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2009

Chambers Asia

Chambers Europe

  • Poland: Ranked in 3rd band for Banking & Finance, 3rd band for Corporate/M&A, 3rd band for Dispute Resolution, 1st band for Energy & Natural Resources, band 4 for Real Estate, 2nd band for Tax
  • Russia: Ranked in 2nd band for Banking & Finance, 3rd band for Capital Markets, band 4 for Capital Markets: Securitisation, 2nd band for Corporate/M&A, 1st band for Dispute Resolution, 2nd band for Energy & Natural Resources, 3rd band for Energy & Natural Resources: Mining, 2nd band for General Business Law: St Petersburg, 2nd band for Private Equity
    • Konstantin Konstantinov: Ranked in 3rd band for Banking & Finance
    • Konstantin Konstantinov: Ranked in 3rd band for Capital Markets: Securitisation
    • Konstantin Konstantinov: Ranked in 3rd band for Corporate/M&A
    • Mikhail A Rozenberg: Ranked in 1st band for Dispute Resolution
    • Alexander Kalinov: Ranked in 3rd band for General Business Law: St Petersburg
    • Konstantin A Osipov: Ranked in 1st band for General Business Law: St Petersburg
    • Konstantin Konstantinov: Ranked in 2nd band for Private Equity
    • Ukraine: Ranked in 2nd band for Banking & Finance, 2nd band for Corporate/Commercial, 3rd band for Real Estate
    • Oleg Mazur: Ranked in 2nd band for Banking & Finance
    • Jaroslawa Zelinsky Johnson: Ranked in 2nd band for Corporate/Commercial

Chambers Global - The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business

  • 28 Chadbourne lawyers mentioned as leaders in their specialties
  • Global: Ranked in 2nd band for Projects, 2nd band for Project & Energy: Power, band 5 in Arbitration (International)
  • Turkey: Ranked in 2nd band for Corporate/M&A: Overseas Counsel
  • Africa: 2nd band for Project & Energy
  • Central & Eastern Europe: Ranked in 2nd band for Projects, band 3 for Real Estate, 4th band for Corporate/M&A, 4th band for Banking & Finance
  • Kazakhstan: Ranked in band 2 for Corporate/Commercial, 2nd band for Corporate/Commercial: Energy & Natural Resources
  • Latin America: Ranked in 3rd band for Corporate/M&A, 3rd band for Banking & Finance, 4th band for Capital Markets
  • Mexico: Ranked in 2nd band for International Trade/WTO
  • Middle East: Ranked in 3rd band for Dispute Resolution, 2nd band for Corporate/Commercial
  • Poland: Ranked in 2nd band for Corporate/M&A, 3rd band for Banking & Finance; 3rd band for Dispute Resolution
  • Russia: Ranked in 1st band for Dispute Resolution, 2nd band for Corporate/M&A, 2nd band for Banking & Finance, 2nd band for Energy & Natural Resources, 3rd band for Capital Markets
  • Ukraine: Ranked in 2nd band for Corporate/Commercial, 2nd band for Banking/Finance
  • United Arab Emirates: Ranked in band 3 for Dispute Resolution
  • United States: Ranked in 1st Band for Projects, 2nd band in Energy: Renewables & Alternative Energy, 4th band for Energy: Electricity
  • Full press release

Chambers Latin America - Latin America's Leading Lawyers for Business

  • Latin America-wide: ranked in 4th band for Capital Markets, 3rd band for Corporate/M&A, 4th band for Projects
    • Oliver Armas: ranked in 3rd band for International Arbitration
  • Mexico: ranked in 2nd band for Capital Markets, 2nd band for International Trade/WTO
    • Luis Enrique Graham: ranked in 1st band for Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators

Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business

  • 26 Chadbourne lawyers ranked as leaders in their specialties
  • National: Ranked Energy: Electricity, Energy: Renewables & Alternative Energy, Products Liability, Projects, Infrastructure, Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
  • New York: Ranked Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Energy & Natural Resources, Latin American Investment, Litigation, General Commercial: Highly Regarded
  • Washington, DC: Ranked in Insurance: Insurer Firms, Ranked 4th in Energy: Electricity
  • Full Press Release

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa

  • Kazakhstan: Ranked in 1st band
  • Lebanon: recommended in Corporate and Finance
  • London: Ranked in 3rd band for Corporate and Commercial : M&A - lower mid-marketdeals, £50m-£250m, 3rd band for Insurance : Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation, 3rd band for Insurance : Product Liability - Defendant
  • Poland: Ranked in 3rd band for Banking and finance, 3rd band for Capital Markets, 3rd band for Corporate and M&A, 2nd band for Dispute Resolution, 2nd band for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources, 3rd band for Real Estate, 2nd band for Tax
  • Russia: Ranked in 3rd band for Banking and Finance, 3rd band for Capital Markets, 3rd band for Corporate and M&A: Moscow, 2nd band for Corporate and M&A: St. Petersburg, 2nd band Dispute Resolution, 3rd band for Employment, 3rd band for Energy and Natural Resources, 3rd band for Real Estate
  • Ukraine: Ranked in 3rd band for Banking and Finance, 3rd band for Corporate and M&A, 3rd band for Real Estate and Construction

Legal 500 UK

  • Foreign Firms: US Firms in London : Dual US/UK Law Capability - 25-50 Fee-earners:
  • London: Corporate and Commercial: M&A - Lower Mid-Marketdeals, £50m-£250m: Band 5
  • London: Insurance: Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation: Band 3
  • London: Insurance: Product Liability - Defendant: Band 5
  • London: Projects, Energy and Natural Resources : Mining and Minerals: Band 3
  • London: Projects, Energy and Natural Resources : Oil and Gas: Band 5
  • London: Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables): Band 5

Legal 500 US

  • Finance: Bank lending: East Coast: Ranked in 2nd band: "excellent" finance practice, "they cheerfully take on assignments no matter how short the timeframe or over holidays." Andrew Coronios, Vincent Dunn and Lawrence Rosenberg "are very intelligent, adept at spotting issues and bend over backwards to give us the best possible service."
  • Finance: Project finance: National: Ranked in 3rd band, one of "the best firms" in project finance, praised for the "depth and insight of the firm" in the renewable energy arena. With particular skill in the wind energy and the power arena, the practice offers a "high quality of service" and "depth within firm on all matters... relating to project financings." Chaim Wachsberger is praised for his "experience" and his "innovative, solution-oriented approach to the transaction closing process."
  • Litigation: Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Consumer Products (including Tobacco): National: Ranked in 2nd band: Donald Strauber listed as a leading lawyer. "You know you are going to get an aggressive defense," the attorneys have "technical expertise" and "their intellectual horse power is excellent," the practice offers "top-notch" and "world-class representation" and "if you want serious representation in New York, you’d put Chadbourne & Parke LLP top of the list, "generally "outstanding," "excellent" or "terrific in the product liability space," providing "breadth of experience" and "excellent client service" and "long-term strategic thinking," "World-class in tobacco litigation." Clients admire "wonderful" Donald Strauber - "his signal quality is the maturity of his judgment" and he has a record of "outstanding success on product liability matters brought to verdict." Phoebe Wilkinson produces "great product liability work" and "great strategic analysis." Wilkinson is "a deeply committed lawyer." Mary Yelenick is "very responsive" and clients say her work is "very high quality."
  • Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts: M&A: National Firms - Middle-market: Ranked in 1st band: "consistently high level of service, in particular direct and immediate attention at the partner level." Edward Smith is "steady, insightful, experienced, analytical and always timely." William Cavanagh, Scott Berson, and corporate practice head J Allen Miller are jointly praised as "outstanding practitioners in their field."
  • Tax : Domestic Tax: East Coast: Ranked in 3rd band: Keith Martin is highly rated for transactional work and effective lobbying, William Cavanagh leads the tax team in numerous complex deals, with Jeffrey Robins and Edouard Markson also recommended. Lawrence Rosenberg is an excellent choice for the tax complications of bankruptcy and restructuring.

Best Lawyers in America

  • 22 Chadbourne Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2009 in the areas of Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits, Energy, Insurance, Project Finance and Tax

Rzeczpospolita Tax Advisory Survey
  • Dorota Szubielska honored for three consecutive years (2007, 2008 and 2009), as the leading tax law litigator in Poland by the publication Rzeczpospolita, in its annual ranking of tax advisory firms
Gazeta Prawna Tax Advisory Survey
  • Dorota Szubielska honored for two consecutive years (2008, 2009), as the best litigator among tax advisors; additionally in 2009 ranking ranked 3rd in M&A and Chadbourne ranked 2nd among firms with up to two licensed Tax advisors 

2008 and 2009 editions of PLC Cross-Border Handbooks: Dispute Resolution

  • National (U.S.): Ranked in Dispute Resolution
  • New York: Ranked in Dispute Resolution
  • Leading individuals - Dispute Resolution - Arbitration: Oliver J. Armas
  • Leading individuals - Litigation: Oliver J. Armas  

2008

Chambers Global - The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 

Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business

Chambers Europe - Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business 
The Best Lawyers in America
Ukrainian Lawyers Client's Choice Directory
  • Olena Repkina was listed in "Top 10-Young and Talented" category
BTI Consulting Group; BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard
  • Chadbourne was recommended as a " Power Player" and also recognized as a "Strong Short Lister as a Go-To Law Firm," a "Bet-the-Company Law Firm," a firm that "Exceeds Expectations" and a firm that provides "Outstanding Client Satisfaction" – BTI Power Rankings 
  • Chadbourne was ranked among the top eight law firms in the U.S. for "Predominant Primary Relationships with Fortune 101-500 Companies" – BTI Power Rankings by Company Size 
  • Chadbourne was ranked among the top seven law firms in the U.S. for "Securities Predominant Primary Law Firms " – BTI Practice Area Power Rankings 
  • Chadbourne was ranked in the U.S. as one of the "M&A Primary Law Firms" – BTI Practice Area Power Rankings
Financial Times-Merger Market 

Chadbourne was honored as an advisor to the recipient of the Financial Times-Mergermarket 2008 "M&A Deal the Year for Argentina" award, in connection with the acquisition of Compania Naviera Horamar by Navios South American Logistics Inc. Chadbourne represented Horamar.
Euromoney  
  • Best Borrowers 2008: Chadbourne client Empresa de Energia de Bogota/TGI International recognized by Euromoney for having been the first corporate deal to come to market after the onset of the credit crisis. It was also cited as the largest corporate deal ever out of Colombia.
Hedge Fund Journal 
  • 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
Infrastructure Journal
  • Chadbourne ranked second in Global Power in Infrastructure Journal's mid-year 2008 survey of project finance practices.
International Financial Law Review
  • Chadbourne recognized as one of the “Teams of the Year” in the Debt and Equity-Linked category in the Americas
Legal 500 US  
  • Finance: Bank lending: East Coast: Ranked in 2nd band: "Very knowledgeable and understanding of our business," say clients. "Very client-focused, with exceptional relationship management and a deep pool of talent." "We regard them very much as our business partners." "Accessible, and with a willingness to work to very aggressive deadlines." "They have considerable experience in advising borrowers in the Latin American Market." Scott Berson "did a superb job of negotiating a robust commitment and concluding a successful credit agreement, and syndication process despite the transaction during the recent sub-prime-led market problems." 
  • Finance: Project Finance: Advice to Lenders: Ranked in 3rd band; Advice to Sponsors: 3rd band : The lawyers "impressed me by their ability to work out creative solutions." "The practice is praised for its "huge worldwide influence." Todd Alexander is "very responsive and completely in tune with our needs…I would give him an A+." Kenneth Hansen is regarded by clients as "the star" of the practice. 
  • Litigation: Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Consumer Products (including tobacco): Ranked in 2nd band, with Donald Strauber named a "leading lawyer." Clients say the firm has "a top-of-the-line product liability practice" with "enormous experience" and "excellent, world-class capabilities." Better still, "the firm's fees are reasonable in today's legal world." In addition, the practice is packed with "a very high quality of attorney at all levels" who are "meticulous and demonstrate long-term strategic thinking" and who "have the ability to think broadly about all the issues." Donald Strauber is "absolutely, absolutely wonderful", "the dean of the bar for US alcohol liability matters." Phoebe Wilkinson "does great product liability work. They are broad-based and have a good, sound spread of knowledge."  while Mary Yelenick offers "pragmatic risk-management advice" and displays "outstanding technical capabilities."
  • Mergers, Acquisitions and Buy-outs: M&A: National Firms—Middle-Market: Ranked in 1st band: Clients say "the quality of the work and customer service were both excellent." The lawyers are "knowledgeable and efficient," and able to produce "quality and timely results in a complex transaction under tight time deadlines." They "provide high-quality work, and I have been pleased with their responsiveness and customer-service ethic." The team is praised for their "combination of substantial skills, experience and depth in the M&A, energy and finance areas." Charles Hord is "highly knowledgeable and efficient," a "skilled negotiator, cool and confident in difficult negotiations."
  • Tax: Domestic Tax: East Coast: Ranked in 3rd band: The firm provides a "very high-quality service in complex matters." The team is "exceptionally creative." Keith Martin is "a superb corporate lawyer." Jeffrey Robbins and Edourd Markson cited as rising partners.
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa 
Project Finance Magazine  
  • "Latin American Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year" award for the Ciudad Victoria PPS Hospital, in regards to a matter where Chadbourne & Parke, S.C. acted as legal advisors to the agent and sole lender
Rzeczpospolita Law Firm Rankings  
Who’s Who Legal 

2007

Chambers USA - America’s Leading Lawyers for Business

  • 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
Chambers Europe - Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa 
The Legal 500 - US 
BTI Power Rankings: The BTI Client Relationship Scorecard
  • 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
New York Super Lawyers Metro Edition 
Reactions Magazine Legal Survey 

2006

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

  • 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
Equal Justice Works
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , Humanitarian Award
Expert Guides , from the Legal Media Group
Housing Conservation Coordinators (2006)
  • Attorneys Marjory Herold and Julia Rubin honored at HCC's First Annual Volunteer and Leadership Awards Reception in New York
Project Finance International
Who's Who Legal - International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers  

 

2005

Infrastructure Journal  

  • “Renewables Legal Adviser of the Year”
IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms 

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 
Project Finance 
  • “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 
  • “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 
  • 71st out of the country’s 260 largest law firms
New York Disaster Interfaith Services

2003

Project Finance 

  • “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

2002

International Financial Review 

2001

Infrastructure Journal