Arthur S. Adler
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers
Mehdi Ansari
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Chambers USA – Band 1 (2025)
Law360 – MVP in Technology (2024)
Law360 – Rising Star in Sports & Betting (2022)
Jeffrey B. Wall
Location:Washington, D.C.
Honors & Experience:
The National Law Journal – Appellate Attorney of the Year (2025)
The Am Law Litigation Daily – Litigator of the Week (December 2024; January 2025)
Chambers USA – Nationwide Appellate Law (2023–2025)
C. Michelle Chen
Location:Washington, D.C.
Honors & Experience:
Ms. Chen has been recognized in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America (2025, 2024) for her expertise in Banking and Finance Law, Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation (2024, 2023), as a Rising Star in Banking by Law360 (2022) and as a DC Rising Star in The National Law Journal (2022).
Steven R. Peikin
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business – Recognized in Band 1 in FCPA (2015–2017)
Benchmark Litigation – Litigation Star (2026), National Practice Area Star (2026)
Securities Docket “Enforcement Elite” (2024, 2025)
Mitchell S. Eitel
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Law360, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2016 MVP in Banking
BTI Client Service All-Star Team, 2021, 2009
The American Lawyer, “Dealmaker of the Week”
Werner Federico Ahlers
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Werner’s practice and work on various noteworthy matters have been regularly recognized by The American Lawyer, Chambers (Global, USA and Latin America), The Legal 500, Law360, M&A Advisor, Latin Lawyer and a number of other publications and organizations.
Nikolaos G. Andronikos
Location:London
Honors & Experience:
The Legal 500 Latin America
The Legal 500 United Kingdom
IFLR1000
European Legal Experts
Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers
Francis J. Aquila
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Lawdragon: Lawdragon Legends of the 500
The American Lawyer, “Dealmaker of the Year” (2009, 2022, 2023)
Named a “Notable Nonprofit Board Leader” by Crain’s New York Business
Named a Client Service All-Star by BTI (2019, 2021, 2022)
Francis J. Aquila
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Chambers UK: Band 1 in Restructuring/Insolvency, 2026
The Legal 500 UK: Hall of Fame in Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency, 2026
Chambers UK: Band 1 in Restructuring/Insolvency, 2025
Chris Beatty
Location:Sydney
Honors & Experience:
Chambers UK: Capital Markets
IFLR1000: Banking, Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: High yield
Best Lawyers in Australia: Equity Capital Markets
Andrew G. Dietderich
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Ben was named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under” list (2024-2025), Law360's “Rising Stars” list (2025), Turnaround & Workouts’ “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” list (2023), and by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2023-2024).
Carsten Berrar
Location:Frankfurt
Honors & Experience:
“Legal All Star 2023,” Wirtschaftswoche/Handelsblatt 2024, German Capital Markets
“Legal All Star 2022,” Wirtschaftswoche/Handelsblatt 2023, German Capital Markets
“Legal All Star 2021,” Wirtschaftswoche/Handelsblatt 2022, German Capital Markets
“Top Dealmaker” 2019 and 2021, Finance Magazin, German M&A Ranking
Vanessa K. Blackmore
Location:London
Honors & Experience:
One of IFLR 1000’s Women Leaders
“50 Most Influential Women in the Law” by Legal Business magazine
“Outstanding Practitioner of the Year” by Euromoney
Women in Business Law Awards: Best in Debt, Best in Equity, among other notable guides to the legal profession
Gauthier Blanluet
Location:Paris
Honors & Experience:
Chambers Europe: Tax (2000 to present)
Legal 500: “Hall of Fame,” Tax, France (since 2017)
Legal 500: “Leading Individual,” Tax Litigation, France (2024)
Legal 500: “Leading Individual,” M&A, France (2023)
Ari B. Blaut
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
“Dealmaker of the Year” – The American Lawyer
“Finance, Banking & Capital Markets Trailblazer” – National Law Journal
Chambers Global and Chambers USA – Banking & Finance
“Top Financing Lawyer in North America” – MergerLinks
Garth W. Bray*
Location:Paris
Honors & Experience:
In Hong Kong, Garth is rated a “Notable Practitioner” (IFLR, 2021 & 2022, M&A and Private Equity); previously, he has been named as a leading Corporate/M&A lawyer in Chambers Europe: Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers Global and has been recognized as a leading Corporate Finance lawyer in Chambers UK.
Michael T. Escue
Location:Paris
Honors & Experience:
Chambers Global – recognized as a leading lawyer in Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory (2014–2021)
IFLR1000 (2008–2021)
New York Super Lawyers in the Banking category (2009–2017)
Who’s Who Legal – Banking (2018)
Stephen J. Elliott
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Represent Columbia University in asserting patent claims relating to computer security technology
Represented BlackBerry in asserting patent claims relating to the 3G and LTE mobile wireless standards
Represented Acorda in appealing an invalidity judgment relating to method of treatment patents
John Evangelakos
Location:New York
Honors & Experience:
Mr. Evangelakos has been recognized as a leading lawyer in mergers and acquisitions by New York Super Lawyers (2007–2020), as a recommended transactional IP lawyer in Intellectual Asset Management’s Patent 1000 (2014–2020) and in The Legal 500 United States in the Capital markets: equity offerings category (2017) and the Patent licensing and transactional category (2014, 2015), and as a leading lawyer in leveraged buyouts and private equity and in mergers and acquisitions by The Best Lawyers in America (2008–2022).