Rank ACCOUNTING Audit Rank 1 Fund / Stearns & Co. / SIDLEY AUSTIN / BDO Seidman 2 Rothstein Kass & Co. / UBS / Morgan Stanley 2 Banc of America Securities / Skadden Arps / Services 4 Eisner 3 SS&C Technologies / Deutsche Bank / Goldman Sachs & Co. / Morgan Stanley / Slate / Lehman Brothers Ogier 5 Banc of America Securities / Seward & Kissel / Shartsis Friese / Citigroup Securities / Merrill Lynch / Hedge Fund / Arps / No. 2 Shartsis Friese / Banc of America Securities / Lehman Brothers / Calder Walkers Rank Lehman Brothers Rank Trade / Tax 1 BDO Seidman 2 Rothstein Kass & Co. / Credit Suisse / Fortis Prime Fund Solutions 2 Rothstein Kass & Co. / Refco / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Bankruptcy / /
IndustryTerm
real estate investment trusts / futures brokerage / onshore law firms / investment services / technology providers / legal services / overall onshore law / law firms / huge global corporate law firms / huge law / law / overall law / /
NaturalFeature
West Coast / /
Organization
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Judiciary Committee / U.S. Court of Appeals / Rank International Fund Services Transfer / Rogers Raw Materials Fund / Credit Suisse Admiral Administration / International Fund Services Rank Fund / /
Person
Michael Schmidtberger / Alfred Winslow Jones / Imogen Rose-Smith / William Kerr / John Broadhurst / Maples Rank Rank Rank / Nancy Havens / /
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