White & Case ranked No. 1 for M&A globally in league table rankings for legal advisers in 2016, according to data analyzed by Bloomberg and Mergermarket. The latter listed the Am Law 100 firm as working on 319 announced deals last year valued in excess of $665 billion.

The American Lawyer reported in October on White & Case holding the lead in rankings through the third quarter of last year, and the firm’s global head of M&A, John Reiss, has a positive outlook for 2017.