The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 Recognizes Akin Gump Lawyers and Practices

(London) – The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 has recognized a number of Akin Gump practices and lawyers in the firm’s London, Geneva, Moscow, Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices as leaders in their respective fields.

The Legal 500 EMEA provides ranking and analysis of law firms working in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The following Akin Gump practices and lawyers are recommended throughout the region:

RUSSIA

Practices

• Banking and finance: Borrower side
• Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow
• Energy and natural resources
• TMT

Lawyers

• Robert Aulsebrook.(Banking and finance: Borrower side)
• Natalia Baratiants (Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow; Energy and natural resources – Leading Individual)
• Vladimir Kouznetsov (Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow; TMT – Leading Individual)
• Anna Semashko (TMT – Rising Star)
• Alexander Shalaev(Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow – Rising Star)
• Dmitry Shiryaev (Banking and finance: Borrower side)
• Olga Te (Capital markets: Moscow – Rising Star)
• Svetlana Volevich (Commercial, corporate and M&A: Moscow)

For further details on the firm’s results in Russia, please click here.

SWITZERLAND

Practices

• WTO

Lawyers

• Stephen Kho (WTO)
• Alan Yanovich (WTO – Leading Individual)

For further details on the firm’s results in Switzerland, please click here.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Practices

• Capital markets
• Commercial, corporate and M&A
• Dispute resolution: compliance and investigations

Lawyers

• Hamed Afzal (Capital markets)
• Mahmoud Baki Fadlallah (Dispute resolution: compliance and investigations – Leading Individual)
• Wael Jabsheh (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Rizwan Kanji (Capital markets – Leading Individual)
• Natasha G. Kohne (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Dispute resolution: compliance and investigations)
• Johann Strauss (Dispute resolution: compliance and investigations)

For further details on the firm’s results in the U.A.E, please click here.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1945, the firm is proudly celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020. #AkinGump75

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