Akin Gump Lawyers and Practices Ranked in Chambers Global 2021

(Washington, D.C.) — Chambers & Partners, in its Chambers Global 2021 guide, has recognized 30 of the firm’s practices as well as 39 Akin Gump lawyers as leaders in their respective areas of practice. Chambers Global covers more than 190 countries across the world.

In the Asia-Pacific region, the ranked practice areas and partner are:

• International Trade/WTO
  • Stephen Kho

In China, the ranked practice areas and partners are:

• International Trade/WTO (International Firms)
  • Stephen Kho
  • Tatman Savio
    
    
• Investment Funds (International Firms)
  • Anne-Marie Godfrey

In Japan and Singapore, partner Michael Joyce is recognized in Projects & Energy. The firm is also recognized in Energy & Natural Resources: International in Singapore.

Europe-wide, the firm is ranked in the categories of Restructuring/Insolvency as well as International Trade/WTO, along with international trade partners Jasper Helder and Alan Yanovich.

In Russia, the ranked practice areas and partners are:

• Corporate/M&A
  • Natalia R. Baratiants
  • Vladimir Kouznetsov

• Energy & Natural Resources
  • Natalia R. Baratiants
  • Alexey Kondratchik

In the United Kingdom, the ranked practice areas and partners are:

• Competition Law
  • Davina Garrod

• Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
  • Gavin Weir

• Dispute Resolution: Litigation
  
  
• Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
  
  
• Energy Sector (International & Cross-Border)
  
  
• Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
  
  
• Restructuring/Insolvency
  • James Roome
  • Barry G. Russell
  • James Terry

• Tax
  • Stuart Sinclair
  • Sophie Donnithorne-Tait

In Middle East-wide, the firm is recognized in Projects & Energy, and partner Rizwan Kanji is recognized in Capital Markets: Debt and Islamic Finance.

In the United Arab Emirates, the ranked practice area and partners are:

• Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance and Capital Markets: Debt
  • Rizwan Kanji
    
    
• Capital Markets
  
  
• Corporate Investigations
  • Mahmoud Baki Fadlallah

• Corporate/Commercial & Commercial Contracts
  • Wael Jabsheh

In the United States, the ranked practice areas and partners are:

• Bankruptcy/Restructuring
  • Ira S. Dizengoff
  • Michael S. Stamer

• Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central United States
  • John Goodgame
  • Seth R. Molay
    
    
• Corporate Crime & Investigations
  
  
• Energy Sector (International & Cross-Border)
  
  
• Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
  • George D. Cannon Jr.

• Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
  • Christine B. LaFollette
  • Michael Byrd

• International Trade: Customs
  • Lars-Erik A. Hjelm

• International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
  • Thomas J. McCarthy
  • Kevin Wolf

• International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
  • Spencer S. Griffith
  • Bernd G. Janzen
  • Stephen Kho
  • Hal S. Shapiro
  • Matthew Nicely
    
    
• Investigations & Enforcement (International & Cross-Border)
  
  
• Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
  
  
• Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
  • Kelli L. Moll
  • Eliot D. Raffkind
  • Stephen M. Vine

• Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
  • Prakash Mehta
  • Fadi Samman

• Tax
  • Stuart Sinclair

Global-wide, the firm is recognized as a Global Market Leader in International Trade/WTO and is ranked in Investment Funds: Hedge Funds and Restructuring/Insolvency.

For further details on the firm’s rankings and commentary, please click here.

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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