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Rank	Advisor	Advisor Credit ($M)	Total Deal Volume ($M)	Deal Count
1	Kirkland & Ellis	5,523.4	11,449.5	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	Greenberg Traurig	1,582.5	4,181.8	11
6	Ellenoff Grossman & Schole	1,577.9	4,349.5	10
7	Latham & Watkins	1,519.4	3,455.4	7
8	DLA Piper	1,386.2	3,349.1	6
9	Goodwin Procter	950.3	1,900.5	3
10	Reed Smith	928.3	1,940.0	3
11	Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young	920.5	1,841.0	1
12	Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li	883.3	2,100.0	2
13	Paul Hastings	856.8	3,767.0	3
14	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	849.5	1,699.0	1
15	Darryl, Edward & Co.	800.0	1,600.0	1
16	DaHui Lawyers	766.7	2,300.0	1
17	Milbank (Hong Kong) LLP	766.7	2,300.0	1
18	Sidley Austin	709.8	1,649.5	5
19	Norton Rose Fulbright	692.0	1,384.0	2
20	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto	670.1	2,816.0	3
21	Shearman & Sterling	656.0	1,918.0	3
22	Rimon P.C.	647.6	1,979.5	3
23	Dykema Gossett	608.5	1,217.0	2
24	Jenny Chen-Drake	550.0	1,100.0	1
25	Taylor Wessing	533.3	1,600.0	1
26	Arent Fox	525.6	1,657.1	3
27	Graubard Miller	516.8	2,067.0	1
28	PAG Law	516.8	2,067.0	1
29	Han Kun Law Offices	516.8	2,067.0	1
30	Proskauer Rose	512.0	1,024.0	2
31	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson	462.5	1,850.0	1
32	Ackerman	462.5	1,850.0	1
33	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	462.5	1,850.0	1
34	White & Case	454.0	1,108.0	2
35	Ogier	411.9	2,240.0	4
36	Winston & Strawn	406.5	813.0	2
37	Anthony L.G.	400.0	1,200.0	1
38	Foong & Partners	383.3	1,150.0	1
39	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	368.0	736.0	1
40	McCarter & English	353.6	707.3	1
41	Seward & Kissel	350.0	700.0	1
42	Lowenstein Sandler	350.0	700.0	1
43	Arthur Cox	337.2	823.0	2
44	Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders	324.3	973.0	1
45	Sullivan & Cromwell	324.3	973.0	1
46	Perez-Llorca	324.3	973.0	1
47	Lucosky Brookman	305.0	610.0	1
48	Woolery	303.0	1,212.0	1
49	Lathrop GPM	303.0	1,212.0	1
50	Memery Crystal	245.8	737.5	1
51	Jingtian & Gongcheng	240.0	1,200.0	1
52	Zhong Lun	240.0	1,200.0	1
53	Robinson & Cole	229.5	459.0	1
54	Brown Rudnick	229.5	459.0	1
55	Vedder Price	220.0	440.0	1
56	Morrison & Foerster	208.5	488.0	2
57	Lee & Ko	203.3	610.0	1
58	Maple Group	185.7	928.6	2
59	De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek	178.6	1,250.0	1
60	Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett	178.6	1,250.0	1
61	Anderson Mori & Tomotsune	178.6	1,250.0	1
62	Littler Mendelson	178.6	1,250.0	1
63	Allen & Overy	178.6	1,250.0	1
64	Gordon Feinblatt	160.0	320.0	1
65	Kreager Mitchell	151.0	302.0	1
66	Hogan Lovells	140.5	281.0	1
67	Maples and Calder	140.1	706.0	2
68	Dechert	140.0	280.0	1
69	Next Law	125.0	250.0	1
70	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	115.9	231.7	1
71	Bowmans	115.0	460.0	1
72	Milbank	115.0	460.0	1
73	ENS	115.0	460.0	1
74	Sullivan & Worcester	111.1	222.2	1
75	Commerce & Finance Law Offices	100.0	500.0	1
76	Landi Lawyer	100.0	400.0	1
77	Global Law Office	100.0	500.0	1
78	Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law	100.0	400.0	1
79	Ross Law Group	100.0	400.0	1
80	Ortoli Rosenstadt	88.0	176.0	1
81	Katten Muchin Roseman	88.0	176.0	1
82	Brunson Chandler & Jones	87.5	175.0	1
83	Gambrell & Russell	85.7	428.6	1
84	Matheson	85.7	428.6	1
85	J.P. Galda	85.2	170.4	1
86	Clark Hill	85.2	170.4	1
87	Deheng Shanghai	83.3	500.0	1
88	Becker & Poliakoff	83.3	500.0	1
89	Conyers Dill & Pearman	83.3	500.0	1
90	JunHe Law Offices	83.3	500.0	1
91	Gowling	79.8	319.0	1
92	MLT Aikins	79.8	319.0	1
93	VLC Law	75.5	151.0	1
94	Nixon Peabody	75.0	150.0	1
95	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo	72.5	145.0	1
96	Burns & Levinson	72.5	145.0	1
97	McMillan	71.0	213.0	1
98	Haynes & Boone	70.5	141.0	1
99	Cozen O'Connor	70.5	141.0	1
100	Sichenzia Ross Ference	67.5	134.9	1
101	Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz	63.8	127.5	1
102	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath	63.8	127.5	1
103	Cyruli Shanks & Zizmor	48.7	97.3	1
104	Pérez Alati	48.6	340.0	1
105	Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal	48.6	340.0	1
106	Linklaters	48.6	340.0	1
107	Grondona, Benites & Arntsen	48.6	340.0	1
108	Biztech Lawyers	45.0	90.0	1
109	Holland & Hart	43.3	130.0	1
110	Rice Reuther Sullivan & Carroll	43.3	130.0	1
111	Goldfarb Gross Seligman	40.0	221.0	2
112	Yin Xu	40.0	200.0	1
113	Collas Crill	40.0	200.0	1
114	Cooley	40.0	200.0	1
115	David Kretzmer	39.0	78.0	1
116	Hughes, Hubbard & Reed	39.0	78.0	1
117	Khaitan & Co	37.2	223.0	1
118	Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas	37.2	223.0	1
119	McCann FitzGerald	37.2	223.0	1
120	Herzog, Fox & Neeman	31.3	62.5	1
121	Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal	31.3	62.5	1
122	Barnea Jaffa Lande	20.8	125.0	1
123	Stuarts Humpries	20.8	125.0	1
124	Naschitz Brandes Amir	20.8	125.0	1
125	Amit Gross	19.2	96.0	1
126	Doron Tikotzky Kantor Gutman Nass	19.2	96.0	1
127	Bayfront	18.4	92.0	1
128	Shook Lin & Bok	18.4	92.0	1
129	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.