Morgan Lewis Earns New Rankings in 2026 Chambers Global Guide

NEW YORK, February 12, 2026: Morgan Lewis has received new and continued rankings in the recently released 2026 edition of Chambers Global, which ranks the top global lawyers and law firms in more than 200 jurisdictions across the world.

The firm has earned 69 practice rankings and achieved 119 individual lawyer rankings across the United States, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific regions. Morgan Lewis gained new rankings in 12 practice areas in the China, Kazakhstan, UK, UAE, USA, and Global Multi-Jurisdictional categories of the guide. The firm achieved the guide’s highest ranking, a Band 1 distinction, in 10 practice areas globally. Sixteen lawyers earned a Band 1 distinction, and 17 lawyers gained new individual rankings.

NEW PRACTICE RANKINGS

• China: Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms)
• China: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
• Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Tax
• Kazakhstan: Dispute Resolution
• UAE: Banking & Finance
• UAE: Corporate/M&A
• UAE: Employment
• UAE: TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data
• UK: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• USA: Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs
• USA: Competition/Antitrust (International and Cross-Border)
• USA: Private Equity: Fund Formation

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

• Rebecca Ford: Employment (UAE)
• Thomas Giblin, Jr.: Energy: Electricity (Finance) (USA)
• Stacie Hartman: Derivatives: Enforcement (USA)
• Asa Herald: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA)
• John Klauberg: Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA)
• Timothy Matthews: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• W. John McGuire: Registered Funds (USA)
• Barbara Murphy Melby: Outsourcing (Global Market Leaders); Outsourcing (USA)
• Scott Milner: E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA)
• Courtney Nowell: Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
• Eleanor Pelta: Immigration: Business (USA)
• Tim Powell: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (UK)
• Kimberly Reisler: Energy: Electricity (Finance) (USA)
• Aset Shyngyssov: Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan); Energy & Natural Resources (Kazakhstan)

SENIOR STATESPEOPLE

• Roger Joseph: Registered Funds (USA)
• James Tynion III: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)

NEW LAWYER RANKINGS

• Ksenia Andreeva: TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data (UAE)
• Alexey Chertov: Banking & Finance (UAE)
• George Cyriac: Corporate/M&A: International (Singapore)
• Anastasia Dergacheva: TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data (UAE)
• Heather Egan: Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity (USA); Privacy & Data Security: Privacy (USA)
• Maurice Hoo: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms) (USA)
• Tomer Inbar: Charities & Nonprofits (Global Market Leaders)
• Ryan Lighty: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Amy Maloney: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
• Paul Mesquitta: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders (USA)
• Christopher Paridon: Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (USA)
• Mark Parise: Registered Funds (USA)
• Tim Powell: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (UK)
• Matthew Rizzolo: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (USA)
• Leonora Shalet: Hedge Funds (USA)
• Carl Valenstein: Impact Investing (USA)
• Jedd Wider: Private Equity: Fund Formation (USA)
• Ning Zhang: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms) (China)

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: Debt (International Firms)
• China: Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
• China: Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms)
• China: Corporate/M&A: Highly Regarded (International Firms)
• China: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment
• Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Employee Benefits
• Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Employment
• Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Immigration
• Global: Multi-Jurisdictional: Tax
• Global Market Leaders: Commercial Contracts
• Global Market Leaders: Outsourcing
• Kazakhstan: Corporate & Finance
• Kazakhstan: Dispute Resolution
• Kazakhstan: Energy & Natural Resources
• 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
• UAE: Banking & Finance
• UAE: Corporate/M&A
• UAE: Employment
• UAE: TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data
• United Kingdom: Capital Markets: Securitisation
• United Kingdom: Employment
• United Kingdom: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders
• USA: Banking & Finance
• USA: Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
• USA: Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Highly Regarded
• USA: Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs
• 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)
• USA: 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: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
• USA: Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
• USA: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
• USA: Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Sector (International & Cross-Border)
• USA: Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance
• USA: Outsourcing
• USA: Private Equity: Fund Formation
• USA: Projects: Power
• USA: Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
• USA: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
• USA: Registered Funds
• USA: Tax: Corporate & Finance
• USA: Technology Sector (International & Cross-Border)

ALL LAWYER RANKINGS

• Jane Accomando: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Richard Aldridge: Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border) (USA)
• Felipe Alice: Corporate/M&A (International Firms) (Brazil)
• Ksenia Andreeva: TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data (UAE)
• Motonori Araki: Corporate/M&A: International (Japan)
• Neeraj Arora: Projects (USA); Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
• Asem Bakenova: Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan)
• Barton Bassett: Tax: International Tax (USA)
• Steven Becker: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA)
• Nicholas Bolter: Intellectual Property (UK)
• Eric Bord: Immigration: Business (USA)
• James Bradley: Aviation: Finance (Asia-Pacific Region); Banking & Finance (Singapore); Corporate & Finance (Malaysia)
• Alexey Chertov: Banking & Finance (UAE)
• Sarah Connolly: Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
• Lea Anne Copenhefer: Registered Funds (USA)
• Merryn Craske: Capital Markets: Securitisation (UK)
• George Cyriac: Corporate/M&A: International (Singapore)
• R. Alec Dawson: Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border) (USA)
• Anastasia Dergacheva: TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data (UAE)
• Christopher Dlutowski: Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
• Shannon Donnelly: Immigration: Business (USA)
• Heather Egan: Privacy & Data Security: Cybersecurity (USA); Privacy & Data Security: Privacy (USA)
• Michael Espinoza: Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA)
• Brad Fagg: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Scott Farmer: Tax: International Tax (USA)
• Laura Flores: Registered Funds (USA)
• Rebecca Ford: Employment (UAE)
• Kirstin Gibbs: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Thomas Giblin, Jr.: Energy: Electricity (Finance) (USA)
• Mark Gilligan: Commercial Contracts (UAE)
• Richard Goldman: Hedge Funds (USA)
• Humberto Padilla Gonzalez: Corporate/M&A (Latin America-International Counsel)
• Sean Graber: Registered Funds (USA)
• Bingna Guo: Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms) (China)
• Elizabeth Hanigan: Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional (USA)
• Stacie Hartman: Derivatives: Enforcement (USA); Derivatives (USA)
• Asa Herald: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA)
• Maurice Hoo: Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms) (China)
• Matthew Howse: Employment (UK)
• Tomer Inbar: Charities & Nonprofits (Global Market Leaders); Impact Investing (USA)
• Jeffrey Johnson: Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA)
• Zeke Johnson: Hedge Funds (USA)
• Matthew Joseph: Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS (USA)
• Roger Joseph: Registered Funds (USA)
• Bakhytzhan Kadyrov: Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan)
• Ayman Khaleq: Investment Funds (Middle East-wide); Islamic Finance (Middle East-wide)
• John Klauberg: Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA)
• Sara Koleilat-Aranjo: Dispute Resolution (UAE)
• Timothy Levin: Registered Funds (USA)
• Steve Levitan: Capital Markets: Securitisation: ABS (USA)
• David Liao: Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms) (China)
• Ryan Lighty: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• K. Lesli Ligorner: Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms) (China)
• Christine Lombardo: Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance (USA)
• Bernard Lui: Capital Markets: Domestic (Singapore)
• Edwin Luk: Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms) (China)
• Amy Maloney: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA); Projects (USA)
• Timothy Matthews: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• W. John McGuire: Registered Funds (USA)
• Barbara Murphy Melby: Outsourcing (Global Market Leaders); Outsourcing (USA)
• Thomas Mellor: Banking & Finance (Latin America-International Counsel); Banking & Finance (USA)
• Chris Menconi: Registered Funds (USA)
• Paul Mesquitta: Insurance: Mainly Policyholders (UK)
• Scott Milner: E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA)
• Sandra Moser: FCPA (USA)
• Michael Muller: Projects (USA)
• Frances Murphy: Competition Law: Litigation (UK)
• William Nash III: Investment Funds (Middle East-wide)
• Sarah A. Nelson: Capital Markets: Securitisation: Tax (USA)
• Joo Khin Ng: Capital Markets: Domestic (Singapore)
• Courtney Nowell: Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
• Christopher Paridon: Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (USA)
• Mark Parise: Registered Funds (USA)
• Eleanor Pelta: Immigration: Business (USA)
• Sophie Perus: Banking & Finance (France)
• Vito Petretti: Outsourcing (USA)
• Mike Pierides: Outsourcing (Global Market Leaders)
• Alex Polonsky: Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Tim Powell: Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (UK)
• Kimberly Reisler: Energy: Electricity (Finance) (USA)
• Carrie Rief: Investment Funds: Investor Representation (USA)
• Christina Renner: Competition: EU (Belgium)
• Matthew Rizzolo: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (USA)
• Stephanie Roberts: International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (USA)
• Kathleen Sanzo: Life Sciences: Regulatory/Compliance (USA)
• Leonora Shalet: Hedge Funds (USA)
• Hiroshi Sheraton: Intellectual Property (UK); Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (UK)
• Aset Shyngyssov: Corporate & Finance (Kazakhstan); Energy & Natural Resources (Kazakhstan)
• J. Daniel Skees: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Louise Skinner: Employment (UK)
• Stephen Spina: Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Paul St. Lawrence: Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs (USA)
• Alishia Sullivan: Investment Funds (Middle East-wide)
• Wendy Tan: Shipping: Domestic: Litigation (Singapore)
• Alison Tanchyk: FCPA (USA)
• James Tynion III: Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy (USA)
• Pam Tsang Wu: Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA)
• Carl Valenstein: Impact Investing (USA)
• Clement Vandevooghel: Capital Markets: Structured Finance (France)
• Jedd Wider: Hedge Funds (USA); Private Equity: Fund Formation (USA)
• Ning Zhang: Corporate/M&A: China-based (International Firms) (China); Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms) (China)