The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch reported in an article titled “Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz #1 Law Firm for Sixth Straight Year, Says Vault” that Wachtell topped the survey conducted by Vault.com, a career information media company. More than 18,800 law associates participated in the survey that ranked firms from 1 to 10 based on prestige. Respondents cited Wachtell for its excellent law practice and admitted that the firm was “in a league of its own.”

In an article titled “Wachtell Team Worked Pro Bono on Fannie/Freddie Bailout,” The New York Lawyer, which is a New York Law Journal publication, revealed that Wachtell did the nation great service when a team of lawyers from the firm worked for free in helping the federal government come up with a viable bailout plan for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Legalweek.com reported in an article titled “Wachtell, Shearman Head up $50bn Merrill Sale” that Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz advised Bank of America on the all-stock sale of Merrill Lynch to the bank. Shearman and Sterling played advisor to Merrill Lynch in the takeover, which is expected to be completed in the early part of 2009.

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