May 26, 2017
The firm is also recognized for its outstanding work across multiple practice areas in Chambers USA, Chambers Europe and Chambers UK.
On May 25, Willkie was named law firm of the year for Insurance and Investment Funds at the 2017 Chambers USA awards for excellence. The awards reflect notable achievements over the past 12 months including “outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service,” according to Chambers. The winning law firms are selected based on annual research conducted by Chambers and Partners.
Recognizing Willkie as the top firm for insurers, Chambers noted that “Willkie Farr & Gallagher continues to be the first port of call for many of the world's largest insurance companies to handle the full range of transactional and regulatory needs.”
“With deep expertise spanning the life and health industries as well as specialty lines, the firm is well-placed to act on major domestic and international mandates,” Chambers added.
More information on Willkie’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice can be found here.
Willkie was also named by Chambers as the preeminent Investment Funds firm.
“Clients have been fulsome in their praise of Willkie Farr & Gallagher's performance in the Investment Funds sphere of late,” Chambers noted. “The team has impressed observers in both the Hedge Funds and Private Equity Fund Formation areas, and has particularly excelled in the Registered Funds space.”
More information on Willkie’s Investment Funds Practice can be found here.
In addition to these two awards, 102 attorneys and 40 practice areas are recognized in the 2017 editions of Chambers USA, Chambers Europe and Chambers UK.
Chambers USA: The firm or its attorneys are recognized for outstanding work in the following areas:
| Antitrust | Government Relations |
| Banking & Finance |
Insurance (Dispute Resolution: Policy Holder, Transactional & Regulatory) |
| Bankruptcy/Restructuring |
Intellectual Property (Patent) |
| Capital Markets (Derivatives) |
Investment Funds (Hedge Funds, Registered Funds, Private Equity: Fund Formation) |
| Climate Change |
Litigation (General Commercial, Securities, White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations) |
| Corporate/M&A (The Elite) |
Private Equity (Buyouts) |
| Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) |
Real Estate (General, Mainly Corporate & Finance) |
| Energy: Oil and Gas Transactional |
Securities (Litigation, Regulation) |
| Environment (Mainly Transactional) |
Tax |
| FCPA |
Telecom, Broadcast & Satellite |
| Financial Services Regulation (Broker Dealer: Enforcement) |
Wealth Management |
Chambers Europe: The firm or its attorneys are recognized for outstanding work in the following areas:
| Banking & Finance (General, Acquisition Finance & Syndicated Lending) | PFI/PPP |
| Capital Markets (Debt; Equity) | Private Equity (High End; Fund Formation) |
| Competition/European Law | Projects (International) |
| Corporate M&A | Public Law |
| Dispute Resolution (Litigation) | Restructuring/Insolvency |
| Employment | Tax |
| Investment Funds (Private Equity) |
Chambers UK 2017, which was published earlier in the year, recognizes the firm or its attorneys for Insurance (Non-Contentious), Financial Crime, Investment Funds (Private Equity) and Competition/European Law.