Chambers Europe 2017 Ranks Akin Gump Lawyers and Practices
(Washington, D.C.) – Chambers & Partners, in its Chambers Europe 2017, has recognized 18 Akin Gump lawyers in the firm’s Frankfurt, Moscow, Geneva and London offices as leaders in their respective areas of practice.
Chambers Europe covers 53 jurisdictions across Europe, from Greenland, the United Kingdom and Ireland in the West to Russia, Turkey and Ukraine in the East, in addition to coverage on a Europe-wide and CEE-wide scale.
Europe-wide, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
International Trade
Restructuring/Insolvency
In Germany, the firm is ranked in:
Restructuring/Insolvency
In Russia, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
Banking & Finance
– Dmitry Shiryaev
Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
– Suren Gortsunyan
– Vladimir Kouznetsov
– Ilya Rybalkin
– Anthony Walker
– Daniel Walsh (Expert based abroad)
Energy & Natural Resources
– Natalia Baratiants
Private Equity
Tax
– Ilya Rybalkin
TMT
– Vladimir Kouznetsov
In Switzerland, the ranked lawyers are:
International Trade/WTO
In the United Kingdom, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:
Capital Markets
Competition
Investment Funds – Hedge Funds
Restructuring/Insolvency: Elite
– Barry Russell
Tax
– Stuart Sinclair
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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