Honors and Awards

Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2008)


International Financial Law Review
(2008)

  • Chadbourne recognized as one of the “Teams of the Year” in the Debt and Equity-Linked category in the Americas


Hedge Fund Journal (2008)

  • Chadbourne honored as an advisor to the publication’s “Deal of the Year”: The GLG Partners/Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. transaction; Chadbourne represented GLG.
  • Full Press Release


Best Borrowers (2008)

  • Chadbourne client Empresa de Energia de Bogota/TGI International was recognized by Euromoney for having been the first corporate to come to market (September 2007) after the onset of the credit crisis. This transaction was also cited as the largest corporate bond transaction ever out of Colombia.


Chambers Europe - Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business
(2008)


Chambers Global - The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
(2008)

 
The Best Lawyers in America (2008)


Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa (2007)


BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard (2007)

  • One of the top 20 firms in the “Power Elite” ranked by The BTI Consulting Group in its new report BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard 2007 for “Heightened Client Satisfaction” 
  • Included as a “Go-To,” “Better Bet-The-Company,” “Predominant Primary” corporate, securities and finance law firm with outstanding client satisfaction
  • Full Press Release


Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007)

  • 20 Chadbourne lawyers ranked as leaders in their specialties
  • National: Ranked in 2nd band in Projects, 3rd in Latin American Investment, 4th in Energy: Electricity, 4th in Products Liability
  • New York: Ranked in 3rd band in Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded, 3rd in Projects, 4th in Energy & Natural Resources 
  • Washington, DC: Ranked in 1st band in Projects, 2nd in Insurance: Insurer Firms, 4th in Energy: Electricity 
  • Full press release


Chambers UK - A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession (2007)


Chambers Europe - Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007)


The Legal 500 - United States, Litigation Volume (2007)


Reactions Magazine Legal Survey (2007)


New York Super Lawyers Metro Edition
(2007)


Project Finance International
(2006)

 
The Legal 500 US - Corporate and Finance (2007)


Expert Guides
(2006), from the Legal Media Group


Who's Who Legal - International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2006) 


Equal Justice Works (2006)


Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (2006), Humanitarian Award


The Door's Legal Services Center "Raising the Bar" Benefit (2006)

  • Retiring pro bono partner Bernard McCarthy recognized for his service to The Door's Legal Services Center and leadership of Chadbourne's pro bono program


Housing Conservation Coordinators (2006)

  • Attorneys Dennis Hopkins, Marjory Herold and Julia Rubin honored at HCC's First Annual Volunteer and Leadership Awards Reception in New York


Infrastructure Journal
  (2005)

  • “Renewables Legal Adviser of the Year”


IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
(2005)


Pipeliners Association of Houston (2004-2005)

  • “Pipeline Project of the Year” for Chadbourne’s refinancing of Cheyenne Plains, El Paso’s natural gas pipeline running from Wyoming to Kansas


Project Finance Magazine
Legal Survey (2005)


Project Finance
(2005)

  • “North American Infrastructure Deal of the Year” for work on the Neptune Transmission financing of its 660 MW, 67-mile undersea cable transmission system from New Jersey to Long Island


Project Finance International
(2005)

  • “Latin American Deal of the Year” for work on the Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (ENAP) financing of a delayed coker complex at one of its existing refineries in Aconcagua, Chile
  • “Top 10” deals of the year by size in the Americas included two transactions in which Chadbourne represented principals, Neptune Transmission and Gulfstream Pipeline


The Minority Law Journal
’'s 2005 Diversity Scorecard (2005)

  • 71st out of the country’s 260 largest law firms


New York Disaster Interfaith Services (2005)

Euromoney Magazine (2004)

  • “Best Restructuring Deal in Latin America,” for representation of the creditors’ committee in the restructuring of Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. (TGS), one of the largest private debt restructurings closed in Argentina to date


Project Finance
(2003)

  • “Asia Pacific Multisource Deal of the Year,” for representing the Asian Development Bank in connection with the development of a co-insurer structure with the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency to support a portion of the financing of the $412 million Phu My 3 Power Project


International Financial Review (2002)


Infrastructure Journal
(2001)