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The Lawyer Presents the IFLR Americas Awards 2026: shortlist announced

Noemi Distefano, 
Brandon Edwards, Shailyn Tirado
August 20 2026
IFLR Americas Awards 2026 Shortlist Announced

The finalists for the 2026 Americas Awards have been announced, with winners to be honoured in New York on October 15

All the winning deals, firms, lawyers and in-house teams will be announced at the awards ceremony, to be held at Capitale, 130 Bowery, New York City, on Thursday October 15. To find out more and to book your place at the awards, please contact Nick Heath. 

The winners of the non-shortlisted categories, including the In-House Market Maker Awards, as will the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award, Outstanding Contribution to Regulatory Reform Awards, Diversity Champions, Impact Deals of the Year, and jurisdictional Rising Star awards will also be announced on the night.

The 2026 edition spans more than 150 awards, including new areas such as Sports and Mining, as well as six transatlantic winner-only honours introduced through the collaboration with The Lawyer. These newly added transatlantic categories include recognition for teams of the year across debt and equity capital markets, M&A, private equity, lender finance and transatlantic firm of the year.  This collaboration helps broaden the evidence base for categories recognising the firms, teams, individuals and deals shaping cross-border legal work between the US, UK and the broader Americas region. 

The shortlist also includes several new areas of recognition designed to reflect the breadth of legal innovation and market leadership across the region. Among them are Best of Province, recognising Canadian province-focused firms and teams; Pro Bono Team of the Year, celebrating Americas-based pro bono work with a particular focus on innovation and impact; and Individual Practice Area Leader Awards, recognising lawyers who have demonstrated market-leading expertise and influence within select practice areas and jurisdictions. 

IFLR’s awards are unique in the market for focusing on legal innovation through dealmaking and celebrating work that improves the cross-border investment environment. The law firms listed on each of the shortlisted deals below are based on preliminary research. If your firm advised on one of the deals but is not listed, please contact Brandon Edwards. 

IFLR and The Lawyer extend their congratulations to all shortlisted nominees.  



DEALS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    Avianca MidCo 2 Liability Management Exercise
    Alfaro, Ferrer & Ramírez
    Arias
    BLP
    Bofill Mir Abogados
    Campbells
    Cox Hallett Wilkinson
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Dentons
    Graham Thomson
    Jones Day
    McDermott Will & Schulte
    Pérez-Llorca/Gómez-Pinzón
    Perkins Coie
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria
    Robalino
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Springarn
    Walkers
    CFE 2026 Bond Offering
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Pérez-Llorca México
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    COFIDE Quasi-Sovereign Sustainable international bonds issuance
    A&O Shearman
    Clifford Chance
    Garrigues
    Miranda & Amado
    FIBRA-E CFE Senior Note Issuance
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case
    JBS Senior notes offering
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Lefosse Advogados
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    White & Case
    Municipality of Lima Bond Issuance
    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Estudio Lazo
    Garrigues
    Milbank
    Rubio, Leguia, Normand
    National Bank of Canada Debt Offerings
    Mayer Brown
    SABESP Blue Bond issuance
    Clifford Chance
    Demarest
    Lefosse Advogados
    Lobo de Rizzo
    Mattos Filho
    Nixon Peabody
    White & Case
    YPF Liability Management Offerings
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Milbank
    TCA Tanoira Cassagne

  • Equity

    Aeroméxico IPO
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    White & Case
    AgiBank NYSE IPO
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Mattos Filho
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    White & Case
    Axia Capital Increase
    Mayer Brown
    Tauil & Chequer Advogados
    Essentia IPO
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Galicia Abogados
    Latham & Watkins
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    GO Residential REIT IPO
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Torys
    Holcim Amrize Spin-Off
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Project Atlas PIPE
    Campbells
    Edelman Legal Advisory
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Perkins Coie
    Ropes & Gray
    WeShop Listing
    Harneys
    Kirkland & Ellis

  • High yield

    Abra Group High Yield Bond Exit financing
    Lefosse Advogados
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    AEGEA Blue Bonds
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Loyens & Loeff
    Mattos Filho
    Milbank
    White & Case
    Andean Telecom Partners Internacional Bond Offering
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Cuatrecasas
    Garrigues
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Distrito Capital de Bogotá Green Bond Issuance
    Clifford Chance
    Cuatrecasas
    Mayer Brown
    Mendoza Abogados
    NCB Financial Group Notes offering
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    M. Hamel-Smith & Co
    Myers, Fletcher & Gordon
    Province of Córdoba transaction
    A&O Shearman
    Milbank
    Moses & Singer LLP
    Salaverri Burgio Wetzler Malbrán
    Tavarone Rovelli Salim & Miani
    Saavi Energía High Yield Bond Issuance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Galicia Abogados
    Milbank
    Pérez-Llorca México

  • Loan

    ABC Group Cross-Border Financing
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Galicia Abogados
    Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Clearlake Capital/Dun & Bradstreet Private Credit Acquisition Financing
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Sidley Austin
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    HC Holding Syndicated Acquistion Financing
    Aguilar Castillo Love
    Arias Fabrega & Fabrega
    Consortium Legal
    Galindo, Arias & López
    Milbank
    Nixon Peabody
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Republic of Ecuador International Housing Financing
    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    SABESP Blue Loan
    Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Clifford Chance
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Sycamore Partners/Walgreens Boots Alliance Acquisition financing
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Thoma Bravo/Jeppesen Private Credit Acquisition Financing
    Baker McKenzie
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Mayer Brown
    YPF Syndicated Export Loan
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Milbank
    Nixon Peabody
    TCA Tanoira Cassagne

  • M&A

    Endo/Mallinckrodt Merger
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Guess Take-private acquisition
    Jones Day
    Latham & Watkins
    Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
    O'Melveny & Myers
    Ropes & Gray
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Interpublic Group/Omnicom Acquisition
    Latham & Watkins
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Project Flamingo Heineken/FIFCO Acquisition
    BLP
    Consortium Legal
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Latham & Watkins
    SBA Communications/Millicom Acquisition
    Arias
    Brigard Urrutia
    Bustamante Fabara
    Ferrere
    Guyer & Regules
    Latham & Watkins
    Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & De La Rosa
    Milbank
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
    Winston Taylor
    Scotiabank – Davivienda Regional Banking Operations Transfer
    Alcogal – Alemán Cordero Galindo & Lee
    BLP
    Consortium Legal
    Gómez‑Pinzón
    Latham & Watkins
    Morgan & Morgan
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria
    Posse Herrera Ruiz
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Torys
    Sycamore Partners/Walgreens Boots Alliance Acquisition financing
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Ropes & Gray
    U.S. Steel/Nippon
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Covington & Burling
    Milbank
    Ropes & Gray
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

  • Mining

    Alpayana/Sierra Metals acquistion and tender offer
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Mintz LLP
    Rebaza, Alcázar & de las Casas
    BHP & Lundin Mining Corporation/Filo Corp acquisition & Vicuña Argentina project
    Alfaro Abogados
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Cassels Brock & Blackwell
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    Marval O'Farrell Mairal
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Stikeman Elliot
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    CMOC/Equinox Gold Brazil acquisition
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    Mattos Filho
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Veirano Advogados
    Coeur/SilverCrest Acquisition
    Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
    DLA Piper Mexico
    EC Rubio
    Farris
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Goodmans
    Lawson Lundell
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Codelco public-private partnership with SQM
    Carey
    Claro & Cía
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Fangda Partners
    Linklaters
    Paul Hastings
    WilmerHale
    El Espino SpA financing
    A&O Shearman
    Carey
    Larrain y Asociados
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    MIGA gauranteed Codelco Credit Facility
    Carey
    Milbank
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria
    Royal Gold/Sandstorm Gold and Horizon Copper mining acquisition
    Bustamante Fabara
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Miranda & Amado

  • Private equity

    Aligned Data Centers Acquisition
    Latham & Watkins
    Sterlington
    BC Partners & Apollo Global Management/GFL Environmental Services acquisition
    Cassels Brock & Blackwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Sidley Austin
    Stikeman Elliot
    CDPQ/Innergex take-private
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Cuatrecasas
    Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    Jeantet & Associes
    Mayer Brown
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    White & Case
    Enstar Take-Private Acquisition
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    HPS Investment Partners/BC Partners GardaWorld Security Corporation minority stake acquisition
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Langlois Lawyers
    Latham & Watkins
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Stikeman Elliot
    Mubadala Capital/TWG Global Investment Alliance
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

  • Project finance

    Corporación Andina de Fomento A/B loan to Cálidda
    A&O Shearman
    Garrigues
    RODRIGO
    White & Case
    Eastern Pan-American Highway Rehabilitation Project
    Alfaro, Ferrer & Ramírez
    Icaza, González-Ruíz & Aleman
    Milbank
    Morgan & Morgan
    Paul Hastings
    White & Case
    Estepa Solar (Atlas) financing
    Carey
    Claro & Cía
    Milbank
    White & Case
    FPSO Maria Quitéria Project Bond
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Latham & Watkins
    Mattos Filho
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Georgia Department of Transportation SR 400 Express Lanes Project
    A&O Shearman
    Ashurt
    Mayer Brown
    Orrick Herrington & Stucliffe
    Winston Taylor
    JICA-Sabesp Financing
    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Lefosse Advogados
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 Investment
    Baker Botts
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Mayer Brown
    Milbank
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case
    Vaca Muerta Sur pipeline
    Beccar Varela
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Milbank
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    TCA Tanoira Cassagne

  • Restructuring

    First Brands Group Chapter 11
    Brown Rudnick
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Fossil Group Stapled Exchange
    Choate, Hall & Stewart
    Ropes & Gray
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Gol Linhas Aéreas Restructuring
    BMA
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Dechert
    Hughes Hubbard & Reed
    Lefosse Advogados
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Milbank
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Slaughter & May
    Stocche Forbes Advogados
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    InterCement / Mover Group Restructuring
    Andrade Rabelo e Advogados Associados
    Carles Cuesta Abogados
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Cuatrecasas
    De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
    E. Munhoz Advogados
    Greenberg Traurig
    Houthoff Resor
    Linklaters
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Padis Mattar Advogados
    SOB Advogados
    Warde Advogados
    White & Case
    Li-Cycle Restructuring
    Alvarez & Marsal
    Jones Day
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Stikeman Elliot
    Torys
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case
    Marelli North America – Chapter 11 DIP Financing
    Bomchil
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Galicia Abogados
    MATTAR Advogados
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Rodrigo Alegria & Asociados
    Purdue Pharma bankruptcy
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Cole Schotz
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Stellex Power Receivership
    Bennett, Tueller, Johnson & Deere, LLC
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Dentons
    Farris
    Greenberg Traurig
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Stikeman Elliot

  • Sports

    Banorte | Fútbol D.F. - Estadio Banorte (Renovation)
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes
    Corrum Capital Management
    Cuatrecasas
    King & Spalding
    Moore & Van Allen
    Senn, Ferrero, Asociados Sports & Entertainment
    General Atlantic/Club de Fútbol América and Fútbol de Distrito Federal
    Galicia Abogados
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Sela/TKO Group Holdings Joint Venture - Zuffa Boxing launch
    Clifford Chance
    Latham & Watkins
    WWE/Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide Acquisition
    Cornish Pani Abogados
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Latham & Watkins
    Sainz Abogados

  • Securitization and structured finance

    Banco Industrial Fixed Rate Notes
    Consortium Legal
    Emmet, Marvin & Martin
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Mayer Brown
    Mayora & Mayora
    Walkers
    IDB Invest Enel Generación Chile and Enel Green Power Chile financing
    A&O Shearman
    Claro & Cía
    Clifford Chance
    Guerrero Olivos
    Milbank
    Morales & Besa
    Nixon Peabody
    Spiess Abogados
    White & Case
    Winston Taylor
    IFC Inaugural Emerging Markets Loan Securitization
    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Mexico Infrastructure Partners International Debt Offering
    Latham & Watkins
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    Mexico P-Caps Offering
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    NR Finance Mexico – Private Securitization
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Mayer Brown
    Project Maya
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Mayer Brown
    Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Nader, Hayaux & Goebel
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    Sidley Austin
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case
    White & Case Mexico
    Syndicated Student Loan Securitization Financing
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Clifford Chance
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    K&L Gates
    Latham & Watkins
    Mayer Brown
    Perry, Guthery, Haase, & Gessford
    Richards, Layton & Finger
    Sidley Austin
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • Debt and equity-linked

    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Milbank
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    White & Case

  • CFIUS

    Covington & Burling
    Ropes & Gray
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case

  • Equity

    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Mayer Brown
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Ropes & Gray
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    White & Case

  • Financial Services Regulatory: Global

    Arnold & Porter
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Mayer Brown

  • Financial Services Regulatory: Regional

    Bello, Gallardo, Bonequi y García
    Conyers Dill & Pearman
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Torys
    White & Case Mexico

  • High yield

    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Mayer Brown
    Milbank
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

  • Loan

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Mayer Brown
    Milbank
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

  • M&A

    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Ropes & Gray
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher

  • Mining

    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Linklaters
    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Paul Hastings
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    WilmerHale

  • Private equity

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Stikeman Elliot

  • Pro bono

    Bodman
    Clifford Chance
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Duane Morris
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

  • Project finance

    A&O Shearman
    Latham & Watkins
    Mayer Brown
    Milbank
    Sullivan & Cromwell
    White & Case

  • Restructuring and insolvency

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
    Brown Rudnick
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Milbank
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    White & Case

  • Securitization and structured finance

    Clifford Chance
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Latham & Watkins
    Mayer Brown
    Paul Hastings
    Sidley Austin
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

  • Sports - US

    ArentFox Schiff
    Goodwin Proctor
    Latham & Watkins
    Proskauer Rose
    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

  • Sports - Mexico

    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Cuatrecasas
    Galicia Abogados
    Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes
    Sainz Abogados

IN-HOUSE TEAMS OF THE YEAR

  • In-house Debt Team of the Year: International Bank

    Bank of America
    BNP Paribas
    Citigroup
    Goldman Sachs
    HSBC
    JP Morgan
    Santander

  • In-house Equity Team of the Year: International Bank

    Citi
    Goldman Sachs
    JP Morgan
    Morgan Stanley
    UBS
    Wells Fargo

  • In-house Team: Regional Bank

    Banco BBVA
    Banco de Bogotá
    Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior
    Bank of Montreal
    BTG Pactual
    Itaú BBA

  • In-house Team of the Year

    FIFCO
    Heineken
    SBA Communications
    U.S. Steel
    YPF

SPECIALIST AWARDS

  • Net-zero Transition Award

    Akerman
    Borden Ladner Gervais
    Clean Energy Counsel
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Milbank
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Winston Taylor

  • Latin America Dealmakers Hall of Fame

    Antonio Del Pino, Latham & Watkins
    Daniel Brass, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    David Reuben, Consortium Legal
    Luis Castro, BLP

  • Latin America Outstanding Contribution to Regulatory Reform

    Christian Molina, ECIJA
    Claudio Magliona, Magliona Abogados
    Diego Peralta, Carey
    Solange Bernstein, Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF)

  • Latin America Tech Innovation Award

    BLP
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    CMS Rodríguez-Azuero
    Cuatrecasas
    Martinelli Advogados
    Martinez de Hoz & Rueda
    Mattos Filho

  • North America Dealmakers Hall of Fame

    Ama Adams, Ropes & Gray
    David Fagan, Covington & Burling
    Iliana Ongun, Milbank
    Joshua Cammaker, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Stephen Kho, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

  • North America Diversity Champion

    Aisha Greene Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
    Catherine (Katy) Gardner, Brown Rudnick
    Cherie Mah, Borden Ladner Gervais
    Esther Chang, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Jennifer Chung, Cole Schotz
    Rachel Ehrlich Albanese, Debevoise & Plimpton
    Vynessa Nemunaitis Weil, Gotshal & Manges

  • North America Outstanding Contribution to Regulatory Reform

    David Portilla, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Lewis Rinaudo Cohen, Cahill Gordon & Reindel
    Zachary Fallon, Latham & Watkins

  • North America Tech Innovation Award

    Ballard Spahr
    Borden Ladner Gervais
    Duane Morris
    Greenberg Traurig
    Mayer Brown
    McMillan
    Weil Gotshal & Manges

LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • International Law Firm

    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

  • International Firm: Latin America Practice

    A&O Shearman
    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    White & Case

  • Regional Firm: Latin America Practice

    Baker McKenzie
    Consortium Legal
    Cuatrecasas
    Garrigues
    Holland & Knight
    Pérez-Llorca México
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria

  • Offshore Firm of the Year

    Appleby
    ASW Law
    Campbells
    Harneys
    Walkers

  • US Domestic Firm

    Ballard Spahr
    Cole Schotz
    Husch Blackwell
    Lowenstein Sandler
    Thompson Hine

  • US Domestic: Best in State

    Best in State: California
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Dentons
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Best in State: Delaware
    Cole Schotz
    Duane Morris
    McDermott Will & Schulte
    Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
    Best in State: Florida
    Greenberg Traurig
    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Holland & Knight
    White & Case
    Best in State: Georgia
    Arnall Golden Gregory
    Greenberg Traurig
    McDermott Will & Schulte
    Thompson Hine
    Troutman Pepper Locke
    Best in State: Illinois
    Greenberg Traurig
    McDermott Will & Schulte
    Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Best in State: New York
    Clifford Chance
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins
    Milbank
    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Best in State: Pennsylvania
    Ballard Spahr
    Duane Morris
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Troutman Pepper Locke
    Best in State: Texas
    Bracewell
    Clifford Chance
    Kirkland & Ellis
    Latham & Watkins

  • Canada Domestic: Best in Province

    Best in Province: Alberta
    Bennett Jones
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Burnet Duckworth & Palmer
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Torys
    Best in Province: British Columbia
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Borden Ladner Gervais
    Cassels Brock & Blackwell
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Stikeman Elliott
    Best in Province: Ontario
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Goodmans
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Torys
    Best in Province: Quebec
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Stikeman Elliott

NATIONAL LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR

  • Argentina

    Argentina: National
    Beccar Varela
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Marval O'Farrell Mairal
    Salaverri Burgio Wetzler Malbrán
    Tavarone Rovelli Salim & Miani
    TCA Tanoira Cassagne
    Argentina: Banking & Finance
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Mitrani Caballero
    Tavarone Rovelli Salim & Miani
    TCA Tanoira Cassagne
    Argentina: Capital Markets
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Salaverri Burgio Wetzler Malbrán
    Tavarone Rovelli Salim & Miani
    TCA Tanoira Cassagne
    Argentina: Mining
    Alfaro Abogados
    Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Marval O'Farrell Mairal
    TCA Tanoira Cassagne

  • Brazil

    Brazil: National
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Lefosse Advogados
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Mattos Filho
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Brazil: Banking & Finance
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Dias Carneiro
    Lefosse Advogados
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Mattos Filho
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Brazil: Capital Markets
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Lefosse Advogados
    Lobo de Rizzo
    Mattos Filho
    Pinheiro Guimarães
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Tauil & Chequer Advogados
    Brazil: Corporate
    BMA
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Demarest
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Brazil: Mining
    Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados
    Mattos Filho
    Pinheiro Neto Advogados
    Veirano Advogados
    Brazil: Restructuring
    BMA
    Lefosse Advogados
    Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados
    MATTAR
    Pinheiro Guimarães

  • Canada

    Canada: National
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Borden Ladner Gervais
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Torys
    Canada: Corporate
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Stikeman Elliott
    Torys
    Canada: Mining
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Cassels Brock & Blackwell
    Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Stikeman Elliott
    Canada: Restructuring
    Blake Cassels & Graydon
    Goodmans
    McCarthy Tétrault
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

  • Central America

    Aguilar Castillo Love
    Arias
    BLP
    Consortium Legal

  • Chile

    Chile: National
    Carey
    Claro & Cía
    Garrigues
    Morales & Besa
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria
    Chile: Capital Markets
    Carey
    Claro & Cía
    Garrigues
    Morales & Besa
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria
    Chile: Mining
    Carey
    Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos
    Claro & Cía
    Larrain y Asociados
    Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uria

  • Colombia

    Colombia: National
    Baker McKenzie
    Cuatrecasas
    Garrigues
    Posse Herrera Ruiz
    Colombia: Capital Markets
    Baker McKenzie
    Cuatrecasas
    Garrigues
    Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & De La Rosa
    Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & De La Rosa
    Posse Herrera Ruiz

  • Costa Rica

    Arias
    BLP
    Consortium Legal

  • Dominican Republic

    ECIJA DMVS
    Headrick Rizik Alvarez & Fernandez
    OMG
    Pellerano & Herrera

  • Ecuador

    Bustamante Fabara
    ECIJA GPA
    Profilegal Abogados
    Robalino

  • El Salvador

    Benjamin Valdez & Asociados
    BLP
    Consortium Legal

  • Guatemala

    Arias
    BLP
    Legal Plus

  • Honduras

    Arias
    Bufete Gutierrez Falla & Asociados
    Lexincorp Central American Law Firm
    Ulloa & Asociados

  • Mexico

    Mexico: National
    Baker McKenzie
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Galicia Abogados
    Nader, Hayaux & Goebel
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    Mexico: Banking & Finance
    Baker McKenzie
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Galicia Abogados
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    White & Case
    Mexico: Capital Markets
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Galicia Abogados
    Kuri Breña, Sánchez Ugarte y Aznar
    Nader, Hayaux & Goebel
    Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau
    Mexico: Corporate
    Baker McKenzie
    Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez
    Cuatrecasas
    Galicia Abogados
    Greenberg Traurig
    Holland & Knight

  • Nicaragua

    Alvarado y Asociados
    Arias
    BLP
    Consortium Legal
    GarciaBodan

  • Panama

    Alcogal – Alemán Cordero Galindo & Lee
    Arias
    Arias Fabrega & Fabrega
    Galindo, Arias & López
    Morgan & Morgan

  • Peru

    Garrigues
    Miranda & Amado
    Rebaza, Alcázar & de las Casas
    RODRIGO
    Rubio, Leguia, Normand

  • Uruguay

    Ferrere
    Guyer & Regules
    Hughes & Hughes
    Posadas
    Untitled SLC

RISING STARS

  • Rising Star Shortlists

    Rising Star: Debt Capital Markets
    Joon Seok Hong, Sullivan & Cromwell
    Jorge Escalante, White & Case Mexico
    Marc X.W. Leong, Mayer Brown
    Paul Rafla, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Tae Ho Cho, Clifford Chance
    Rising Star: Equity
    Ana M. Estrada, Mayer Brown
    Drew Glover, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Gabriela N. Gura, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Laura Campos, White & Case Mexico
    Manasi Bhattacharyya, Latham & Watkins
    Rising Star: Loan
    Alena Q. Thomas, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Giancarlo Reanda, Latham & Watkins
    Lachan Conroy, Debevoise & Plimpton
    Renee G. Levin, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Rising Star: M&A
    Albert Zhu, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Alexander Iparraguirre, Winston Taylor
    Catalina Ucros Tellez, Latham & Watkins
    Jacklyn Weon, Milbank
    Rising Star: Private Equity
    Alyssa Galinsky, Latham & Watkins
    Damani Ashton, Kirkland & Ellis
    Eric Schaffer, Clifford Chance
    Jenna Glicksman, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Rising Star: Project Finance
    Andres Chester, Latham & Watkins
    Javier Daza Rossi, Winston Taylor
    Johann Sarna, Milbank
    José Daniel Franco, White & Case Mexico
    Rising Star: Restructuring & Insolvency
    Alejandro Bascoy Weil, Gotshal & Manges
    Daniel Porat, Milbank
    Matthew Sawyer, Brown Rudnick
    Ricardo Machado Pasianotto, White & Case
    Rising Star: Structured Finance & Securitization
    Henri R. Simonet, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Melissa Kopit, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Michael Ena, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Sarah Holm, Clifford Chance

INDIVIDUAL

  • Best in State Leader

    California
    Gary Rosenbaum, McDermott Will & Schulte
    Kyle Krpata, Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Mark Kelson, Greenberg Traurig
    Meagan Leary, Duane Morris
    Delaware
    David Hurst, McDermott Will & Schulte
    Joe Larkin, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Justin Alberto, Cole Schotz
    Rebecca Guzman, Duane Morris
    Florida
    Fred Levenson, McDermott Will & Schulte
    Marina Olman-Pal, Greenberg Traurig
    Scott Kravetz, Duane Morris
    Georgia
    Andrea Farley, Troutman Pepper Locke
    Bethani Oppenheimer, Greenberg Traurig
    James Stevens, Troutman Pepper Locke
    Justin King, King & Spalding
    Sam Snider, McDermott Will & Schulte
    Illinois
    Brian Kerwin, Duane Morris
    Paul Jorissen, Mayer Brown
    Seth Jacobson, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Stephanie McCann, McDermott Will & Schulte
    Massachusetts
    Alex Aber, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Bryan Chegwidden, Ropes & Gray
    George Ticknor, Troutman Pepper Locke
    Ramona Nee, Weil Gotshal & Manges
    New York
    Brian Steinhardt, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Brian Wolfe, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Iliana Ongun, Milbank
    Krishna Veeraraghavan, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Steven Messina, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Pennsylvania
    Ian Hartman, Dechert
    Kevin Shmelzer, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Wendy M. Simkulak, Duane Morris
    Pennsylvania
    Jeffery Dinerstein, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
    Scott Marks, Duane Morris
    Shalla Prichard, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    William A. "Trey" Wood, Bracewell

  • Partner of the Year

    Debt & Equity Linked
    Alejandro Gordano, A&O Shearman
    Carlos T. Albarracín, Milbank
    Hugo Triaca, Clifford Chance
    John Guzman, White & Case
    Jorge U. Juantorena, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Juan Francisco Mendez, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Maurice Blanco, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Roxane Reardon, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Equity
    Brian Hirshberg, Mayer Brown
    Christopher J. Capuzzi, Ropes & Gray
    Jeremy Winter, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    John Vetterli, White & Case
    Luke Jennings, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Maurice Blanco, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    High Yield
    Alejandro A. Gordano, A&O Shearman
    Emil Arca, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Hugo Triaca, Clifford Chance
    Juan G. Giráldez, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
    Marcelo, Mottesi Milbank
    Maurice Blanco, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Loan
    Brian Steinhardt, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Carlos T. Albarracín, Milbank
    John JW Perry, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Melissa J. Hutson, Kirkland & Ellis
    Stelios G. Saffos, Latham & Watkins
    Steven Messina, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    M&A
    Antonio Del Pino, Latham & Watkins
    Brian Wolfe,Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Danielle Scalzo, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Iliana Ongun, Milbank
    James Langston, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Joshua Cammaker, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Mining
    Ivan T. Grbesic, Stikeman Elliot
    José A. Cobeña, Serrano Norton Rose Fulbright
    Nicolás Eyzaguirre, Claro & Cía
    Rafael Vergara, Carey
    Sebastián Vedoya, Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Sergio Arbeleche, Bruchou & Funes de Rioja
    Werner Federico Ahlers, Sullivan & Cromwell
    Private Equity
    Alex Kelly, Latham & Watkins
    Krishna Veeraraghavan, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
    Ryerson Symons, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
    Shahir Guindi, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
    Srinivas S. Kaushik, Kirkland & Ellis
    Todd E. Freed, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
    Project Finance
    Garteh Sage, Ashurt
    Inosi Nyatta, Sullivan & Cromwell
    John Franchini, Milbank
    Nadav C. Klugman, White & Case
    Paul Epstein, A&O Shearman
    Stephanie P. Wagner, Mayer Brown
    Restructuring & Insolvency
    Amanda Parra Criste, White & Case
    Kathryn A. Coleman, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
    Marshall S. Huebner, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Robert Stark, Brown Rudnick
    Scott J. Greenberg, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Sunny Singh, Weil Gotshal & Manges
    Sports
    David Silverman, Cooley
    Eric M. Feinstein, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
    Michael V. Anastasio, Latham & Watkins
    Neil Barr, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Richard L. Brand, ArentFox Schiff
    Thomas P. Conaghan, McDermott Will & Schulte
    Structured Finance & Securitization
    Edward Best, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
    Gareth Old, Clifford Chance
    Ger O'Donnell, Mayer Brown
    Guido Liniado, Latham & Watkins
    Jed Miller, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
    Matthew Riccardi, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

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