top-five rankings.
The firm secured the top ranking in North America M&A leveraged loans and U.S. middle market private equity backed loans, holding 20% of the market share in middle market private equity-backed loans for the second consecutive year (Debtwire). Other notable rankings included second in UK leveraged loans (Bloomberg), Western Europe M&A leveraged loans and buyout leveraged loans (Debtwire); and third in North America buyout leveraged loans, M&A institutional loans and buyout institutional loans, Southern Europe leveraged loans and U.S. middle market loans (Debtwire).
According to London Stock Exchange Group, the firm also surpassed the $120 billion mark in global deal value, climbing 10 spots for U.S. Borrower’s Counsel compared to 2024.
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