Morgan Lewis has been recognized in the 2026 Chambers Global Guide with new and continued rankings across multiple regions. The firm received a total of 69 practice rankings and 119 individual lawyer rankings spanning the United States, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
In this edition, Morgan Lewis achieved new rankings in 12 practice areas. These include categories in China, Kazakhstan, the UK, UAE, USA, and global multi-jurisdictional sectors. The firm earned Band 1—the highest distinction awarded by Chambers Global—in 10 practice areas worldwide. Sixteen lawyers were recognized with Band 1 distinctions while 17 lawyers received new individual rankings.
The newly ranked practice areas for Morgan Lewis are: Capital Markets: Debt (International Firms) and Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment in China; Multi-Jurisdictional Tax globally; Dispute Resolution in Kazakhstan; Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Employment, and TMT: IT, Telecoms & Data in the UAE; Insurance: Mainly Policyholders in the UK; Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs; Competition/Antitrust (International and Cross-Border); and Private Equity: Fund Formation in the USA.
Among its top-ranked practices (Band 1), Morgan Lewis was noted for Corporate & Finance as well as Energy & Natural Resources in Kazakhstan; Investment Funds across the Middle East; several securitization categories within US capital markets; regulatory work on nuclear energy in the US; impact investing; export controls and economic sanctions under international trade law; investor representation for investment funds; and labor & employment law.
Sixteen lawyers from Morgan Lewis were individually awarded Band 1 status by Chambers Global. Notable recipients include Rebecca Ford for Employment (UAE), Thomas Giblin Jr. for Energy: Electricity (Finance) (USA), Stacie Hartman for Derivatives: Enforcement (USA), Asa Herald for Capital Markets: Securitisation: RMBS (USA), John Klauberg for Energy: Electricity (Transactional) (USA), Timothy Matthews for Energy: Nuclear (Regulatory & Litigation) (USA), W. John McGuire for Registered Funds (USA), Barbara Murphy Melby for Outsourcing both globally and within the USA, Scott Milner for E-Discovery & Information Governance (USA), Courtney Nowell for Investment Funds Investor Representation (USA), Eleanor Pelta for Immigration Business matters in the USA, Tim Powell for Intellectual Property Patent Litigation in the UK, Kimberly Reisler also recognized under Energy sector finance work in the USA, and Aset Shyngyssov who was acknowledged twice—for Corporate & Finance as well as Energy & Natural Resources—both relating to Kazakhstan.
Additionally named as Senior Statespeople were Roger Joseph for Registered Funds work within the US market and James Tynion III covering Projects related to Renewables & Alternative Energy.
Seventeen lawyers at Morgan Lewis received new individual recognitions across various jurisdictions including Ksenia Andreeva and Anastasia Dergacheva both cited under TMT fields within UAE operations; Alexey Chertov under Banking & Finance also within UAE jurisdiction; George Cyriac noted internationally from Singapore on M&A transactions among others such as Heather Egan highlighted twice on Privacy/Data Security issues inside US legal markets.
The full list of all ranked practices covers an extensive range of services provided by Morgan Lewis worldwide—from aviation finance to private equity fund formation—and reflects a broad presence across key financial centers including Asia-Pacific countries like Singapore and China along with European jurisdictions such as France or Belgium.
A comprehensive list of all lawyer recognitions demonstrates expertise throughout many sectors including tax law specialists Barton Bassett or Scott Farmer based out of USA offices through to professionals focused on disputes resolution like Sara Koleilat-Aranjo working from UAE locations.
Chambers Global ranks top legal professionals each year based on client feedback as well as independent research into capabilities demonstrated by firms operating internationally over more than two hundred jurisdictions.