The Legal 500 US 2018 Recommends 73 Akin Gump Lawyers
(Washington, D.C.) – The Legal 500, in its 11th edition of The Legal 500 United States 2018, has highlighted a number of Akin Gump practices and lawyers as leaders in their respective areas. Per The Legal 500, the rankings decisions involved careful consideration of evaluations given by law firms, their peers and clients.
For the third year in a row, Akin Gump ranked as a top-tier firm in the categories of corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy) and government relations, while, entertainment partner P. John Burke, investment management practice co-head Stephen M. Vine, global project finance partner Edward W. Zaelke, global financial restructuring practice co-chair Daniel H. Golden and Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik A. Shah were named “Leading Lawyers” in their respective fields. This is the fifth consecutive recognition for Mr. Vine, the fourth for Mr. Golden and second for Messrs. Burke and Zaelke.
Additionally, the firm and 73 Akin Gump lawyers were recommended in the following ranked practices:
Alternative/hedge funds
- Kelli L. Moll
- Dennis P. Pereira
- Eliot D. Raffkind
- Stephen M. Vine
Antitrust: Civil litigation/class action: Defense
- Paul B. Hewitt
- Corey W. Roush
- Pratik A. Shah
- Fairley Spillman
Antitrust: Merger control
- Paul B. Hewitt
- Gorav Jindal
- Corey W. Roush
Capital Markets: Debt offerings
- John Goodgame
- Christine B. LaFollette
Capital Markets: High-yield debt offerings
- Kerry E. Berchem
- John Goodgame
- Seth R. Molay
- Rosa A. Testani
Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Stephen M. Baldini
- James Joseph Benjamin Jr.
- Robert H. Hotz Jr.
- Mark J. MacDougall
- Douglass B. Maynard
Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy)
- Ira S. Dizengoff
- Philip C. Dublin
- Daniel H. Golden
- Abid Qureshi
- Jason P. Rubin
- James Savin
- Michael S. Stamer
Cyber law
Energy: Renewable/alternative
- John J. Marciano III
- Daniel Phillip Sinaiko
- Edward W. Zaelke
Energy: Transactions: Oil and gas
- David Patrick Elder
- John Goodgame
- Christine B. LaFollette
Government contracts
- Robert K. Huffman
Government relations
- Hunter Bates
- Joel Jankowsky
- John F. Jonas
- Jeffrey D. McMillen
- Ed Pagano
- Scott David Parven
- Brian Arthur Pomper
- Donald R. Pongrace
International trade
Labor and employment
- Stacey R. Eisenstein
- Gregory W. Knopp
- Robert G. Lian Jr.
- Gary M. McLaughlin
- Donna M. Mezias
- Daniel L. Nash
- Nathan J. Oleson
- Richard J. Rabin
M&A middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Kerry E. Berchem
- Daniel I. Fisher
- John Goodgame
- Jeffrey Lazar Kochian
- N. Franklin Reddick III
- Adam K. Weinstein
- Thomas H. Yang
- Courtney S. York
Media and entertainment
Private equity funds
- Arina Lekhel
- Dennis P. Pereira
- Jonathan A. Ross
- Fadi G. Samman
- Ann E. Tadajweski
- Stephen M. Vine
Project finance
- Thomas Ian Dupuis
- John J. Marciano III
- Jeremy R. Schwer
- Daniel Phillip Sinaiko
- Edward W. Zaelke
Securities litigation: Defense
Supreme Court and appellate
- Rex S. Heinke
- Pratik A. Shah
Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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