Who’s Who Legal 2021 Recognizes Akin Gump Lawyers

(Washington, D.C.) – Who’s Who Legal has selected 68 Akin Gump lawyers for inclusion in its 2021 publications, which identify the foremost legal practitioners and consulting experts from over 150 national jurisdictions in business law based upon comprehensive, independent research.

The following Akin Gump lawyers were selected by Who’s Who Legal:

Asia

Hong Kong

• Vena Cheng (Investigations, Business Crime Defence)
• Anne-Marie Godfrey (Private Funds)
• Naomi Moore (Restructuring & Insolvency)

Singapore

• Paul Greening (Energy)
• Robert Griffin (Private Funds)
• Michael Joyce (Energy)

Russia

Moscow

• Natalia R. Baratiants (Energy)

Switzerland

Geneva

• Alan Yanovich (Trade & Customs)

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

• Wael Jabsheh (Sports & Gaming)

Dubai

• Mac Fadlallah (Investigations)
• Rizwan Kanji (Capital Markets)

United Kingdom

London

• John Daghlian (Private Funds)
• Davina Garrod (Competition)
• Christopher M. Gorman-Evans (Private Funds)
• Jasper Helder (Trade & Customs)
• Thomas John Holton (Private Funds)
• Chiara Klaui (Trade & Customs)
• Hamish Lal (Construction, Thought Leaders - Construction)
• Kambiz Larizadeh (Asset Recovery, Thought Leaders - GIR)
• Ian Meade (Private Funds)
• Tim Pearce (Private Funds - Formation)
• Daniel Quinn (Private Funds)
• James Roome (Restructuring & Insolvency)
• Barry G. Russell (Restructuring & Insolvency, Thought Leaders - Restructuring & Insolvency)
• James Terry (Restructuring & Insolvency)
• Ezra Zahabi (Private Funds)

United States

Dallas

• James A. Deeken (Private Funds)
• Eliot D. Raffkind (Private Funds)

Houston

• Stephen D. Davis (Energy, Project Finance)
• John Goodgame (Energy)
• David H. Sweeney (Energy)

Los Angeles

• P. John Burke* (Telecoms Media & Entertainment)
• Marissa Román Griffith (Telecoms Media & Entertainment)
• Alissa Miller (Telecoms Media & Entertainment)
• Christopher Staton Spicer (Telecoms Media & Entertainment))

New York

• Michael A. Asaro (Investigations)
• James J. Benjamin Jr. (Thought Leaders - GIR, Business Crime Defence and Investigations)
• J.P. Bruynes (Private Funds)
• Brian Daly (Private Funds)
• Ira S. Dizengoff (Restructuring & Insolvency)
• Philip C. Dublin (Restructuring & Insolvency)
• Patrick B. Fenn (Corporate Tax)
• Stuart E. Leblang (Corporate Tax, Private Funds)
• Prakash Mehta (Private Funds)
• Barbara Niederkofler (Private Funds)
• Abid Qureshi (Restructuring & Insolvency, Thought Leaders - Restructuring & Insolvency)
• Michael S. Stamer (Restructuring & Insolvency, Thought Leaders - Restructuring & Insolvency)
• Stephen M. Vine (Private Funds, Thought Leaders - Global Elite)

Philadelphia

• Dianne B. Elderkin (Intellectual Property, Life Sciences and Patents)

Washington, D.C.

• Nathan Brown (Healthcare)
• Rick L. Burdick* (Energy)
• Charles F. Connolly (Investigations)
• Tom Davidson (Telecoms Media & Entertainment)
• John Gilliland (Trade & Customs)
• Spencer S. Griffith (Trade & Customs)
• Paul B. Hewitt (Competition, Thought Leaders - Competition)
• Lars-Erik A. Hjelm (Trade & Customs)
• John R. Jacob (Healthcare)
• Bernd G. Janzen (Trade & Customs)
• Stephen Kho (Trade & Customs)
• Stacey Mitchell (Environment)
• Daniel L. Nash (Labour Employment & Benefits, Sports & Gaming)
• Matthew Nicely (Trade & Customs, Thought Leaders - Global Elite)
• Jonathan Poling (Trade & Customs)
• Brian Pomper (Trade & Customs)
• Robert S. Salcido (Healthcare)
• Hal S. Shapiro (Trade & Customs)
• Angela B. Styles (Government Contracts)

*Partner Emeritus

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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