Global law firm White & Case LLP scored 24 Band 1 US rankings from legal ranking service Chambers & Partners for 2021, including 7 for practice areas nationwide, 3 for practice areas in individual US locations and 14 for individual lawyers. Including all bands, Chambers USA ranked 49 practice areas and 105 lawyers at White & Case for 2021.
According to Chambers, law firms in Band 1 represent "the best" firms for their "technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client."
The 2021 Chambers US rankings included nationwide Band 1 rankings for the following practice areas at White & Case:
- Antitrust: Cartel
- Capital Markets: Securitization
- Energy: Mining & Metals (Transactional)
- International Arbitration: The Elite
- International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- SPACs
Listed below are White & Case’s Band 1 rankings for US locations and lawyers.
Band 1 White & Case Rankings for Locations
- District of Columbia: Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
- Florida: Banking & Finance
- New York: Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Band 1 White & Case Rankings for Lawyers
- USA–Nationwide:
- David Thatch (New York), Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business
- Michael Shenberg (New York), Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
- Abby Cohen Smutny (Washington, DC), International Arbitration: Counsel
- Carolyn Lamm (Washington, DC), International Arbitration: Counsel
- Paul Friedland (New York), International Arbitration: Counsel
- Farhad Jalinous (Washington, DC), International Trade: CFIUS Experts
- Dolly Mirchandani (New York), Projects: PPP
- Marius Griskonis (New York), Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
- Joel Rubinstein (New York), SPACs
- Florida: Raoul Cantero (Miami), Litigation: Appellate
- Florida South: Thomas Lauria (New York), Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Illinois: Eugene J. M. Leone (Chicago), Real Estate
- Massachusetts: Michael Kendall (Boston), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- New York: Thomas Lauria (New York), Bankruptcy/Restructuring
