Accolades

• Best Law Firms for Women, Seramount (2020–2022)
• Top 5, Best Law Firms for Diversity, Vault (2022, 2023) | Recognized since 2020
• Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality, Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index (2022) | Recognized since 2009
• Mansfield Certification Plus, Diversity Lab (2019–2022)
• Inclusion Champions, Firm Leadership & Intellectual Property, Diversity Lab (2021, 2022)
• Recognized, DEI Framework, Bloomberg Law (2021)
• Innovation in D&I Award, Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America Report (2021)
• #1, Hiring Practices, Top Firms for Gender Equity & Family Friendliness, Yale Law Women (2021)
• D&I Honor Roll, Exelon (2020)
• Top 15, Glass Ceiling Report, Law360 (2020)
• Top Firm for Women in Leadership, Yale Law Women (2020)
• Invested in Diversity Award, US Bank (2020)
• Outstanding D&I Program, Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards USA, Chambers & Partners (2019)
• Gold Standard Certification, Women in Law Empowerment Forum (2015–2022)
• The Ceiling Smashers, Law360 (2020)
• Law Firm Diversity Award, Chevron (2019)
• Flex Impact Award Honoree, Diversity & Flexibility Alliance (2019)

• #1, Breadth of Commitment, Pro Bono Scorecard, The American Lawyer (2021, 2022)
• #1, Best Law Firms for Pro Bono, Vault (2022, 2023)
• Pro Bono Firm of the Year, Middle East, International Financial Law Review (2022)
• Excellence in Pro Bono Service, Legal Services for Children (2022)
• Gold Law Firm Award & Distinguished Pro Bono Law Firm Award, Law Society of Hong Kong (2020, 2021)
• Champion of Education Award, Learning Rights Law Center (2021)
• Civil Liberties Award, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (2021)
• Pro Bono Initiative of the Year, The Lawyer (2020)
• Pro Bono Hot List, The National Law Journal (2020)
• Allegiance Award, Kids in Need of Defense (2019)
• Assist Non-Profit Organizations Champion, Law Society of Singapore Pro Bono Services (2019)
• Stephen K. Fischel Distinguished Public Service Award, American Immigration Council (2019)

Corporate & Business Transactions

• Practice Group of the Year, Project Finance, Law360 (2020)
• Band 1, Corporate & Finance, Kazakhstan, Chambers Global (2021)
• Ranked, Startups & Emerging Companies, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2016–2022)
• Recommended, M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Large Deals ($1 billion +); Private Equity Buyouts; Shareholder Activism: Advice to Boards; and Venture Capital & Emerging Companies, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Ranked, Corporate/M&A, Latin America-wide, Russia, Singapore, Chambers Global (2018–2021)
• Top 10, M&A transactions, Mergermarket, Bloomberg, Buyouts, PitchBook, Refinitiv (2020)

Energy

• Band 1, Projects: Power & Renewables–Transactional, USA, Chambers Global (2019–2021)
• Band 1, Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation), Chambers USA (2008–2022)
• Ranked, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2019–2022)
• Recommended, Energy Transactions: Conventional Power and Oil & Gas, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recognized, Largest Houston–Area Energy Law Firms, Houston Business Journal (2014–2020)
• Practice Group of the Year, Energy, Law360 (2016)

FDA

• Ranked, Life Sciences, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2014–2022)
• Recommended, Healthcare: Life Sciences, The Legal 500 US (2021)

Finance

• Law Firm of the Year, Securities/Capital Markets Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2020) 
• Top 30 Restructuring Law Firm, Global Restructuring Review (2020)
• Band 1, Capital Markets: Securitization, USA, Chambers Global (2019–2021)
• Band 1, Corporate & Finance, Kazakhstan, Chambers Global (2019–2021) 
• Tier 1, Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recommended, Finance: Capital Markets, Commercial Lending; Capital Markets: Equity Offerings–Advice to Managers; Project Finance; Restructuring (including Bankruptcy); and Structured Finance—Derivatives and Structured Products, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recommended, Finance: Debt Capital Markets, Emerging Markets, and Securitisation, The Legal 500 UK (2017–2021)

Investment Management

• Tier 1, Investment Fund Formation & Management: Mutual/Registered/Exchange Traded Funds, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Band 1, Investment Funds: Investor Representation, USA, Chambers Global (2020, 2021)
• Band 1, Investment Funds: Investor Representation, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2019–2022)
• Ranked, Investment Funds: Private Equity, Chambers UK (2021)
• Ranked, Hedge Funds, Registered Funds, and Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement), Chambers USA (2019–2022)
• Ranked, Investment Funds: Hedge Funds and Registered Funds, USA, Chambers Global (2020, 2021)
• Recommended, Investment Fund Formation & Management: Alternative/Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds, The Legal 500 US (2021)

Structured Transactions

• Tier 1, Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Tier 1, Securitization and Structured Finance Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2018–2021)
• Tier 1, Derivatives and Futures Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Band 1, Capital Markets: Securitization, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2011–2022)
• Esoteric ABS Law Firm of the Year, GlobalCapital (2020)
• Ranked, Capital Markets: Securitisation, Chambers UK (2018–2021)
• Recommended, Finance–Securitisation, The Legal 500 UK (2016–2021)
• Law Firm of the Year, Securities/Capital Markets Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2020) 

Tax

• Tier 1, Litigation–Tax and Tax Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2018–2021)
• Tier 1, US Taxes: Contentious and Tax: Not-for-Profit (Nonprofit and Tax-Exempt Organizations), The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recommended, US Taxes: Non-Contentious, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Band 1, Tax: Controversy, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2017–2022)
• Ranked, Tax: Corporate & Finance, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2015–2022)

Telecommunications, Media & Technology

• Tier 1, Media, Technology & Telecoms: Outsourcing, The Legal 500 US (2021)  
• Tier 1, Communications Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2018–2021)
• Tier 1, Technology Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Recommended, Media, Technology & Telecoms: Technology Transactions; Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection); Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulation; Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactions; and Fintech, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Ranked, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite, Washington, DC, Chambers USA (2011–2022)

• Tier 1, Litigation—Intellectual Property, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2016–2022)
• Tier 1, Patent Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2020–2022)
• Tier 1, Trademark Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021, 2022)
• Ranked, Intellectual Property, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2021, 2022)
• Recommended, Intellectual Property, Copyright; Patents: Licensing; Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage); Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission); Patents: Prosecution; Trademarks: Non-Contentious; and Trade Secrets: Litigation and Non-Contentious, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Ranked, Intellectual Property, Asian Legal Business (2016–2022)
• Recognized, IAM Patent 1000, IAM (2017–2021)
• Recognized, WTR 1000, World Trademark Review (2017–2022)
• Recognized, 15 partners, IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property (2021)
• Most Active Law Firms, Defendants and Plaintiffs, Trade Secret Litigation Report, Lex Machina (2021) 
• Litigation Powerhouse, Intellectual Property, BTI Litigation Outlook (2020)
• Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)
• Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

• Tier 1, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Litigation–ERISA, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2017–2021)
• Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Chambers USA (2019)
• Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits (ERISA Law), US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)
• Band 1, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2010–2022)
• Tier 1, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & Retirement Plans: Design, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recommended, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & Retirement Plans–Transactional, The Legal 500 US (2021)

Labor & Employment

• Law Firm of the Year, Litigation–ERISA, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Law Firm of the Year, Litigation: Labor & Employment, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2020) 
• Litigation Powerhouse, Complex Employment, BTI Litigation Outlook (2019, 2020)
• Tier 1, Labor & Employment, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021)
• Band 1, Labor & Employment, USA, Chambers Global (2019–2021)
• Practice Group of the Year, Employment, Law360 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
• Tier 1, Labor & Employment Disputes (including Collective Actions); Labor-Management Relations; and Workplace & Employment Counseling, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Band 1, Labor & Employment, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2014–2022)
• Tier 1, Labor & Employment: Immigration, The Legal 500 US (2021)

Antitrust & Competition

• Tier 1, Antitrust Law and Litigation–Antitrust, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms  (2018–2021)
• Practice Group of the Year, Competition, Law360 (2017–2020)
• Recommended, Antitrust: Cartel; Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense; and Merger Control, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recognized, GCR 100, Global Competition Review (2020)

eData

• Tech-Enabled Litigation Department of the Year, Legalweek (2022)
• Ranked, Ediscovery & Information Governance, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2020–2022)
• Recommended, Dispute Resolution: Ediscovery, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Legal Technology Trailblazer, The National Law Journal (2021)

Litigation

• Tier 1, Dispute Resolution: Product Liability, Mass Tort & Class Action: Toxic Tort Defense, The Legal 500 US (2021) 
• Litigation Department of the Year, Insurance, The National Law Journal (2021)
• Recommended, Ediscovery, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Litigation Powerhouse, Four Categories: Class Actions, Securities & Finance, Complex Employment, Employment, BTI Litigation Outlook (2022)
• Litigation Leader, Four Categories: Cybersecurity, Complex Commercial, Commercial, Product Liability, BTI Litigation Outlook (2022)
• Law Firm of the Year, Litigation–ERISA, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Law Firm of the Year, Litigation: Labor & Employment, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Tier 1, 12 Litigation categories, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)

• Practice Group of the Year, Energy, Law360 (2019)
• Band 1, Projects: Power & Renewables–Transactional, USA, Chambers Global (2020–2022)
• Band 1, Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation), USA, Chambers Global (2019–2022)
• Tier 1, Energy, Oil & Gas, and Project Finance Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2020, 2022) 
• Tier 1, Energy Regulatory: Conventional Power, The Legal 500 US (2021) 
• Band 1, Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation), Nationwide, Chambers USA (2008–2022)
• Ranked, Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2019–2022)
• Ranked, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation and Transactional), USA, Chambers Global (2018–2021)
• Tier 1, Energy: Renewable/Alternative, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recommended, Energy Litigation: Oil & Gas and Conventional Power; Energy Regulation: Oil & Gas; and Energy Transactions: Conventional Power and Oil & Gas, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Recognized, Largest Houston–Area Energy Law Firms, Houston Business Journal (2014–2020)

• Tier 1, Insurance: Advice to Policyholders, The Legal 500 US (2021) 
• Practice Group of the Year, Insurance, Law360 (2020)
• Tier 1, Securitization and Structured Finance Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2018–2021)
• Tier 1, Derivatives and Futures Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Ranked, Financial Services Regulation: Broker Dealer (Compliance & Enforcement), Chambers USA (2019–2022)

• Top 5, Largest US Healthcare Law Firms, Modern Healthcare (2016–2022)
• Ranked, Healthcare, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2018–2022)
• Recommended, Healthcare: Health Insurers; Life Sciences; Service Providers, The Legal 500 US (2021)

• Top 5, Largest US Healthcare Law Firms, Modern Healthcare (2016–2022)
• Ranked, Life Sciences, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2014–2022)
• Recommended, Healthcare: Life Sciences, The Legal 500 US (2021)

• Band 1, Retail, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2018–2022)
• Ranked, Retail: Corporate & Transactional, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2018–2022)

• Tier 1, Media, Technology & Telecoms: Outsourcing, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Tier 1, Technology Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Tier 1, Communications Law, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2021)
• Ranked, USA: Legal, Chambers FinTech (2019, 2020)
• Recommended, Media, Technology & Telecoms: Technology Transactions; Cyber Law (including Data Privacy and Data Protection); Telecoms and Broadcast: Regulatory; Telecoms and Broadcast: Transactional; and Fintech, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Ranked, Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite, Washington, DC, Chambers USA (2011–2022)

• Recommended, Rail and Road: Finance and Litigation & Regulation, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Band 1, Tax: Controversy, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2017–2022)
• Band 1, Labor & Employment, Nationwide, Chambers USA (2014–2022)
• Tier 1, Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization, The Legal 500 US (2021)
• Tier 1, Labor & Employment: Labor & Management Disputes (including collective actions)—Defense; Labor-Management Relations; and Workplace & Employment Counseling, The Legal 500 US (2021)