In the 2018 edition of Chambers Global, 33 WilmerHale lawyers were named among “The World's Leading Lawyers for Business." Additionally, the firm is ranked in 18 practice areas that span across six regions.
Chambers Global covers more than 190 countries across the world, including regional-wide and global-wide sections. Law firms are ranked based on a culmination of in-depth interviews by the Chambers and Partners research team. Individual lawyer rankings consider legal knowledge, experience, ability, effectiveness, client-service and an assessment of their recent work as well as other qualities that clients consider valuable.
The following WilmerHale lawyers are recognized in the 2018 guidebook (listed by both practice area and the region in which they are ranked):
Antitrust: Cartel
USA: Steven Cherry, Thomas Mueller, Heather Tewksbury
Arbitration (International)
Europe-Wide: Gary Born, Steven Finizio, Franz Schwarz
Global: Gary Born, Franz Schwarz
Arbitration (International): Most In Demand Arbitrators
Europe-Wide: Gary Born
Global: Gary Born, James Carter
Competition/Antitrust
USA: Thomas Mueller
Competition/European Law
Belgium: Christian Duvernoy, Claus-Dieter Ehlermann, Frédéric Louis, John Ratliff
Germany: Hans-Georg Kamann, Stefan Ohlhoff, Ulrich Quack
Corporate/M&A
USA: Mark Borden, Jay Bothwick
Dispute Resolution
Austria: Franz Schwarz
UK: Franz Schwarz
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
UK: Gary Born, Steven Finizio, Franz Schwarz
Dispute Resolution: Most In Demand Arbitrators
Singapore: Gary Born
FCPA
USA: Jay Holtmeier, Kimberly Parker, Erin Sloane, Roger Witten
Intellectual Property: Patent
USA: Robert Gunther, William Lee
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
UK: Justin Watts
International Arbitration
USA: James Carter, Rachael Kent, John Pierce
International Arbitration: Arbitrators
USA: James Carter
International Trade: CFIUS Experts
USA: Benjamin Powell
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
USA: Ronald Meltzer
International Trade: Intellectual Property
USA: William Lee
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy
USA: Charlene Barshefsky, Robert Novick, Naboth van den Broek
Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial
Global: Steven Singer
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
Global: William Lee
Litigation: Trial Lawyers
USA: William Lee
Outsourcing
USA: Robert Finkel
Privacy & Data Security
USA: Reed Freeman
Public International Law
Global: Gary Born
WilmerHale is also recognized for the following practice areas in the following regions:
Belgium
Competition/European Law
Europe-Wide
Arbitration (International)
Germany
Competition/European Law
Global-Wide
Arbitration (International)
Corporate Investigations
Corporate Investigations: Anti-Corruption
International Trade/WTO
Life Sciences
UK
Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
USA
Antitrust: Cartel
Competition/Antitrust
Corporate Crime & Investigations
FCPA
Intellectual Property: Patent
International Arbitration
International Trade: CFIUS Experts
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy