Legal 500 US 2012 ranked Kramer Levin's Mergers and Acquisitions practice in the top tier for mergers, acquisitions and buyouts: M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m). Kramer Levin was noted as a “’very timely firm,’” and as a “go-to place” for “sophisticated legal and business advice in connection with completing M&A transactions.” A number of representations were noted, including the representation of Pangea3 in its acquisition by Thomson Reuters; acting for Deloitte Tax in its disposition of Deloitte Investment Advisors to Aspirant Investment Advisors; advising Genco Shipping & Trading in its acquisition of assets of Bourbon-Setaf; as well as having advised Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in connection with the concurrent negotiations and sales of their extensive array of ongoing patient care programs; and M&A transactional work related to the representation of the Official Unsecured Creditors Committee in the Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation bankruptcy. Partners Thomas D. Balliett, Richard H. Gilden, Thomas E. Molner, Scott S. Rosenblum and Howard T. Spilko were all highly recommended.