NEW YORK, February 14, 2025: Morgan Lewis has received new and continued rankings in the recently released 2025 edition of Chambers Global, which ranks the top global lawyers and law firms in over 200 jurisdictions across the world. The firm has been ranked in 61 practice areas and achieved 112 individual lawyer rankings across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. Morgan Lewis gained new rankings in four practice areas in Singapore, the United States, and the Global Market Leaders category of the guide. The firm achieved the highest ranking, Band 1, in 10 practice areas globally. Additionally, 12 partners earned the guide’s highest Band 1 distinction and 17 lawyers across the firm gained new individual rankings.
NEW PRACTICE RANKINGS
- Global Market Leaders: Commercial Contracts
- Singapore: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Highly Regarded
- USA: Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
- USA: Impact Investing
BAND 1 PRACTICE RANKINGS
- Kazakhstan: Corporate & Finance
- Kazakhstan: Energy & Natural Resources
- Middle East–wide: Investment Funds
- USA: Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS
- USA: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS
- USA: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- USA: Impact Investing
- USA: International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
- USA: Investment Funds: Investor Representation
- USA: Labour & Employment
BAND 1 LAWYER RANKINGS
- Reed D. Auerbach – Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS (USA)
- Rebecca Ford – Employment (UAE)
- Thomas P. Giblin, Jr. – Energy: Electricity (Finance) (USA)
- Stacie Hartman - Derivatives: Enforcement (USA)
- John G. Klauberg – Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA)
- Timothy P. Matthews - Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
- W. John McGuire – Registered Funds (USA)
- Scott Milner - E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA)
- Barbara Murphy Melby – Outsourcing (USA); Outsourcing (Global Market Leaders)
- Eleanor Pelta – Immigration: Business (USA)
- Kimberly M. Reisler – Energy: Electricity (Finance) (USA)
- Aset Shyngyssov – Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan); Energy & Natural Resources (Kazakhstan)
Senior Statespeople
- James T. Tynion III – Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
NEW LAWYER RANKINGS
- Jane Accomando - Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
- Felipe Alice - Corporate/M&A (International Firms) (Brazil)
- Motonori Araki - Corporate/M&A: International (Japan)
- Shannon Donnelly - Immigration: Business (USA)
- Rebecca Ford – Employment (UAE)
- Bingna Guo - Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms) (China)
- Stacie Hartman – Derivatives; Derivatives: Enforcement (USA)
- Tomer Inbar - Impact Investing (USA)
- Barbara Murphy Melby - Outsourcing (Global Market Leaders)
- Joo Khin Ng – Capital Markets: Domestic (Singapore)
- Sophie Perus – Banking & Finance (France)
- Vito Petretti - Outsourcing (USA)
- Mike Pierides – Outsourcing (Global Market Leaders)
- Hiroshi Sheraton - Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (UK)
- Alishia Sullivan – Investment Funds (UAE)
- Clément Vandevooghel - Capital Markets: Structured Finance (France)
- Casey Weaver - International Trade: Customs (USA)
ALL PRACTICE RANKINGS
- Asia-Pacific Region: Aviation: Finance
- Asia-Pacific Region: Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
- Brazil: Corporate/M&A (International Firms)
- China: Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
- China: Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms)
- China: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms)
- Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Employee Benefits
- Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Employment
- Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Immigration
- Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Investment Funds: Hedge Funds
- Global Market Leaders: Commercial Contracts
- Global Market Leaders: Outsourcing
- Kazakhstan: Corporate & Finance
- Kazakhstan: Energy & Natural Resources
- Latin America-International Counsel: Banking & Finance
- Latin America-International Counsel: Corporate/M&A
- Middle East-wide: Investment Funds
- Singapore: Capital Markets: Domestic
- Singapore: Corporate/M&A: Domestic
- Singapore: Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Highly Regarded
- Singapore: Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Singapore: Shipping: Domestic
- United Kingdom: Capital Markets: Securitisation
- United Kingdom: Employment
- United Arab Emirates: Commercial Contracts
- United Arab Emirates: Venture Capital & Emerging Companies
- USA: Banking & Finance
- USA: Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
- USA: Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
- USA: Competition/Antitrust
- USA: Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
- USA: Derivatives
- USA: E-Discovery & Information Governance
- USA: Energy Sector (International & Cross-Border)
- USA: Energy: Electricity (Finance)
- USA: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- USA: Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation)
- USA: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
- USA: FCPA
- USA: Finance & Capital Markets (International & Cross-Border)
- USA: Hedge Funds
- USA: Immigration: Business
- USA: Impact Investing
- USA: Intellectual Property: Patent
- USA: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
- USA: Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
- USA: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
- USA: Registered Funds
- USA: Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Sector (International & Cross-Border)
- USA: Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
- USA: Outsourcing
- USA: Projects: Power
- USA: Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- USA: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
- USA: Tax: Corporate & Finance
- USA: Technology Sector (International & Cross-Border)
ALL LAWYER RANKINGS
- Carolyn J.D. Abram – Investment Funds (Middle East–wide)
- Sara K. Aranjo – Dispute Resolution (United Arab Emirates)
- Neeraj Arora – Projects (USA); Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
- Asem B. Bakenova – Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan)
- Barton W.S. Bassett – Tax: International Tax (USA)
- Steven H. Becker – Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA)
- Nick Bolter – Intellectual Property (UK)
- Eric S. Bord – Immigration: Business (USA)
- James P. Bradley – Aviation: Finance (Asia-Pacific Region); Banking & Finance (Singapore); Corporate & Finance (Malaysia)
- Giovanna M. Cinelli – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (USA)
- Sarah E. Connolly – Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
- Lea Anne Copenhefer – Registered Funds (USA)
- Merryn Craske - Capital Markets: Securitisation (UK)
- R. Alec Dawson – Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border) (USA)
- Christopher J. Dlutowski – Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
- Michael Espinoza – Energy: Electricity: Transactional (USA)
- Brad Fagg – Energy: Nuclear: Regulatory & Litigation (USA)
- F. Scott Farmer – Tax: International Tax (USA)
- Richard M. Filosa – Projects (USA)
- Laura E. Flores – Registered Funds (USA)
- Kirstin E. Gibbs – Energy: Oil & Gas: Regulatory & Litigation (USA)
- Richard A. Goldman – Hedge Funds (USA)
- Humberto Padilla Gonzalez – Corporate/M&A (Latin America – International Counsel)
- Sean Graber – Registered Funds (USA)
- Kate Habershon – Tax (United Kingdom)
- Elizabeth P. Hanigan - Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional (USA)
- Thomas S. Harman – Registered Funds (USA)
- Asa J. Herald – Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA)
- W. Reece Hirsch – Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare (USA)
- Matthew Howse – Employment (UK)
- Jeffrey R. Johnson – Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA)
- Zeke Johnson – Hedge Funds (USA)
- Matthew P. Joseph – Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS (USA)
- Roger P. Joseph – Registered Funds (USA)
- Bakhytzhan Kadyrov – Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan)
- Ayman A. Khaleq – Investment Funds (Middle East–wide); Islamic Finance (UAE)
- Richard Knott – Venture Capital & Emerging Companies (United Arab Emirates)
- Timothy W. Levin – Registered Funds (USA)
- Steve Levitan – Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS (USA)
- David Liao – Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms) (China)
- K Lesli Ligorner – Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms) (China)
- Christine M. Lombardo – Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance (USA)
- Bernard Lui – Capital Markets (Singapore)
- Edwin Luk – Capital Markets (China)
- Amy Maloney – Projects (USA)
- Timothy P. Matthews – Energy: Nuclear: Regulatory & Litigation (USA)
- Thomas C. Mellor – Banking & Finance (Latin America); Banking & Finance (USA)
- Christopher D. Menconi – Registered Funds (USA)
- Sandra Moser – FCPA (USA)
- Michael A. Muller – Projects (USA)
- Frances Murphy – Competition Law: Litigation (UK)
- Eric S. Namrow – International Trade: Intellectual Property: Section 337 (USA)
- William L. Nash III – Investment Funds (Middle East–wide)
- Sarah A. Nelson – Capital Markets: Securitisation: Tax (USA)
- Courtney C. Nowell – Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
- Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp – International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (USA)
- Alex Polonsky – Energy: Nuclear: Regulatory & Litigation (USA)
- Christina Renner – Competition: EU (Belgium)
- Carrie J. Rief – Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
- Stephanie L. Roberts – International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (USA)
- Omar Shah – Competition Law (United Kingdom)
- Izzet M. Sinan – Competition: EU (Belgium)
- J. Daniel Skees – Energy: Electricity: Regulatory & Litigation (USA)
- Louise Skinner – Employment (UK)
- Stephen M. Spina – Energy: Electricity: Regulatory & Litigation (USA)
- Paul R. St. Lawrence – Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs (USA)
- Wendy Tan – Shipping: Domestic: Litigation (Singapore)
- Alison Tanchyk – FCPA (USA)
- James T. Tynion III – Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
- Jedd H. Wider – Hedge Funds (USA)
- Pamela T. Wu – Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
- Ning Zhang – Corporate/M&A: China-Based (International Firms) (China)
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