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

– Jasper Helder

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

– Natalia Baratiants

– Suren Gortsunyan

– Vladimir Kouznetsov

– Ilya Rybalkin

– Anthony Walker

– Daniel Walsh (Expert based abroad)

Energy & Natural Resources

– Natalia Baratiants

– Alexey Kondratchik

Private Equity

Tax

– Ilya Rybalkin

TMT

– Vladimir Kouznetsov

– Anna Semashko

In Switzerland, the ranked lawyers are:

International Trade/WTO

– Alan Yanovich

In the United Kingdom, the ranked practice areas and lawyers are:

Capital Markets

– Barry Russell

Competition

– Davina Garrod

Investment Funds – Hedge Funds

– Ian Meade

– Tim Pearce

Restructuring/Insolvency: Elite

– James Roome

– Barry Russell

– James Terry

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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