McGuireWoods continued its powerhouse performance for clients in league tables during the first quarter, placing No. 2 for deal count in rankings of announced U.S. M&A transactions and No. 4 for worldwide deals, while also maintaining the firm’s dominance in mid-market M&A. The Minority Corporate Counsel Association named Joanne Katsantonis an MCCA Rainmaker for her work representing companies in multibillion-dollar M&A and establishing McGuireWoods as a leader in emerging growth areas such as public utility and gas company mergers and utility-scale solar and retail energy transactions. Over the past 18 months alone, she has led more than a dozen solar power transactions with an overall project value of $5 billion. Jon Harmon and Tracy Walker, with decades of leadership experience, take the reins as chairman and managing partner of McGuireWoods. For the 12th time, BTI named McGuireWoods to its “Client Service 30,” part of its prestigious Client Service A-Team survey. In the report — the gold standard in measuring client service — corporate clients provided unprompted feedback praising the firm’s strategic use of technology to add “tremendous value” and aggressively “gain the upper hand.” McGuireWoods earned recognition in all 17 of the survey’s categories and it is one of only 11 elite firms to make the coveted list at least 10 times. McGuireWoods won “Law Firm of the Year” in Mergers & Acquisitions magazine’s Mid-Market M&A Awards for the growth of its deal work and industry-leading innovations, such as client-focused initiatives in which the firm adds value beyond the traditional role of legal counsel. Chambers and Partners recognized McGuireWoods lawyers 94 times and firm practice areas 38 times in the Chambers USA leading lawyers guide. The firm also added corporate M&A to its list of nationally recognized practices, complementing its ranking as a top law firm for M&A and private equity deals in authoritative league tables.

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