Chambers USA 2019 - New York Awards
The Chambers USA 2019 - New York Awards ceremony and Editor's reception will be taking place in New York City at the DoubleTree Metropolitan Hotel.
These awards reflect a set's pre-eminence in key practice areas. They also reflect notable achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service.
We are excited to announce our shortlists below. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
When: 19 June 2019
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Location: DoubleTree Metropolitan Hotel
Dress code: Business/ cocktail attire

Chambers USA 2019 - New York Awards - Shortlists
Corporate/M&A
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Skadden
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Winner: Sullivan & Cromwell
Banking & Finance
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Milbank LLP
- Simpson Thacher
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- White & Case LLP
Winner: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
NY White Collar Crime & Government Investigations (individual)
- Barry Berke (Kramer Levin)
- Dan Gitner (Lankler)
- Joanna Hendon (Spears & Imes)
- Katya Jestin (Jenner & Block)
- Nancy Kestenbaum (Covington)
- Susan Brune (Brune Law)
Winner: Dan Gitner, Lankler
Bankruptcy
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Milbank LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Winner: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Capital Markets
- Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Latham & Watkins
- Simpson Thacher
Winner: Latham & Watkins
Tax: Transactional
- Dechert LLP
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Winner: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Real Estate
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Simpson Thacher
Winner: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Financial Services Regulation
- Ballard Spahr
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Sidley Austin LLP
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Winner: Sidley Austin LLP
Investment Funds
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- DLA Piper
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Winner: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Covington & Burling LLP
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Groom Law Group
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Proskauer Rose LLP
Winner: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Securities Litigation
- Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Pomerantz LLP
- Sullivan & Cromwell
Winner: Sullivan & Cromwell
Labor & Employment
- Epstein Becker & Green PC
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- Jackson Lewis
- Jones Day
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Proskauer Rose LLP
Winner: Proskauer Rose LLP
Antitrust
- Arnold & Porter
- Cleary Gottlieb Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
- Skadden
Winner: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Outstanding Contribution
Richard Truesdell, Davis Polk
Star practitioner Richard Truesdell is lauded as “simply the best capital markets lawyer in the world” by his loyal clients, and wins our Outstanding Contribution in New York award. Leading investment banks and corporate entities turn to him for his first-class expertise as it relates to securities offerings and praise him for his “incredible knowledge of the law.” He remains “one of the most astounding partners in the profession” who “clearly knows his stuff” when it comes to high-profile and complex IPOs and continues to stand out for his “extremely practical, hard-working and collaborative” approach. His preeminent abilities in this space mean peers agree that “he is in a category of his own,” while clients label him “the first person we would go to” for their most complex mandates.