What they do
International law firm with 14 offices that advises listed and private companies, private capital and other investors on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, alongside capital markets, finance and regulatory work.
- Services
- M&A law, Capital markets law, Private equity law, Banking and finance law, Competition and regulatory approvals, Restructuring and insolvency law
- Specialties
- Metals and Mining, Energy, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Telecommunications
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$6.5bn, from A$6.2bn to A$6.8bn
- Clients
- Listed companies, Private equity, Corporates, Government and not-for-profit
- Places served
- US
- Founded
- 1946
- Team
- 1200
From clearygottlieb.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /practice-landing/mergers-and-acquisitions, /, /about-us/who-we-are
Deals
Columns
3 of 3 deals
| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets | South32 | Alcoa | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Alcoa (acquirer) | Announced | 6,824.4 | Other mining and exploration | Goldman Sachs (buy-side)Ashurst Perkins Coie (buy-side)Davis Polk (buy-side) | Alcoa acquisition of South32 bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets |
| May 2026 | European Lithium | – | Critical Metals Corp. | Scheme | Legal adviser to Critical Metals Corp. (acquirer) | Announced | – | Lithium and battery metals | Cantor Fitzgerald (buy-side)Nova Legal (buy-side)Poynton Stavrianou (sell-side)Steinepreis Paganin (sell-side)Winston Taylor (sell-side)Horizon Nexus Partners (sell-side)Valuation and Resource Management (sell-side)EY (sell-side)22 Corporate Advisory (sell-side) | Critical Metals Corp. acquisition of European Lithium |
| Sep 2025 | Solventum purification and filtration (P&F) business | Solventum Corp | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Asset sale | Legal adviser to Solventum Corp (seller) | Announced | 6,157.2 | Medical devices and technology | Clayton Utz (sell-side) | Thermo Fisher Scientific acquisition of Solventum purification and filtration (P&F) business |
Listed on their website
- F2i and Ardian in the €5.3 billion sale of gas distribution group 2i Rete Gas to Italgas €5.3 billion
- Warburg Pincus in its $2.16 billion sale of Sundyne to Honeywell International $2.16 billion
- Baker Hughes in its $13.6 billion acquisition of Chart Industries $13.6 billion
- Sixth Street in its $7.1 billion take-private of ESR Group Ltd $7.1 billion
- Synopsys in its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys $35 billion
- Alphabet in its $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect $4.75 billion
- Solventum in the $4 billion sale of its purification and filtration business to Thermo Fisher Scientific $4 billion
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Activity
By announcement date; raisings and IPOs by their own date.
Headline tables where the firm reached the top ten, ranked as each table opens.
Sector of the business bought or funded.
Disclosed value in Australian dollars.
Most often across the table
- Poynton Stavrianou
1 dealCompare - Steinepreis Paganin1 dealCompare
- Winston Taylor1 dealCompare
- Horizon Nexus Partners1 dealCompare
- Valuation and Resource Management1 dealCompare
- EY
1 dealCompare - 22 Corporate Advisory1 dealCompare
Firms advising the other side of the same deals.
League table positions
| Table | 2026 YTD | CY2025 |
|---|---|---|
| M&A legal advisers | #9 (2) | – |
Rank as each table opens (by deal value, independent experts by number of reports), with the deal count in brackets. Top ten places shown.
Offices and contact
Contact
- Website
- clearygottlieb.com ↗
- Phone
- +1 212 225 2000
- Enquiries
- Contact page ↗
- Company page ↗
From the firm's own website.
Offices
- New YorkHead office One Liberty Plaza, NY 10006 +1 212 225 2000 Office page ↗