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Rank	Advisor	Advisor Credit ($M)	Total Deal Volume ($M)	Deal Count
1	Kirkland & Ellis	5,521.9	11,446.5	8
2	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	4,516.8	10,587.0	4
3	Loeb & Loeb	2,931.1	7,232.2	14
4	Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough	2,573.5	6,601.9	13
5	White & Case	1,757.0	6,051.0	4
6	Greenberg Traurig	1,717.0	4,450.8	12
7	Ellenoff Grossman & Schole	1,577.9	4,349.5	10
8	Latham & Watkins	1,519.4	3,455.4	7
9	DLA Piper	1,386.2	3,349.1	6
10	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	1,274.5	2,549.0	2
11	Dentons	1,168.5	4,674.0	1
12	Goodmans	1,168.5	4,674.0	1
13	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz	1,168.5	4,674.0	1
14	Goodwin Procter	950.3	1,900.5	3
15	Reed Smith	926.8	1,937.0	3
16	Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young	920.5	1,841.0	1
17	Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li	883.3	2,100.0	2
18	Paul Hastings	856.8	3,767.0	3
19	Darryl, Edward & Co.	800.0	1,600.0	1
20	DaHui Lawyers	766.7	2,300.0	1
21	Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP	766.7	2,300.0	1
22	Sidley Austin	709.8	1,649.5	5
23	Norton Rose Fulbright	692.0	1,384.0	2
24	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	670.1	2,816.0	3
25	Shearman & Sterling	656.0	1,918.0	3
26	Rimon P.C.	647.6	1,979.5	3
27	Dykema Gossett	608.5	1,217.0	2
28	Jenny Chen-Drake	550.0	1,100.0	1
29	Taylor Wessing	533.3	1,600.0	1
30	Arent Fox	525.6	1,657.1	3
31	Graubard Miller	516.8	2,067.0	1
32	PAG Law	516.8	2,067.0	1
33	Han Kun Law Offices	516.8	2,067.0	1
34	Proskauer Rose	512.0	1,024.0	2
35	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson	462.5	1,850.0	1
36	Ackerman	462.5	1,850.0	1
37	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	462.5	1,850.0	1
38	Gunderson, Dettmer, Stough, Villeneuve, Franklin & Hachigian	425.0	850.0	1
39	Ogier	411.9	2,240.0	4
40	Winston & Strawn	406.5	813.0	2
41	Anthony L.G.	400.0	1,200.0	1
42	Foong & Partners	383.3	1,150.0	1
43	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	368.0	736.0	1
44	McCarter & English	353.6	707.3	1
45	Seward & Kissel	350.0	700.0	1
46	Lowenstein Sandler	350.0	700.0	1
47	Arthur Cox	337.2	823.0	2
48	Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders	324.3	973.0	1
49	Sullivan & Cromwell	324.3	973.0	1
50	Perez-Llorca	324.3	973.0	1
51	Lucosky Brookman	305.0	610.0	1
52	Woolery	303.0	1,212.0	1
53	Lathrop GPM	303.0	1,212.0	1
54	Memery Crystal	245.8	737.5	1
55	Jingtian & Gongcheng	240.0	1,200.0	1
56	Zhong Lun	240.0	1,200.0	1
57	Robinson & Cole	229.5	459.0	1
58	Brown Rudnick	229.5	459.0	1
59	Vedder Price	220.0	440.0	1
60	Morrison & Foerster	208.5	488.0	2
61	Lee & Ko	203.3	610.0	1
62	Maple Group	185.7	928.6	2
63	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek	178.6	1,250.0	1
64	Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett	178.6	1,250.0	1
65	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	178.6	1,250.0	1
66	Littler Mendelson	178.6	1,250.0	1
67	Allen & Overy	178.6	1,250.0	1
68	Gordon Feinblatt	160.0	320.0	1
69	Kreager Mitchell	151.0	302.0	1
70	Hogan Lovells	140.5	281.0	1
71	Maples and Calder	140.1	706.0	2
72	Dechert	140.0	280.0	1
73	Fenwick & West	126.0	504.0	1
74	Appleby	126.0	504.0	1
75	Gleiss Lutz	126.0	504.0	1
76	Clifford Chance	126.0	504.0	1
77	Next Law	125.0	250.0	1
78	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	115.9	231.7	1
79	Bowmans	115.0	460.0	1
80	Milbank	115.0	460.0	1
81	ENS	115.0	460.0	1
82	Sullivan & Worcester	111.1	222.2	1
83	Commerce & Finance Law Offices	100.0	500.0	1
84	Landi Lawyer	100.0	400.0	1
85	Global Law Office	100.0	500.0	1
86	Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law	100.0	400.0	1
87	Ross Law Group	100.0	400.0	1
88	Ortoli Rosenstadt	88.0	176.0	1
89	Katten Muchin Roseman	88.0	176.0	1
90	Brunson Chandler & Jones	87.5	175.0	1
91	Gambrell & Russell	85.7	428.6	1
92	Matheson	85.7	428.6	1
93	J.P. Galda	85.2	170.4	1
94	Clark Hill	85.2	170.4	1
95	Deheng Shanghai	83.3	500.0	1
96	Becker & Poliakoff	83.3	500.0	1
97	Conyers Dill & Pearman	83.3	500.0	1
98	JunHe Law Offices	83.3	500.0	1
99	Gowling	79.8	319.0	1
100	MLT Aikins	79.8	319.0	1
101	VLC Law	75.5	151.0	1
102	Nixon Peabody	75.0	150.0	1
103	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo	72.5	145.0	1
104	Burns & Levinson	72.5	145.0	1
105	McMillan	71.0	213.0	1
106	Sichenzia Ross Ference	67.5	134.9	1
107	Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz	63.8	127.5	1
108	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath	63.8	127.5	1
109	Cyruli Shanks & Zizmor	48.7	97.3	1
110	Pérez Alati	48.6	340.0	1
111	Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal	48.6	340.0	1
112	Linklaters	48.6	340.0	1
113	Grondona, Benites & Arntsen	48.6	340.0	1
114	Biztech Lawyers	45.0	90.0	1
115	Holland & Hart	43.3	130.0	1
116	Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll	43.3	130.0	1
117	Goldfarb Gross Seligman	40.0	221.0	2
118	Yin Xu	40.0	200.0	1
119	Collas Crill	40.0	200.0	1
120	Cooley	40.0	200.0	1
121	David Kretzmer	39.0	78.0	1
122	Hughes, Hubbard & Reed	39.0	78.0	1
123	Khaitan & Co	37.2	223.0	1
124	Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas	37.2	223.0	1
125	McCann FitzGerald	37.2	223.0	1
126	Herzog, Fox & Neeman	31.3	62.5	1
127	Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal	31.3	62.5	1
128	Barnea Jaffa Lande	20.8	125.0	1
129	Stuarts Humpries	20.8	125.0	1
130	Naschitz Brandes Amir	20.8	125.0	1
131	Amit Gross	19.2	96.0	1
132	Doron Tikotzky Kantor Gutman Nass	19.2	96.0	1
133	Bayfront	18.4	92.0	1
134	Shook Lin & Bok	18.4	92.0	1
135	Harneys Westwood & Riegels	18.4	92.0	1

Advisor credit is shared equally among all advisors on a given deal, as a proportion of the enterprise value of the target company acquired by the SPAC. Firms with multiple advisory roles receive credit for each role.