Legal 500 USA 2023 recognizes 24 U.S. A&O practices

Six A&O practice areas were ranked for the first time:

• Energy Regulation: Electric Power – Tier 4 
• Intellectual Property – Patents: litigation – Firms to Watch 
• Labour and Employment – Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional – Firms to Watch
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Outsourcing – Tier 4
• Projects: Infrastructure and PPP – Tier 1 
• Projects: Energy and Power – Tier 1

The following practice areas rose in rankings:

• Antitrust: Merger Control – Tier 4
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions – Tier 4
• Media, Technology and Telecoms: Fintech – Tier 4

In addition, the following practice areas are ranked:

• Antitrust: Cartel – Tier 4
• Antitrust: Civil Litigations/Class Actions: Defense – Tier 4
• Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates – Tier 4
• Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Individuals – Tier 4
• Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes – Tier 5
• Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration – Tier 5
• Dispute Resolution: International Litigation – Tier 2
• Energy: Renewable/Alternative – Tier 1
• Environment: Transactional – Tier 2
• Finance: Commercial lending – Tier 2
• Finance: Structured Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products – Tier 2
• Finance: Structured Finance: Securitization – Tier 2
• M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+) – Tier 6
• Tax: Financial Products – Tier 2
• Tax: International Tax – Tier 3

A number of A&O lawyers were also recognized with individual rankings:

• James Bryson – Finance: derivatives and Structured Products
• Felise Cooper – Environment: Transactional
• Gaela Gehring Flores - Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
• Luke Maiman – Structured Finance: Securitization
• Nisim (Niso) Matari – Finance: Project Finance
• John Marciano – Finance: Project Finance
• John Marciano – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Jake Mincemoyer – Finance: Commercial lending
• Matthew Nesburn – Industry Focus: Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Daren Orzechowski – Technology Transactions
• Puja Patel – Antitrust: Merger Control
• Patrick Pearsall – Dispute resolution: International Arbitration
• Bradley Pensyl – Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes
• Bradley Pensyl – Dispute Resolution: International Litigation
• Ken Rivlin – Environment: Transactional
• Kent Rowey – Finance: Project Finance
• Daniel Sinaiko – Finance: Project Finance
• Daniel Sinaiko – Industry Focus: Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Dorina Yessios – Project Finance

Karen Seward and Kent Rowey, U.S. co-Chairs of Allen & Overy, congratulated the firm’s leading practices and individuals for their recognition – 

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