Hogan Lovells continues growth and recognition in 2019 Legal 500 U.S. rankings

Hogan Lovells continues growth and recognition in 2019 Legal 500 U.S. rankings

Awards & rankings | 07 June 2019

Washington D.C., 6 June 2019 – Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that the firm has again improved its performance in the U.S. Legal 500 Rankings, achieving "Top Tier" ranking in 11 practice areas and a recommended ranking in another 48. The rankings are among the most-respected in the legal profession, recognizing superior legal expertise, client results, and service.

In addition, the firm's individual lawyers made significant progress, with 33 more ranked individually compared to 2018. A total of 12 were ranked in the Legal 500 "Hall of Fame," up from 4 in 2018, and another 27 as "Leading Lawyers," up from 22 in 2018.

The following practice areas were ranked "Top Tier:"

Dispute Resolution: International trade

Industry focus: Healthcare: life sciences

Industry focus: Transport: aviation and air travel – regulation

Industry focus: Transport: rail and road – regulation

M&A/corporate and commercial: Corporate governance

Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and protection)

Media, technology and telecoms: Data Privacy and Data Protection

Media, technology and telecoms: Technology transactions

Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory

Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: transactional

Real estate: Real estate investment trusts (REITs)

The following were listed as "Leading Lawyers:"

Kathryn Hellings

Antitrust: Cartel

Neal Katyal

Dispute resolution: Appellate

Deen Kaplan

Dispute Resolution: International trade

Beth Peters

Dispute Resolution: International trade

Thomas McGovern

Government – Government contracts

Norm Coleman

Government – Government relations

James Banks

Industry focus: Environment: litigation

David Fox

Industry focus: Healthcare – life sciences

Adam Golden

Industry focus: Healthcare – life sciences

Asher Rubin

Industry focus: Healthcare – life sciences

Sheree Kanner

Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers

Jonathan Diesenhaus

Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers

Clifford Stromberg

Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers

Robert Cohn

Industry focus: Transport: aviation and air travel – regulation

Lisa Ellman

Industry focus: Transport: aviation and air travel – regulation

Latane Montague

Industry focus: Transport: rail and road – regulation

Kurt Lawson

Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional

Alan Dye

M&A/corporate and commercial: Corporate governance

Richard Climan

M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)

Keith Flaum

M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+)

Christopher Wolf

Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and protection)

Marcy Wilder

Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and protection)

Harriet Pearson

Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and protection)

Michele Farquhar

Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory

Trey Hanbury

Media, technology and telecoms: Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory

David Bonser

Real estate – Real estate investment trusts (REITs)

Prentiss Feagles

Real estate – Real estate investment trusts (REITs)

The following were listed in "Hall of Fame:"

Mark McConnell

Dispute Resolution: International trade

Beth Peters

Dispute Resolution: International trade

Jeanne Archibald

Dispute Resolution: International trade

James Banks

Industry focus: Environment: litigation

David Fox

Industry focus: Healthcare – life sciences

Asher Rubin

Industry focus: Healthcare – life sciences

Jonathan Diesenhaus

Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers

Clifford Stromberg

Industry focus: Healthcare: service providers

Kurt Lawson

Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional

Christopher Wolf

Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and protection)

Marcy Wilder

Media, technology and telecoms: Cyber law (including data privacy and protection)

Prentiss Feagles

Real estate – Real estate investment trusts (REITs)

The full Legal 500 listings can be found here.

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