SNL Financial recently ranked Jones Walker #3 in the legal adviser category in the publication's Bank & Thrift deal rankings for 2015 transactions announced through September 30, 2015. This ranking is based on the number of merger transactions that Jones Walker LLP has handled year-to-date by the firm's Banking & Financial Services attorneys, including Birmingham partner Michael D. Waters, Mobile partner Ronald D. Snider, Jackson partner Craig N. Landrum, Washington D.C. partners John J. "Jack" Spidi and Richard Fisch and Washington D.C. special counsel Edward B. Crosland, Jr. SNL Financial collects, standardizes, and disseminates corporate, financial, market, and mergers and acquisitions data, as well as news and analysis for the banking, financial services, insurance, real estate, energy, and media/communications industries.