For the first time, The American Lawyer has conducted its Law Firm Corporate Practices of the Year Awards, meant to highlight the expertise law firms exhibit across corporate practices such as M&A, tax, finance, governance and more. Like our coveted Litigation Departments of the Year awards, the corporate awards are meant to shine a light on the best of the best—those firms that clients should call with their critical corporate work.

Today we announce the finalists in our overall general corporate category, as well as finalists in the specialty industry categories of health care, life sciences/pharmaceuticals, technology/telecommunications and energy. We also name finalists for our Corporate Attorney of the Year award, which honors lawyers who have demonstrated a consistent level of excellence across several matters during the submission timeframe.