Akin Gump Recognized in Who’s Who Legal 100 and Compendium 2015 Editions
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(Washington, D.C.) - Who’s Who Legal 100 has named Akin Gump as being among the “legal powerhouses in the global financial marketplace” and recognized 46 lawyers as leaders in their areas of practice in Who’s Who Legal 2015 – Compendium Edition.
In its fourth edition, Who’s Who Legal 100 draws from a selection process incorporating “thousands of hours of interviews with leading lawyers and their clients in over 140 jurisdictions, and hundreds of thousands of votes and recommendations.”
Profiling Akin Gump in its Finance category, the publication recognized the firm’s “strong position in the global finance market” and its structuring of “innovative and functional financing strategies across a range of asset classes for its dynamic client base.” The profile also notes the investment management team as providing “cutting-edge insight into new laws, regulations and global events and related tax counselling.”
Additionally, the Who’s Who Legal 2015 – Compendium Edition draws from the aforementioned research to recognize “the very best legal practitioners in 34 distinct areas of law” in the past 12 months. The following Akin Gump lawyers were recognized in their respective practices:
Business Crime Defense
James J. Benjamin Jr.
Stephen A. Mansfield
Capital Markets
Sarah J. Smith
Competition
Davina Garrod
Corporate Tax
Patrick B. Fenn
Stuart E. Leblang
Energy
Stephen D. Davis
Marc Hammerson
John LaMaster
James C. Langdon Jr
Steven P. Otillar
Investigations
James J. Benjamin Jr.
Insolvency & Restructuring
Lisa G. Beckerman
Charles R. Gibbs
Daniel H. Golden
Fred S. Hodara
Naomi Moore
James Roome
Barry G. Russell
Michael S. Stamer
James Terry
Labor and Employment
Rex Heinke
Donald R. Livingston
Daniel Nash
Patents
Dianne B. Elderkin
Barbara L. Mullin
Private Funds
Jan-Paul "JP" Bruynes
Robert M. Griffin Jr.
Ian Meade
Prakash H. Mehta
Kelli L. Moll
Eliot D. Raffkind
Thiha Tun
Stephen M. Vine
Project Finance
Dino T. Barajas
Stephen D. Davis
Edward W. Zaelke
Public Procurement
Robert K. Huffman
Real Estate
Carl B. Lee
Sports & Entertainment
P. John Burke
Wael Jabsheh
Trade & Customs
Warren E. Connelly
Spencer S. Griffith
Lars-Erik Hjelm
Stephen S. Kho
Hal Shapiro
Valerie A. Slater
Alan Yanovich