IFLR1000 is delighted to announce the winners of the second IFLR1000 United States Awards.
The awards celebrate the most innovative, complex and impactful domestic legal work undertaken in the United States in 2020, and the lawyers and law firms that led on it.
The shortlists were the culmination of seven months' research in which the team analysed thousands of transactions and survey responses and interviewed hundreds of lawyers. The categories recognise where firms and lawyers performed exceptionally locally and nationally.
The criteria and methodology for IFLR1000 awards can be viewed here.
Congratulations to all winners and shortlisted firms, without your work the awards would not be possible.
To discuss how we can help promote your achievements, please contact Chris Edouard: chris.edouard@legalmediagroup.com
If you have questions about the research, please contact Ben Naylor: bnaylor@iflr1000.com
An open-access video of the virtual awards ceremony and the full winners’ list can be viewed through the pages below:
Deals of the Year
Banking
Apollo $4.87 billion ABL credit facilities
Capital markets: debt
United Airlines MileagePlus high-yield bond issue
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Mayer Brown
- Milbank
Capital markets: equity
Palantir Technologies NYSE direct listing
- Cravath Swaine & Moore
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
M&A
Charles Schwab $26 billion acquisition of TD Ameritrade
- Cravath Swaine & Moore
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Private equity
Digital Colony Partners/EQT Infrastructure IV Fund $14.3 billion acquisition of Zayo Group Holdings
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Project finance
Gilcrease Expressway West PPP $260 million financing
- Hawkins Delafield & Wood
- Kutak Rock
- Mayer Brown
- White & Case
Restructuring and insolvency
Macy's restructuring
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Mayer Brown
Firms of the Year
Arizona
California
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
- Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Lawyers of the Year
Banking
- Alfred Xue - Latham & Watkins
Capital markets: debt
- Jeffrey O’Connor - Kirkland & Ellis
Capital markets: equity
- Nicholas Dorsey - Cravath Swaine & Moore
M&A
- Daniel Wolf - Kirkland & Ellis
Private equity
- David Lieberman - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Project finance
- Stephanie Wagner - Mayer Brown
Restructuring and insolvency
- George Zobitz - Cravath Swaine & Moore
Teams of the Year
Banking
Capital markets: debt
Capital markets: equity
M&A
Private equity
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Project finance
Restructuring and insolvency
