Awards and Rankings
2012
- Ranked globally by Law360 in 17 practice
areas, including the following:
- Bankruptcy
- Competition
- Energy
- Insurance
- International Trade
- Labor and Employment
- M&A
- Media & Entertainment
- Privacy & Consumer Protection
- Project Finance
- Real Estate
- White Collar
- Best Trade Finance Law Firm, Global Trade
Review (eighth consecutive year)
- "40 at 50 Judicial Pro Bono Recognition" award
from DC Circuit Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Pro Bono
Legal Services
- Middle East - Trade Finance Law Firm of the
Year, ACQ Global Awards 2012
- Full Service Firm of the Year - Saudi Arabia,
DealMakers Country Awards 2012
2011
- Best Law Firm (Runner-Up), US Emissions - All
Markets, Market Survey 2011, Environmental
Finance magazine (December 2011)
- Civil Rights Leadership Award, Equip for
Equality (November 2011)
- SNR
Denton Named to BTI Client Service A-Team 2012,
Law360 (November 2011)
- SNR Denton Ranked Among Leading
Real Estate Law Firms, Commercial Property
Executive (September 2011)
- Walmart's Legal Department recognized Marci Rose Levine at its Legal SuperConference
with an award for Excellent Performance and Commitment to Work-Life
Balance
- 2011 Law Firm Of The Year,
InterContinental Finance Magazine (August 2011)
- Seven SNR Denton Lawyers Voted "Leading Lawyers
2011", Islamic Finance News's poll (August
2011)
- Construction Law Firm of the Year in Oman,
2011 Global Award Corporate Intl Magazine (August
2011)
- Pro Bono Volunteers of the Month,
IllinoisProBono.org (August 2011) for Paul
Glad and David Simonton
- In-House Community Firm of the Year (UAE) for Energy
& Natural Resources, Asian-MENA Counsel
We also received honourable mentions for:
- Corporate and M&A (UAE)
- Projects and Project Financing (UAE)
- Most Responsive International Firm of the Year (UAE)
- Ranked Best Law Firm in Trade Finance,
Trade & Forfaiting Review
(August 2011)
- Ranked Nationally in 11 practices,
Chambers USA (June 2011)
- Capital Markets: Securitisation
- Energy: Electricity
- Government: Government Relations
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Investment Funds: Venture Capital
- Leisure & Hospitality
- Native American Law
- Outsourcing
- Privacy & Data Security
- Wealth Management
- Ranked in California in 2 practices,
Chambers USA (June 2011)
- Environment
- Insurance: Insurer
- Ranked in the District of Columbia in 1
practice, Chambers USA (June 2011)
- Ranked in Illinois in 12 practices,
Chambers USA (June 2011)
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A and Private Equity
- Environment
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits and Compensation
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Media & Entertainment: Litigation
- Real Estate
- Technology & IT Outsourcing
- Ranked in Missouri in 5 practices,
Chambers USA (June 2011)
- Corporate/M&A (Kansas City & Surrounds)
- Corporate/M&A (St. Louis & Surrounds)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Kansas City &
Surrounds)
- Real Estate (Kansas City & Surrounds)
- Real Estate (St. Louis & Surrounds)
- Ranked in New Jersey in 2 practices,
Chambers USA (June 2011)
- Corporate/M&A
- Intellectual Property
- Ranked in New York in 1 practice, Chambers
USA (June 2011)
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
- Ranked in China in 2 practices, Chambers
Asia Pacific (May 2011)
- Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
- Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
- Ranked in India in 2 practices, Chambers
Asia Pacific (May 2011)
- Corporate & Finance: Mid-Market (International Firms)
- Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
- Ranked in France in 2 practices, Chambers
Europe (May 2011)
- Intellectual Property
- Private Equity: Mid Cap
- Ranked in Russia in 5 practices, Chambers
Europe (May 2011)
- Aviation
- Aviation: Lawyers Based Abroad
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Ranked in UK in 6 practices, Chambers
Europe (May 2011)
- Banking & Finance
- Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance
- Banking & Finance: Lenders
- Competition/European Law: Contentious
- Competition/European Law: Non-contentious
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Ranked in Africa in 1 practice, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Ranked in China in 2 practices, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
- Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
- Ranked in Egypt in 3 practices, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Ranked Globally in 4 practices, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Asset Finance
- Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance
- Projects
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Ranked in India in 1 practice, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
- Ranked in Jordan in 1 practice, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Ranked in Kazakhstan in 2 practices,
Chambers Global (May 2011)
- General Business Law
- General Business Law: Energy & Natural Resources
- Ranked in Kuwait in 1 practice,
Chambers Global (May 2011)
- Ranked in the Middle East in 3 practices,
Chambers Global (May 2011)
- Corporate/Commercial
- Islamic Finance
- Projects & Energy
- Ranked in Oman in 2 practices, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Corporate/Commercial
- Dispute Resolution
- Ranked in Qatar in 1 practice, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Ranked in Russia in 3 practices, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Banking & Finance
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Energy & Natural Resources - UK focus
- Ranked in Saudi Arabia in 1 practice,
Chambers Global (May 2011)
- Ranked in Turkey in 1 practice, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Corporate & Finance: Lawyers Based Abroad
- Ranked in the United Arab Emirates in 7
practices, Chambers Global (May 2011)
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate/Commercial
- Dispute Resolution
- Real Estate & Construction: Construction
- Real Estate & Construction: Construction (Dispute
Resolution)
- Real Estate & Construction: Real Estate
- Shipping
- Ranked in the UK in 13 practices, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Banking & Finance
- Banking & Finance - Regional Experts
- Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance
- Banking & Finance: Lenders
- Capital Markets: Debt
- Competition/European Law
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate/M&A - Regional Experts
- Dispute Resolution
- Dispute Resolution - Regional Experts
- Projects
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
- Ranked in the USA in 5 practices, Chambers
Global (May 2011)
- Capital Markets: Securitisation
- Corporate/M&A
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Outsourcing
- Privacy & Data Security
- Ranked in Uzbekistan in 1 practice,
Chambers Global (May 2011)
- Ranked in UK in 51 practices,
Chambers UK (May 2011)
- Asset Finance: Aviation Finance
- Asset Finance: Shipping Finance
- Banking & Finance
- Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance
- Banking & Finance: Lenders
- Banking Litigation
- Capital Markets: Debt
- Commodities: Derivatives
- Commodities: Trade Finance
- Competition/European Law
- Competition/European Law: Contentious
- Competition/European Law: Non-contentious
- Construction
- Construction: Purchaser
- Construction: Supplier
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market
- Data Protection
- Dispute Resolution
- Dispute Resolution: Highly Regarded
- Employment
- Employment: Employer
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Energy & Natural Resources: Disputes
- Energy & Natural Resources: Mining: International
- Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
- Energy & Natural Resources: Power
- Environment
- Environment: Climate Change
- Information Technology
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
- Local Government
- Outsourcing
- Pensions
- PFI/PPP
- PFI/PPP: International
- Planning
- Projects
- Public Procurement
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Litigation
- Real Estate: Big-Ticket
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Retail
- Social Housing: Finance
- Sport
- Tax
- Telecommunications
- Transport: Rail
- Ranked in China in 2 practices, Chambers
Asia Pacific (March 2011)
- Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms)
- Dispute Resolution (International Firms)
- "Top 100 Law Firms for
Diversity," "Top 100 Law Firms for
Women," "Top 25 Law Firms for Native
Americans," Multicultural Law
- "Firm to Watch in 2011," Asian Legal
Business' "Watchlist 2011," SNR Denton's Hong Kong office
(operating in association with Brandt Chan & Partners in Hong
Kong)
-
Citrix Innovation Award Winner, World's Best Customer
Video Contest, 2011 Summit on Customer Engagement
- Law Firm of the Year - Real Estate,
InterContinental Finance Magazine's Legal Excellence
Awards 2011
- Law Firm of the Year - Environment,
InterContinental Finance Magazine's Legal Excellence
Awards 2011
- Law Firm of the Year - Insurance &
Reinsurance, InterContinental Finance Magazine's
Legal Excellence Awards 2011
- "BTI Client Service
All-Stars," BTI Consulting Group, Inc., names Gadi Weinreich and Mike
Moore for excellence in client service
- Securitization and Structured Finance Deal of the
Year, International Financial Law
Review, short list includes SNR Denton
- "Most Influential
List," St. Louis Business Journal, includes
SNR Denton partner Rodney J. Boyd
- "45 Under
45," The American
Lawyer, includes SNR Denton partner Aimee Cummo
2010
-
European PPP Services Deal of the Year
2010, Project
Finance, for advising lenders on the Birmingham Highway
PPP transaction
- Deal of the
Year, Credit magazine, for
representing the
FDIC as receiver and guarantor in connection with the issuance of
approximately US$1.8
billion of FDIC Structured Sale Guaranteed Notes, Series
2010-S1-- one of four FDIC
deals to collectively
win the "US Securitization" category in the magazine's "Deals of the Year."
- Full Service Firm of the Year in Kuwait,
Corporate International (December 2010)
- Most Innovative Deal of the Year
and United Arab Emirates Deal of the Year,
Islamic Finance News
- Ranked 1st for cost and
billing practices, Legal Week client
satisfaction survey
- Best Law Firm in the Middle
East, emeafinance
- Best Trade Finance Law Firm, Trade
& Forfaiting Review (seventh consecutive year)
- Best Law Firm for Commodity, Trade and Structured
Commodity Finance, Trade Finance
Review Magazine (11th consecutive year)
- Europe PPP Deal of the
Year, Project Finance International, for
advising lenders on the Birmingham Highway PPP transaction
- Infrastructure/Energy Team of the Year,
The Lawyer, for matters including the M25 DBFO
project, one of the UK's biggest PFI/PPPs
- Deal of the Year, Infrastructure
Investor, for advising MENA Infrastructure Fund's
acquisition of 32.8% of the shareholding in Oman's United
Power Company SAOG (UPC)
- Leading Construction Project in the
GCC Region (nominated), Construction
Week, for advising the Supervision Committee for the Expansion
of Abu Dhabi International Airport (SCADIA) on the expansion
of the airport
- Deal of the Year in two
categories, Islamic Finance News
- "Hot 100," The
Lawyer, includes SNR Denton partner Amanda Lewis
- Top 10 U.S. law firm for venture capital
transactions, Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst,
2010 and 2009
- Ranked 2nd as issuer's counsel in asset-backed
securities/mortgage-backed securities, Asset-Backed Alert
(July 2010)
- Ranked 1st by issue number and 3rd and 5th by deal
size in mortgage-backed securities, Thomson
Financial (January 2010)
- Ranked 4th as underwriter’s counsel in
asset-backed securities/mortgage-backed securities,
Asset-Backed Alert (July 2010)
- Ranked 4th by volume as manager’s counsel in
asset-backed securities, Thomson Financial (January
2010)
- Ranked 7th by issue number as issuer's counsel
in asset-backed securities, Thomson Financial (January
2010)
- Most Dynamic Energy Practice, Energy
Daily’s annual leadership award (February 2010)
- Best Pan-African Law Firm,
emeafinance Capital Markets and Corporate Actions awards
2010 (second consecutive year)
- Ranked nationally in 12
practices, Chambers USA (June 2010):
- Capital Markets: Securitisation
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
- Franchising
- Government: Government Relations
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Investment Funds: Venture Capital
- Leisure & Hospitality
- Native American Law
- Outsourcing
- Privacy & Data Security
- Wealth Management
- Ranked in California, Chambers USA (June
2010):
- Environment
- Insurance: Insurer
- Ranked in the District of Columbia,
Chambers USA in Healthcare
- Ranked in Illinois in 13 practices,
Chambers USA (June 2010):
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Environment
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits &
Compensation
- Litigation: General Commercial
- Media & Entertainment: Litigation
- Real Estate
- Technology & Outsourcing
- Ranked in Missouri in 4 practices,
Chambers USA (June 2010):
- Corporate/M&A (Kansas City & Surrounds)
- Corporate/M&A (St Louis & Surrounds)
- Litigation: General Commercial (Kansas City &
Surrounds)
- Real Estate (Kansas City & Surrounds)
- Ranked in New Jersey, Chambers USA in
Corporate/M&A
- Ranked in New York, Chambers USA
(June 2010):
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer
- Lifetime Achievement Award for SNR Denton
partner Errol Stone, The American
Lawyer, in recognition of his and the firm’s longtime
commitment to pro bono and public service, including the firm’s
founding of, and ongoing support for, Legacy Charter School in
Chicago, of which Errol is board chairman
2009
- Top Firm for Natural Disaster
Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal 500 (June
2009)
- Insurance & Reinsurance Law Firm
of the Year, ACQ Finance (October 2009)
- Top U.S. Firm for Insurance
Law, Benchmark: Litigation (October
2009)
- Award of Excellence for corporate lawyer
Jonathan Simons, the British Business
Forum Kuwait's British Excellence Awards
- "Extra Mile" Award for real estate managing
associate Nick Darby, Property Managers
Association
- Capital Markets Award (Oman category),
Corporate INTL's Legal Awards 2009
- Best Foreign Law Firm in Middle East for
Capital Markets & Corporate Actions, emeafinance
- Nominee in all categories, Airfinance
Journal's readership survey, for our Aviation Finance practice
- Best for Industry Knowledge
- Most Commercially Aware
- Most Innovative with Complex Financial and Legal Questions
- Getting Deals Done Quickly
- Fairest Fees
- Most Pleasant to Work With
- Best Client Entertainment
- Best Pan-African Law Firm,
emeafinance Capital Markets and Corporate Actions awards
2009
- UAE Firm of the Year, Representative
Corporate Asia Survey, for securities and structured
products transactions
- Best Employer in the Middle East Region,
Asian Legal Business
- Four Islamic Finance partners selected as leading lawyers in
their fields by Islamic Finance News
- Best Commodity/Trade Finance Law Firm,
Trade Finance magazine (10th consecutive year)
- Best Trade Finance Law Firm,
Trade and Forfaiting Review magazine (sixth
consecutive year)
- Top Five Law Firm for Syndicated Loan Advice,
Euroweek
- "Hot 100" includes partner Neil Griffiths, The Lawyer
- Law Firm of the Year, Global Trade
Review magazine (fifth consecutive year)
- Ranked in Antitrust (Illinois) –
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked in Corporate/M&A (Missouri) -
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked nationally in Securitization –
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Top Firm for Structured Finance:
Securitization, Legal 500 (June 2009)
- Ranked nationally in three areas:
Franchising, Outsourcing and Venture Capital Investment Funds –
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked in M&A (Missouri and New Jersey),
M&A and Private Equity (District of Columbia and Illinois);
recognized as a "Top Firm in Illinois for Real Estate and
Construction - Legal 500 (June 2009)
- Ranked in Environment (Illinois) and
Technology & IT Outsourcing (Illinois) – Chambers USA
(June 2009)
- Ranked in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Illinois
and New York) – Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked in Labor & Employment: Benefits
& Compensation (Illinois) – Chambers USA (June
2009)
- Ranked in Health Care (California, District
of Columbia and Illinois) – Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked nationally in Life Sciences –
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked in Intellectual Property (Illinois) –
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked nationally in Privacy & Data
Security – Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Received the top national ranking in
Insurance: Insurer Firms – Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked in Insurance: Coverage Litigation
(Illinois), Insurance: Dispute Resolution (New York), Insurance:
Insurer Firms (California), Litigation: General Commercial
(Illinois and Kansas City - Missouri) and Media &
Entertainment: Litigation (Illinois) – Chambers USA (June
2009)
- Top Firm for Natural Disaster
Insurance and Reinsurance, Legal 500 (June
2009)
- Ranked nationally in: Energy, Government
Relations and Native American Law – Chambers USA (June
2009)
- Ranked in Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite:
Regulatory (District of Columbia) – Chambers USA (June
2009)
- Ranked in Energy & Natural Resources
(Illinois) – Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Received the top national ranking in Leisure
& Hospitality – Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked in Real Estate (Illinois) –
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Ranked nationally in Wealth Management –
Chambers USA (June 2009)
- Top Firm in Illinois for Real Estate
and Construction, Legal 500 (June 2009)
- Highly Recommended in Corporate Real
Estate (Illinois), PLC Which Lawyer? (February
2009)