National transactional-tax powerhouses worth targeting: Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis, Skadden, Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk, Sullivan & Cromwell, Cravath, Cleary Gottlieb, Weil Gotshal, Paul Weiss, Debevoise & Plimpton, Ropes & Gray, Goodwin, Cooley, Wilson Sonsini, Fenwick & West, Sidley Austin, Mayer Brown, McDermott Will & Emery, Morgan Lewis, DLA Piper, Holland & Knight, Baker McKenzie, White & Case, Milbank, Willkie Farr, Proskauer, Akin, Vinson & Elkins, Gibson Dunn, Paul Hastings, Orrick, Morrison Foerster, Pillsbury, Sheppard Mullin, Greenberg Traurig, Foley & Lardner, Crowell & Moring, Winston & Strawn. Strong mid-market/boutique targets: Greenberg Glusker, Buchalter, Loeb & Loeb, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Glaser Weil, Withers, Manatt, ArentFox Schiff, Venable, Rutan & Tucker, Allen Matkins, Snell & Wilmer, Farella Braun + Martel, Hanson Bridgett, Miller Nash, Tonkon Torp, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, Taft, Barnes & Thornburg, Ice Miller, Faegre Drinker, Stinson, Polsinelli, Husch Blackwell, Foley Hoag, Mintz, Nixon Peabody, Lowenstein Sandler, Cole Schotz, Goulston & Storrs, Morris Nichols, Richards Layton & Finger.