The American Lawyer's Global Legal Awards Finalists
For the sixth year in a row, we're honoring excellence in global work in four categories: pro bono, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and dispute resolution.
September 18, 2018 at 02:17 PM
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The American Lawyer is pleased to announce the finalists for our 2018 Global Legal Awards. For the sixth year in a row, we are honoring work that highlights the complex international legal issues law firms face and overcome for clients on a daily basis.
We received more than 200 entries from around the world, each detailing work performed across one of four categories: pro bono, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and dispute resolution. The competition was staggering, and the finalists below were selected from among an outstanding group.
Our finalists, which are listed in alphabetical order by matter and include all firms involved in a matter, will all be celebrated at our December 5 gala in New York, where we will also announce the overall winners in each of these categories.
Earlier this week, we announced the finalists for Best Law Firm and Attorney of the Year, as well as the finalists for the rest of our first-ever American Lawyer Industry Awards, all of which will be honored and winners named at the December 5 event.
Congratulations to the finalists and all those who entered for their truly impressive work!
Finance
Becle (Jose Cuervo) IPO: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Pedro Pablo Barragán of Becle; Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes y Fuentes; Ritch, Mueller, Heather y Nicolau; Paul Hastings
Celeo Redes Operacion Chile S.A. project financing: Mayer Brown; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Claro & Cia; Garrigues Chile SpA
CGG S.A.'s dual French-U.S. restructuring: Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison; Linklaters; Weil Gotshal & Manges; Kirkland & Ellis; De Pardieu Brocas Maffei; Willkie Farr & Gallagher; CGG general counsel Beatrice Place-Faget
Financing of McDermott's combination with Chicago Bridge & Iron Company: Bracewell; Baker Botts; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Latham & Watkins; NautaDutilh; De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Takata Corp.'s restructuring and sale to Key Safety Systems: Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom; Bob Weiss and Matt Cohn of Key Safety Inc.; Crowell & Moring; Jefferies; KPMG; Satoshi Seita of Takata; Weil Gotshal & Manges; Covington & Burling; Lazard; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Baker McKenzie
Oi S.A.'s restructuring: White & Case; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Dechert; Barbosa Mussnich Aragao; Basilio Advogados; Rosman, Penalva, Souza Leao, Vale Advogados; Loyens & Loeff; Resor; De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek; Stibbe; Vieira de Almeida; Houthoff; Pinheiro Neto Advogados; Jones Day; CMS; Allen & Overy; Norton Rose Fulbright; Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy; Sergio Bermudes Advogados; Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados; Felsberg and Associates; Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga; Cescon Barrieu
R3's distributed ledger technology consortium financing: Crowell & Moring; Fenwick & West; DLA Piper; White & Case
Litigation / Dispute Resolution
The Carlyle Group's financial crisis litigation: Williams & Connolly; Babbe Legal; Ogier
Dow / Dupont antitrust efforts: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Stacy Fox of DuPont; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Pinheiro Neto
Lilly's patent infringement defense: Hogan Lovells
Optical disk drive antitrust: Latham & Watkins; Baker Botts; Ropes & Gray; Blank Rome; Winston & Strawn; Vinson & Elkins; Eimer Stahl; Jones Day; Boies Schiller Flexner; Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez Trester; Katten Muchin Rosenman; O'Melveny & Myers
Shareholder suit challenging Fuji's acquisition of Xerox: King & Spalding
Varian Medical Systems' patent infringement defense: Cooley and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Victim compensation for 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings: Crowell & Moring
M&A
CVS's acquisition of Aetna: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Shearman & Sterling; Dechert; Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods: Sullivan & Cromwell; Covington & Burling; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz; Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Brookfield's bankruptcy acquisition of Westinghouse Electric: Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Proskauer Rose; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison; Baker McKenzie
Linde Group's merger with Praxair: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Sullivan & Cromwell; Linklaters; Pinheiro Neto
Softbank's acquisition of Fortress: Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Kirkland & Ellis; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Takata Corp.'s restructuring and sale to Key Safety Systems: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu; Tokyo Fuji Law Office; Weil Gotshal & Manges; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Covington & Burling; Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Baker McKenzie; Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom
Vantiv's merger with Worldpay: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; NautaDutilh; Allen & Overy
Pro Bono
Addressing the refugee crisis: Jones Day
Bangladesh factory reform initiatives: Covington & Burling
Fighting for LGBT rights in Trinidad & Tobago: Paul Hastings
Immigrant and refugee protection: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Middle East refugee protection project: Reed Smith
Same-sex marriage residency rights in the European Union: White & Case; Romanita Iordache
Training and promoting women lawyers in Nepal: DLA Piper
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