Legal 500 US 2016 Recommends Akin Lawyers and Practices
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(Washington, D.C.) – The Legal 500 United States 2016 has recognized a number of Akin Gump lawyers as among those “who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel.” The rankings are compiled through feedback provided by law firms, their peers and clients.
Akin Gump was ranked as a top-tier firm in the categories of corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy) and government relations, while investment management practice co-head Stephen Vine and financial restructuring co-head Daniel Golden were named “Leading Lawyers” in their respective fields. This is Mr. Vine’s third and Mr. Golden’s second consecutive recognition as such.
Additionally, the firm and 46 Akin Gump lawyers were recommended in the following categories:
Alternative/hedge funds
- Prakash Mehta
- Kelli Moll
- Eliot Raffkind
- Fadi Samman
- Stephen Vine
Corporate restructuring (including bankruptcy)
- Scott Alberino
- Lisa Beckerman
- David Botter
- Ira Dizengoff
- Philip Dublin
- Chuck Gibbs
- Daniel Golden
- Fred Hodara
- Abid Qureshi
- Sarah Schultz
Energy: renewable/alternative
- Edward Zaelke
Energy: transactions: oil and gas
- Douglas Glass
- John Goodgame
- Suedeen G. Kelly
- Christine LaFollette
- Edward Zaelke
Government relations
- Joel Jankowsky
- John Jonas
- Melissa Laurenza
- Jeffrey McMillen
- Donald Pongrace
- Scott Parven
- David Turetsky
International trade
- Spencer Griffith
- Lars-Erik Hjelm
- Bernd Janzen
- Edward Rubinoff
- Hal Shapiro
- Valerie Slater
M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Kerry Berchem
- Andrew Brady
- Rick Burdick
- Daniel Fisher
- John Goodgame
- Jeffrey Kochian
- David Phelps
- Frank Reddick
Private equity funds
- Angela Adams
- Patrick Fenn
- Stuart Leblang
- Prakash Mehta
- Kelli Moll
- Eliot Raffkind
- Fadi Samman
- Stephen Vine
Supreme Court and appellate
- Rex Heinke
- Donald Livingston
- Pratik 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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