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Chambers and Partners was founded in 1989 as a division of Orbach & Chambers Publishing Limited (later, Orbach & Chambers Holdings Limited), book publishers. [1] by Laurence Francis Orbach, who, in 1976, also co-founded The Quarto Group. [2] and attorney Michael Ernest David Chambers. [3]
He is listed in Legal 500 U.S., The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of intellectual property and information technology and Chambers and Partners USA Guide in the areas of privacy and data security and IT and outsourcing. [13]
In 2000, she received the United States Attorney General's John Marshall Award, the highest award given by the Department of Justice for excellence at trial. [ 3 ] In 2011, she received media coverage for her appeals to the jury to send her client, Winifred Jiau, who was accused of revealing insider information, "home to her dog".
Curtis is recognized "for its dispute resolution work in Oman and Africa, corporate and commercial work in the UAE, M&A in Italy," and "international arbitration in the USA", according to its Chambers Associates law student guide listing. [8]
The Chambers USA Guide gave Cleary Gottlieb the Chambers & Partners' inaugural International Law Firm of the Year award in 2016. [ 31 ] * In 2016, the website Vault.com ranked Cleary Gottlieb #3 for International Practice and #9 overall in its "Vault Law 100" list.
He is also listed in Best Lawyers in America® [5] and in Chambers USA, a guide to leading lawyers throughout the United States. The 2014 edition of Chambers USA quotes a source as saying, "He is one of the finest trial lawyers in Maryland." [6] Sandler is the author, co-author or editor of ten books on trial advocacy and appellate law.
In 2016 Chambers and Partners ranked Cravath in the top tier among U.S. law firms for Banking & Finance, Capital Markets (Debt & Equity), Corporate/M&A (The Elite), Environment (Mainly Transactional), Media & Entertainment (Corporate), Securities Litigation, General Commercial Litigation (The Elite) and Tax.
The firm received national first-tier rankings in the 2013 U.S. News – Best Lawyers Best Law Firms guide in 22 practice areas. [15] More than 130 Holland & Knight attorneys were named in the Chambers USA 2013 guide. [16] Corporate Counsel magazine named Holland & Knight a "2012 Go-To Law Firm" for the top 500 U.S. companies. [17]