The firm was involved in 80 mid-market M&A deals and 66 small-cap M&A deals, according to the review.
Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis led the value ranking for mid-market deals with a total of $3.2 billion of rank value.

Deal value

The research also found that worldwide announced mid-market M&A deals valued up to $500 million (including undisclosed value deals) totalled $152.5 billion in the first quarter of 2013 – a 4.6 per cent decrease from the same period in 2012.
Jones day also took the accolade for highest deal value in the small-cap rankings (for deals valued up to $50 million), bringing in $413.5 million overall.
Worldwide announced small-cap M&A deals (including undisclosed value deals) totalled $25.4 billion in the first quarter of 2013 – a 14 per cent decrease from the same period in 2012.