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Chambers USA Awards 2023

About this webinar

We are delighted to host Chambers USA Awards 2023. The awards recognise a law firm’s preeminence in key jurisdictions in the region. They also reflect achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service.

Event Details:
Event date
Thursday, 15 June 2023
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
BST
Event location
Online
Event tiers
All attendees - Free

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James Haggerty, Head of USA Research
Zahra Damji, Research Manager
Alek Tomasevic, Research Manager
Matthew Court, Principal Research Specialist
Evie Bispham author
Evie Bispham Staite, Research Manager
Kypriana Savva | Chambers USA Principal Research Specialist
Kypriana Savva, Principal Research Specialist
Eleanor Dobson author
Eleanor Dobson, Principal Research Specialist
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Shane Boothby, Principal Research Specialist
Chambers USA Awards 2023 - Shortlist

Antitrust Law Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter 
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP 
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 
Latham & Watkins LLP  
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates 

Banking Law Firm of the Year
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP  
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 
Kirkland & Ellis 
Latham & Watkins LLP 
Paul Hastings LLP 

Bankruptcy Law Firm of the Year
Akin 
Kirkland & Ellis 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Sidley Austin LLP 
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 

Corporate M&A Law Firm of the Year
Cooley LLP 
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 

Commercial Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 
Kirkland & Ellis 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates 

Criminal Litigation Law Firm of the Year
Covington & Burling LLP 
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 
Kirkland & Ellis 
Latham & Watkins LLP 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 
Williams & Connolly LLP 

Energy & Projects Law Firm of the Year
Bracewell LLP 
Kirkland & Ellis 
Latham & Watkins LLP 
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 
Sidley Austin LLP 
Vinson & Elkins LLP 

Environment Law Firm of the Year
Baker Botts L.L.P. 
Bracewell LLP 
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 
King & Spalding LLP 
Perkins Coie LLP

Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 
Kirkland & Ellis 
Morrison Foerster 
WilmerHale 

Labor & Employment Law Firm of the Year
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC 
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 
Perkins Coie LLP 
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP 

Privacy & Data Security Law Firm of the Year
BakerHostetler LLP 
Covington & Burling LLP 
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 
ZwillGen PLLC 

Chambers D&I Awards: USA 2023 – Shortlist

Individual Awards (Private Practice) 
 
Diversity & Inclusion: Future Leader 
Ari Andrews - WilmerHale  
David Freeburg - DLA Piper 
Harmony Gbe - Hogan Lovells 
John H. Haney - Holland & Knight 
JT Schuweiler - Fox Rothschild LLP 
Lena Gonzalez - Bush Seyferth PLLC 
Lissette Duran - Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP  
Nicole Rivers - Mintz 
Samuel Light - Fried Frank 
Taimur Case - Fenwick & West 

Pro Bono: Lawyer of the Year 
Andrew DeVoogd - Mintz 
Chong S. Park - Ropes & Gray LLP 
Corrine Irish - Squire Patton Boggs 
Jennifer Selendy - Selendy Gay Elsberg 
Jeremy Burnette - Akerman LLP 
Kimberly Parker - WilmerHale 
Luke Liss - Wilson Sonsini 
Martin D. Pollack - Weil 
Sara Barli Herald - Bilzin Sumberg 
Wesley Powell - Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP  

Diversity & Inclusion: Outstanding Contribution 
Adam Banks - Weil 
Anthony Pacheco - Vedder Price  
Cynthia Shoss - Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP  
Esther H. Lim - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP  
Grasford Smith - Akerman LLP  
Julie Fink - Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP  
Kim Walker - Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP  
Michael A. Brown - Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP  
Patricia Brown Holmes - Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP  
Paul Ayoub - Nutter 

Firm Awards (Private Practice) 

Pro Bono: Outstanding Firm 
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 
Fenwick & West 
Holland & Knight 
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP  
Kostelanetz LLP 
McGuireWoods LLP 
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 
Selendy Gay Elsberg 
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 
WilmerHale 

Environment & Sustainability: Outstanding Firm 
McGuireWoods LLP 
Nixon Peabody LLP 
Shearman & Sterling LLP 
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 
WR Immigration 

Diversity and Inclusion: Outstanding Firm 
Baker McKenzie 
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney  
Dechert LLP 
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 
Greenspoon Marder LLP 
Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP 
Morrison Foerster 
Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP  
Ropes & Gray LLP  
Weil 

Individual Awards (In-House) 

Diversity & Inclusion: Outstanding Contribution 
Ann Miller - NIKE  
Claire W. Desmond - Under Armour 
Eric Greenberg - CMG Media Corporation d/b/a Cox Media Group (CMG) 
Kamla Alexander - Dentsu International 
Lisa LeCointe-Cephas - Merck & Co., Inc. 
Luciana (Lucy) Fato - American International Group, Inc. 
Micheal Binns - Meta Platforms, Inc. 
Michelle Jackson - Human Services Council 
Tony West - Uber Technologies, Inc. 
Trâm Phi - Databricks, Inc. 

Company Awards (In-House) 

Diversity and Inclusion: Company of the Year 
AbbVie 
Alteryx, Inc. 
CBRE 
Cox Media Group 
Meta Platforms, Inc. 
Sempra 
Uber US 
UBS AG 
U.S. Bancorp 
Verily Life Sciences 

Sponsors
Buchanan Ingersoll
Cravath
Morrison Foerster
Selendy Gay
US Bank
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Thursday, 15 Jun 2023 • 05:00 pm BST
Chambers USA Awards 2023
All attendees - Free