The American Lawyer is pleased to introduce the finalists for The American Lawyer Industry Awards, set to take place Dec. 4 in New York. In a series of categories covering global legal work, innovation, technology, mentorship, client relationships and more, the following lawyers and law firms have excelled in ways that are pushing the legal industry forward. The winners will be announced at the awards gala. Our Attorney of the Year and Law Firm of the Year finalists will be announced separately.

Finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Best Alternative Legal Service Provider

  • Consilio
  • DataNovo
  • Elevate
  • LawClerk.Legal
  • Pangea3-EY

Best Mentor—In-House

  • Brian Elworthy, Toast
  • Katie Lawler, U.S. Bank
  • Daniel H. Weintraub, Audax Group
  • Stacy Weiske, Avanade

Best Mentor—Law Firm

  • Debra Belott, Jones Day
  • Beth Ferrill, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
  • Belinda Lee, Latham & Watkins
  • Natalie Pierce, Littler Mendelson
  • Barry Wolf, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Kimberly Zirkle, Moore & Van Allen

Best Law Firm-Client Team

  • Hogan Lovells / Mylan
  • Morgan, Lewis & Bockius / Exelon
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison / General Atlantic
  • Polsinelli / Sprint
  • Reed Smith / Eisai
  • Shook Hardy & Bacon / Speedway

Best Business Team

  • Ballard Spahr
  • Fish & Richardson
  • Goodwin Procter
  • Littler Mendelson
  • McGuireWoods
  • Reed Smith

Best Use of Technology

  • Davis, Polk & Wardwell
  • Littler Mendelson
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
  • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
  • Perkins Coie

Legal Services Innovation

  • Dentons
  • Fragomen
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Littler Mendelson
  • Reed Smith
  • Ropes & Gray

Global Legal Awards*

Finance

  • Altice USA's single credit silo: Paul Hastings; Ropes & Gray; Littleton Glover of Goldman Sachs
  • Cheniere LNG financing: Sullivan & Cromwell
  • Comcast's acquisition of Sky: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Shearman & Sterling; Jessica M. Schaefer of Bank of America
  • Danaos Corp. restructuring: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Kirkland & Ellis; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Evangelos Chatzis of Danaos Corp.
  • Enel Chile reorganization: Winston & Strawn; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Carey y Cia; Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos; Garrigues; Alessandri & Cia; Domingo Valdes of Enel Chile
  • Seadrill Ltd. restructuring: White & Case; Kirkland & Ellis; BAHR; Slaughter and May; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel; Stroock & Stroock & Lavan; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Thommessen; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Selmer; Zuill & Co.; Patton, Moreno & Asvat; Peter Cassizzi of DNB; Jo Stokke of GIEK
  • SIG Combibloc Group refinancing: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Latham & Watkins; Bär & Karrer; Binder Grösswang; Schoenherr; Chandler MHM; Baker McKenzie; Lenz & Staehelin; MinterEllison; Buddle Findlay; NautaDutilh; Arendt & Medernach; TozziniFreire Advogados; Veirano Advogados; Alex Holden of Goldman Sachs; Abira Gupta of Credit Suisse International

Litigation/Dispute Resolution

  • $501M damages award in Otto Warmbier's death: McGuireWoods
  • Chevron and Texaco's arbitration battle with the Republic of Ecuador: King & Spalding; Three Crowns
  • Defense of Vicinay Cadenas in $550M property damage suit: Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Republic of Costa Rica investor-state arbitration: Herbert Smith Freehills
  • Ukrainian investors' suit over Crimea occupation: Hughes Hubbard & Reed
  • Vale's $2B arbitration award against BSGR: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

M&A

  • Bayer AG acquisition of Monsanto: Sullivan & Cromwell; Arnold & Porter; Dechert
  • Carlyle Group's acquisition of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals: Latham & Watkins; Proskauer Rose; Kirkland & Ellis; Nick Reid of The Carlyle Group; Loyens & Loeff; De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
  • Hitachi acquisition of ABB power grids: Baker McKenzie; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Laurent Bouvier, UBS
  • SAP SE acquisition of Qualtrics International: Goodwin Procter; Jones Day; JPMorgan
  • Shire's acquisition of Takeda: Davis Polk & Wardwell; Slaughter and May; Linklaters
  • Walt Disney Co. acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Gerson Zweifach and Janet Nova of Twenty-First Century Fox; Goldman Sachs; Centerview Partners; Deutsche Bank

Pro Bono

  • A victory for torture victim Farhan Mohamoud Tani Warfaa: DLA Piper
  • Citizenship for foreign national U.S. Army reservists: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
  • FDA approval to address river blindness in rural Africa: Hogan Lovells
  • Justice for war correspondent Marie Colvin's assassination: Shearman & Sterling
  • Report on human rights abuses of trans and gender-diverse individuals: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  • Reuniting separated families: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Rule of Law in Africa initiative: Jones Day

Lifetime Achievement**

  • Steven Brill of Newsguard
  • Elizabeth Cabraser of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein
  • William Lee of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
  • Shira Schiendlin of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
  • Mary Jo White of Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Stephen Zack of Boies Schiller Flexner

Distinguished Law Firm Leader**

  • Bradford Malt of Ropes & Gray

*Awards are given to the full team that worked on a matter. **Previously announced.