BASF Members Named to Daily Journal 2022 Top Cyber Lawyers

BASF members Mark L. Krotoski, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Alex Iftimie, Morrison & Foerster; Natasha G. Kohne, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; and Michael G. Rhodes, Cooley were selected as Top Cyber Lawyers in a 2022 list of California’s leading lawyers specializing in cybersecurity law by Daily Journal.

 

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BASF Leaders Circle Firms Named “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality” for 2022 

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Cooley

Crowell & Moring

Davis Wright Tremaine

Fenwick & West

Fisher & Phillips

Foley & Lardner

Goodwin Procter

Greenberg Traurig

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Latham & Watkins

Littler Mendelson

Mintz

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Morrison & Foerster

Nixon Peabody

O’Melveny & Myers

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Paul Hastings

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Polsinelli

Schiff Hardin

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Vinson & Elkins

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation recognizes 842 businesses that met all the criteria to earn a 100 percent rating and the designation of being a 2022 “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality.” Top-rated CEI employers come from nearly every industry and region of the United States. To earn top ratings, these employers took concrete steps to establish and implement comprehensive policies, benefits, and practices that ensure greater equity for LGBTQ+ workers and their families.

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Reicher Named a 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow

BASF member Janice W. Reicher, Farella Braun + Martel, has been named a member of the 2022 class of Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows.

Janice joins a select group of experienced attorneys from diverse backgrounds who have been recognized for their potential as leaders in their organizations. LCLD’s landmark program is an intensive, yearlong professional development program that mentors the legal industry’s diverse leaders of tomorrow.

BASF Leaders Circle Firms Named in Activist Insight’s 2021 Adviser Awards

These firms were honored for their practices in shareholder activism. Firms that traditionally focused on representing issuers saw a jump in the number of activists they represent, while advisers once dedicated to serving the activist cause found themselves representing more management teams.

BASF Members Recognized As BTI Client Service All-Stars for 2022

BASF members, Patrick Philip Gunn, Cooley; Rod M. Fliegel, Littler Mendelson; and Shannon K. Yavorsky, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe were honored with the BTI Client Service All-Star Award. BTI Consulting Group recognizes 565 attorneys who stand above all the others in delivering the absolute best in client service. Amid all the changes and unexpected events — they stand tallest. It is based solely on unprompted feedback from clients at large and Fortune 1000 organizations, this exclusive honor conveys attorneys and firms’ commitment to superior client service.

BASF Members Named 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers

BASF members Shawn M. Christianson, Buchalter; Ellen A. Friedman, Friedman & Springwater; Debra I. Grassgreen, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones; Gail Susan Greenwood, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones; Ori Katz, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton; Mark Plevin, Crowell & Moring; and Jennifer Marie Taylor, O’Melveny & Myers were selected among 500 lawyers who dazzle in financial restructuring, whether in court or out. They help companies like Hertz survive a pandemic to go forward in better days. They find financing and acquirors for distressed companies.

BASF Leaders Circle Firms Received Awards by Factset

Top Law Firms in Company Defense

Vinson & Elkins
Latham & Watkins
Cooley

Top Law Firms to Activists

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Vinson & Elkins
Latham & Watkins
Venable

Announced Deal – Transaction Values

Latham & Watkins
Cooley
Alston & Bird
Goodwin Procter
DLA Piper
Vinson & Elkins
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Baker Botts
Morrison & Foerster
Paul Hastings
Baker & McKenzie

Announced Deal – Number of Deals:

Latham & Watkins
Goodwin Procter
Cooley
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Alston & Bird
DLA Piper
Paul Hastings
Vinson & Elkins
Fenwick & West
Morrison & Foerster
Greenberg Traurig
Baker & McKenzie
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton