PALO ALTO, June 10, 2021 – Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, has continued its climb up the Legal 500 US 2021 rankings, with a move into Tier 1 in Energy Transactions: Conventional Power, while maintaining its two Tier 1 Oil and Gas rankings, and earning a number of other accolades across a range of practices.

The firm achieved the following Tier 1 practice rankings:

• Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas

The firm also maintained a number of Tier 2 practice rankings and was newly ranked in Finance: Project Finance; and Healthcare: Life Sciences. In addition, the firm improved its ranking in M&A: Corporate and Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+).

Six lawyers received the following rankings for the first time:

• Michael Didriksen (Leading Lawyer) – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
• Bridget Moore (Leading Lawyer) – Dispute Resolution: Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense: Advice to Corporates
• John Taladay (Leading Lawyer) – Antitrust: Civil Litigation/Class Actions: Defense
• Martin Toulouse (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Jonathan Platt (Next Generation Partner) – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Leslie Hodge (Rising Star) – Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power

Lawyers who were again recognized as “Hall of Fame” or “Leading Lawyer” included:

• Michael Goldberg (Hall of Fame) – Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration
• Steven Miles (Hall of Fame)- Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Jason Bennett (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
• Hogene Choi (Leading Lawyer) – Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (Including reexamination and post-grant proceedings)
• Michael Didriksen (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
• Lisa Kattan (Leading Lawyer) – Intellectual Property: Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)
• William Kroger (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
• David Sterling (Leading Lawyer) – Securities Litigation: Defense
• Elaine Walsh (Leading Lawyer) – Energy Transactions: Conventional Power

To view Baker Botts’ complete results in Legal 500 US 2020, click here.

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