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Thursday, 10/12/2017 10:28:46 PM

Thursday, October 12, 2017 10:28:46 PM

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Did you happen to do any research on these law firms and what they specialize in? Or did you just simply google TOP 10 "law firms" ?

Just a little tidbit for your info !!!


Awards & Rankings
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2018 Best Lawyers® rankings. 16 Nixon Peabody attorneys named 2018 “Lawyers of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America©, in addition to more than 140 Nixon Peabody attorneys earning honors from Best Lawyers®.
2017 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. 57 Nixon Peabody attorneys recognized as leaders in their fields. Nationally ranked for Franchising & Distribution, with numerous other metropolitan practices recognized.
2017 Legal 500. Recommended in six practice areas, including Dispute resolution—Product liability, mass tort and class action: Toxic tort–Defense; Industry focus—Healthcare: Service providers; Industry focus—Transport: Aviation and air travel; Intellectual property—Trade secrets; M&A/corporate and commercial—M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m); Real estate—Construction (including construction litigation). Twenty-four lawyers recommended in the Legal 500 United States 2017’s editorial.
2017 U.S. News-Best Lawyers Law Firm of the Year. Recognized as the 2017 “Law Firm of the Year” in Franchise Law, in addition to 13 Nixon Peabody practices being recognized as national Tier 1 leaders.
2016 Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Five partners recognized as leaders in their fields. Nationally ranked practices include Private equity: Fund formation, and Franchising.
2016 U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” and “Best Lawyers” rankings. Awarded top honors as “Law Firm of the Year” for Health Care Law. Also earned top-tier honors in 77 national and metropolitan practices, with 13 practices designated as national Tier 1 leaders.
BTI Litigation Outlook 2016 Report. Nixon Peabody named a “powerhouse” in product liability litigation.
2015 U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings. Earned top honors as “Law Firm of the Year” for the third time, for Franchising & Distribution. Awarded top-tier honors in 76 national and metropolitan practices.
Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine. Ranked #7 overall for securing high-quality patents, and ranked in the top ten for information technology, health care (pharma/bio), consumer electronics/discretionary, and industrials. (2015)
M&A Advisor “Restructuring Deal of the Year.” Recognized for our work on the acquisition of NP health care client St. Francis Hospital and Health Center’s assets by Westchester Medical Center. (2014)
Eighth Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards “Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year.” Nixon Peabody recognized for our role in the acquisition of the assets of the Westerly Hospital by LMW Healthcare, Inc. (2014)
2013 Smith’s Research & Gradings “High Yield Deal of the Year” and Infrastructure Journal and Project Finance Magazine’s “North American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year.” For the Iowa Fertilizer project, a project financing for a $1.8 billion nitrogen-based fertilizer production plant. Nixon Peabody served as underwriter’s counsel to Citi.
2013 Bond Buyer “Far West Deal of the Year.” Nixon Peabody served as special counsel to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority for its Water Furnishing Revenue Bonds, Poseidon Resources Desalination Project, Series 2012.
2013 Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst. Ranked 4th nationally for the number of private equity and venture capital funds that had a final close in 2012 and 14th for the number of private equity and venture capital deals negotiated and closed that year.
2013 BTI Litigation Outlook “Most Feared Law Firms” for Litigation Honor Roll. Nixon Peabody is singled out for strength in IP Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Routine Commercial Litigation, and Product Liability Litigation.
2013 Managing IP magazine national patent category leader for Bio Life Sciences. Top 15 U.S. law firm for securing “the highest-quality patents” for clients across all industries.
2012 Thomson Reuters. Public Finance practice ranked as the 8th most active bond counsel in the nation, and the 2nd most active underwriters’ counsel. Also ranked among the most active disclosure counsel.
2012 M&A Advisor and the Association for Corporate Growth New York “Middle-Market Deal of the Year” for transactions between $5 and $25 million. Divestiture by Eastman Kodak Company of its Eastman Gelatine subsidiary to Rousselot, a division of VION Food Group. The transaction was also awarded the as “Cross-Border Deal of the Year” for transactions between $5 and $50 million. Nixon Peabody served as legal counsel to Eastman Kodak in the matter.
2011 M&A Advisor and the Association for Corporate Growth New York “Middle Market Deal of the Year” in the $100M–$250M range. Majority recapitalization of North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA)’s affiliated practice management company, NAPA Management Services Corporation (NMSC). The transaction was also awarded the “Healthcare and Life Sciences Deal of the Year.” Nixon Peabody served as legal counsel to NAPA and NMSC in the matter.
2011 San Francisco Business Times “Deals of the Year.” Recognized for our role in two of Martin Building Co.’s projects. Nixon Peabody served as Martin Building’s legal counsel for both projects.
2011 American Lawyer “Dealmakers of the Year” Partners Lori Green and Bill Andrews recognized for their work on the CapX 2020 Utilities transactions.
2011 Bond Buyer “Northeast Regional Deal of the Year” and “Deal of the Year.” Commonwealth of Massachusetts billion-dollar accelerated bridge program.

https://www.nixonpeabody.com/np/awards-rankings

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