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When will deal volume turn up?

Investment bankers tend to be an optimistic lot, convinced that the next big deal is right around the corner. There's hope but not a whole lot more right now. Sure, we've seen some big pharmaceutical deals--Pfizer and Wyeth, Merck and Schering Plough--and the financing situation may have marginall

Wachtell Lipton on top of merger world

There are a lot fewer deals these days. And we've seen some massive change when it comes to investment banks and the mergers and acquisitions league tables. To that list, we can now add law firms. After a tumultuous year, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz has landed on top. Bloomberg report

Morgan Stanley tops M&A table

Advisory work on two big drug deals pushed Morgan Stanley to the top of the M&A league tables for the first quarter. The bank advised Wyeth on its $64.5 billion purchase by Pfizer and Schering Plough on its $46 billion takeover by Merck, Reuters notes. Such work allowed it to leap to the t