McDermott Again Achieves Firm, Lawyer Rankings in Chambers Global
CHICAGO (February 25, 2010) — Global law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP continued to achieve significant rankings in Chambers Global, with 20 practice areas (global, regional and national) and 14 lawyers receiving recognition. The Firm’s Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, International Private Client and Tax practices all received global ranking recognition, while five U.S. partners – Henry Christensen, Terrence McMahon, Sergio Pozzerle, Blake Winburne and Lowell Yoder – were ranked in the first tier of leading individuals among their respective practice areas.
Since 1990, Chambers has published the world’s leading guides to the legal profession, using a team of full-time researchers who conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide to identify and rank the world’s best lawyers according to the criteria most valued by clients.
The following is a summary of all McDermott practices given ranking recognition, and lawyers accorded mention as leading individuals. Rankings the first tier are indicated by an asterisk.
Global Ranking
Intellectual Property
International Private Client
• Henry Christensen*
International Private Client: Contentious
• Henry Christensen*
Tax
European-wide Ranking
Intellectual Property
International Trade/WTO
• Philip Bentley
• Clive Stanbrook
Belgium Ranking
Competition/European Law
• Philip Bentley
• Clive Stanbrook
International Trade/WTO
• Philip Bentley
• Clive Stanbrook
Italy Ranking
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
• Carsten Steinhauer
• Filippo Mazza
United States Ranking
Competition
Energy: Electricity
Energy: LNG
Energy: Oil & Gas
Intellectual Property
• Terrence McMahon*
• Raphael Lupo
International Trade
Projects
• Sergio Pozzerle
• David Schumacher
• Blake Winburne
• Scott Arrington
Projects - Renewables & Alternative Energy Spotlight Table
• Sergio Pozzerle*
Projects - Power Spotlight Table
• Blake Winburne*
Tax (Corporate)
• Lowell Yoder
• Stephen Wells
Tax (International)
• Lowell Yoder*