The firms and people who close independent sponsor dealsAbout this directoryCounsel, quality of earnings, bankers, debt advisors, R&W brokers and diligence firms, each placed on a deal by the announcement, filing or deal page that names it in the role. Every engagement carries its source link and date.High confidence: named in the role on the deal. Medium: a biography or experience page names the deal, or the side is read from the sentence; it is labelled wherever it shows. Anything weaker is kept for review and never shown.
354 firms have been observed on an independent sponsor deal so far, of 514 service firms on the record. Coverage grows as announcements, filings and firms' own deal pages are read.
The leading firms in each kind of work, by the independent sponsor deals they were observed doing it on. A deal whose buyer is a strategic acquirer or a lender is not counted.
- Legal139 firms observed
- McGuireWoods LLP29 deals
- Accounting and QoE32 firms observed
- CohnReznick LLP8 deals
- Investment banking188 firms observed
- Hennepin Partners10 deals
- Debt advisory4 firms observed
- Promontory Point Capital2 deals
- Insurance and R&W1 firm observed
- Lockton2 deals
- Technology diligence1 firm observed
- LucidIQ9 deals
- Commercial diligence1 firm observed
- Armstrong6 deals
- Fund administrationnone observed yet
No firm has been observed on an independent sponsor deal in this role yet.
- Human capitalnone observed yet
No firm has been observed on an independent sponsor deal in this role yet.
- Tax14 firms observed
- CohnReznick LLP6 deals
- Valuationnone observed yet
No firm has been observed on an independent sponsor deal in this role yet.
- Other and post-close2 firms observed
- LegaLogic Consulting1 deal
Who has done this kind of deal before: pick the role, the sector, the place and the size.
| Category | ||
|---|---|---|
McGuireWoods LLP26 deals 17 sponsors · latest Jul 27, 2026 | Legal | 26 |
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP19 deals 4 sponsors · latest Apr 27, 2026 | Legal | 19 |
Winston Taylor LLP14 deals 6 sponsors · latest Oct 15, 2024 | Legal | 14 |
Holland & Knight LLP12 deals 11 sponsors · latest Jun 4, 2026 | Legal | 12 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP11 deals 3 sponsors · latest Jun 22, 2026 | Legal | 11 |
+509 additional service providers are on the graph
Among the next 45: 19 Investment banking, 18 Legal, 6 Accounting and QoE, 1 Technology diligence, 1 Commercial diligence
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